Sand And Mercury

 The Gathering "Sand and Mercury" 
 from Mandylion 
 tabbed by: Drew Schinzel, 7/15/99  
  
   
  
 Legend: 
 ------- 
 b bend 
 r release 
 h hammer on 
 p pull off 
 ~ vibrato 
 / slide up 
 \ slide down 
  
 Note: Listen for precise timing of chords and notes, I had to condense them 
 a little to save space.  
  
 standard tuning 
  
  riff 1                                      
 |----------------------------------------|---| 
 |----------------------------------------|---| 
 |--4--------------------------------7----|-7-| 
 |--4--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------7----|-7-| 
 |--2--------4-----(4)(4)-5----------5----|-5-| 
 |-----------2-----(2)(2)-3---------------|---| 
                                            
 For riff 1, for most of the first two repetitions each chord is  
 strummed once, for the last two reps they're strummed in a simple rhythm 
 which is easy to hear. 
  
  
  riff 2                                                  
 |---------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
 |---------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
 |---------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
 |---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--| 
 |---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--|--7--5--2--| 
 |---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---5--5--5--|--5--3--0--| 
    Heavy palm-muting on the first three chords of each set of 4. 
                                         
                                               
 |-----------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------| 
 |-----------------------------------------------------| 
 |--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--| 
 |--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--| 
 |--1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1---1--1--1--1--| 
  
               
 |------------------------------------------------------| 
 |------------------------------------------------------| 
 |--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5----------------| 
 |--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---5--5--5--5---6--6--6--6---| 
 |--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5---3--3--3--3---6--6--6--6---| 
 |-----------------------------------------4--4--4--4---| 
                                              
  
  riff 3                                  
 |--------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------| 
 |--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------| 
 |--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5--------| 
 |--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-2-2-2--| 
    4x 
     
 |-------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------------| 
 |--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------| 
 |--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------| 
 |--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-2-2-2-| 
    4x                                   
  
 Second time they use this riff, drop the second part 
  
  
 For the solo, again beware of the condensed note spacing.  Also note that 
 the bends are slow bends,  
  
  semi-riff     mini-solo thing                         
 |------------|---------------------------------------| 
 |------------|--7b8r7--7~--7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7----| 
 |------------|------------------------------------7~-| 
 |--5-5-5-5-4~|---------------------------------------| 
 |------------|---------------------------------------| 
 |------------|---------------------------------------| 
  
               
 |------------------------------------------------------| 
 |--8--8p7-5~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--7~---7b8r7--8p7------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------7~--| 
 |------------------------------------------------------| 
 |------------------------------------------------------| 
 |------------------------------------------------------| 
                                                            
 |----------------10-10-10-9-7~---/10--10p9---------| 
 |--8--8p7--5~-------------------------------10~----| 
 |--------------------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------| 
 |--------------------------------------------------|  
                                                    
 |--/10--10p9-----------------------------------------| 
 |-------------8~---/8--8p7--7~---5~------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------| 
 |-------------------------------(2)----2/5-----4~----| 
 |----------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------| 
                                                      
  
  solo rhythm                                           
 |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
 |------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| 
 |--4----4----|-----------|-----------|---2---2---| 
 |--4----4----|-----------|---5---5---|---2---2---| 
 |--2----2----|--0---0----|---5---5---|---0---0---| 
 |------------|-----------|---3---3---|-----------| 
  
 Final chord 
 |----| 
 |----| 
 |--4-| 
 |--4-| 
 |--2-| 
 |----|