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Band: The Black Dahlia Murder
Album: Unhallowed
Song: The Blackest Incarnation
Copyright (c) Metalblade 2003
Transcribed By: Sam Parkinson (SARS)
Email: corporal_jigsore_quandary_666@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Staccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning C,F,Bb,Eb,G,C
Gtr 1 - Brian Eschbach
Gtr 2 - John Kempainen
*note - due to the 80 character wide rule,
a few of the riffs have been broken up, which is annoying
since it's broken the whole tab up a bit*
Riff I
|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-6-6-3-2h3p2----7-7-7-6-6-10-9h10p9-|
|-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-------00-0-0-0-0-0--0-------|
.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .
Riff II
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---9-10-9-12-10-9-10---10-9-10-9-10-9-10-|
|-77-7--7-7--7--7-7---88--8-8--8-8--8-8---|
.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .
Riff II cont.
|p1
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------12-10-9----9-7--------------------------|
|---9-10-----------10-----10-9---9-10---10/14-12/9-|
|-00-0--00---------------------00-0--00------------|
.. . .. .. . ..
|p2
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------| Gtr 2
|----------9-7------7-------------------------------|
|---9-10-------10-9---10-9-7-----9-10---------------|
|-00-0--00---------------------00-0--00-12/15-14/11-|
.. . .. .. . ..
-------
Riff I
Riff II
* pretty much flows through now*
-------
Riff III
|x 3 |x1
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------| Gtr 1
|-------------------------|-12-10-9----9-7------|
|---6h7p6-----10--9-12p10-|---------10-----10-9-|
|-00------0000--00-0------|---------------------|
.. .... .. .
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------| Gtr 2
|-9-7------7----------|
|-----10-9---10-9-7---|
|---------------------|
Riff IV
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------5-4----------5-4------|
|-2-222-3-2-5p2-2222-3-2------|
|-0-000--0-0----0000--0-0-2h3-|
... . . .... . .
Riff V
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----10"-9"--------10"----10"-9"-7"-| Gtr 1
|-10"-------12"-7"-----9"-----------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| Gtr 2
|-------------------------------------|
|-7"-12"-10"-9"----12"-----12"-10"-9"-|
|---------------8"-----10"------------|
Riff VI
|p1
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------| Both Gtr's
|----------9-----------------10-9-------9-|
|---7-10-9---10-9-10--7-10-9------12-10---|
|-00-0--0-0-0--0-0--00-0--0-0-------------|
.. . . . . . . .. . . .
|p2
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------| Gtr 1
|---9h10--9h10--9h10--9h10--7h9--7h9----10h12----10h12-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-88----88----88----88----77---77---1010-----1010------|
.. .. .. .. .. .. . . . .
|p2
|---------| |--------| |-----------| ||
|---------|o|--------|o|-----------|o||
|---------|4|--------|2|-----------|2|| Gtr 2
|---------|4|--------|2|-----------|2||
|---10h12-|o|---9h10-|o|-----12h14-|o||
|-88------| |-77-----| |-1010------| ||
.. .. . .
Riff VI Outro Fill
|---------------------------\
|---------------------------\
|---------------------------\
|----10h12p10-----7h9p7--2--\
|-10---------12-9------9-2--\
|-8-------------7--------0--\
Riff VII part 1(chords only, listen for rhthym)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-9-8-9-11-12-11-9-8-| Gtr I only
|--------------------|
|-7-6-7-9--10-9--7-6-|
|--------------------|
Riff VII part 2
|p1
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-9-99-9-99-9-99--17-1717-17-1717-17-1717-| Gtr I
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7-77-7-77-7-77--15-1515-15-1515-15-1515-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|p2
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-1616-16-1616-16-16\14-14-14\12-12-12\11-11-11\9-8-9-| Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-1414-14-1414-14-14\12-12-12\10-10-10\9--9--9-\7-6-7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------\
|-------------------------------------------------------------\
|---------------------5----5----5----5----4----4----4----4----\ Gtr 2
|-2----2----2----2----5----5----5----5----4----4----4----4----\
|-2----2----2----2----3-33-3-33-3-33-3-33-2-22-2-22-2-22-2----\
|-0-00-0-00-0-00-0-00-----------------------------------------\
Riff VIII
|Gtr 1 only
|-----------------------------| |------------------| |----------------------|
|-----------------------------|o|------------------|o|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|2|------------------|2|-------------------ph-|
|--------7------9-7----7------|2|---------10-------|2|---------9---------10-|
|-7-9-10---10-9-----10---10-9-|o|-9-10-12----12-10-|o|-9-10-12---12-10-9----|
|-----------------------------| |------------------| |----------------------|
Riff IX
|p1 | |p2
|----------------| |-------------------------------|
|----------------|o|-------------------------------|
|----------------|2|-------------------------------|
|----------------|2|---------------------------hp--|
|----7--10--9/10-|o|----10p9---10p9-----9h10---10b-|
|-000-00--00-----| |-888----888-----777-----777----|
...;..; .. ... ... ...
Riff X
|p1
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| Gtr 1
|-10-9-7-9-7----7-------------|
|------------10---10-9-10-9-7-|
|-----------------------------|
|p1
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---------5---4---------| Gtr 2
|-2---5---5---4---5--4--|
|-2---5---3---2---5--4--|
|-0---3-----------3--2--|
|p2 |p2 end
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------| Gtr 1
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|-12-10-9-10-9----9---------------|----------------|
|--------------12---12-10-12-10-9-|-14-12-10-9-----|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|p2 |p2 end
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------| Gtr 2
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|-9-7-5-4----------|
|-0""-8""-3""-7"-5"-3"-2"-|-7-5-3-2-////\\\\-|
Riff XI
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----9h1010---10h1212---12h1414----6br-----14p1212---12p1010---10p99-|
|-000------000-------000-------000------000-------000-------000------|
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
|Gtr 1 end
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-12-10-9-10-9---|
|--------------7-|
|----------------|
|Gtr 2 end
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-14-12-10-12-10-9-|
|------------------|
Outro Fill
|* = Gtr 1 end
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-12-10-9-10-9----9---------------*-|
|--------------12---12-10-12-10-9-7-|
|-----------------------------------|
|Gtr 2 end
|---|
|---|
|---|
|---|
|-2-|
|-0-|
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