Sand And Mercury chords

The Gathering

Simplify chords 

  			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-| 
|----|