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A VULGAR PICTURE
                     As recorded by The Black Dahlia Murder
                          (From the 2005 Album MIASMA)

Words by Trevor Strnad
Music by The Black Dahlia Murder
Arranged by The Black Dahlia Murder
Transcribed by Gael Pirlot (GaelPirlot@Gmail.com)

Tune guitars to standard down 2 steps (not dropped C)

Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Brian Eschbach'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'John Kempainen'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Lead'

Leave me feedback, it's the only way I know whether to make corrections or not.

   Riff A
    Q=218
   4/4
    Gtr I
    PM--|    PM--|      PM--|
||--------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|
||--------9--------9--|-------9--14--13--|
||--------------------|------------------|
||o-------7--------7--|-------7--12--11--|
||--0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   PM--|    PM--|      PM--|
||--------------------|------------------|
||o-------------------|------------------|
||--------9--------9--|-------9----------|
||--------------------|------------------|
||o-------7--------7--|-------7----------|
||--0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----8---7--|


  PM--|    PM--|             PM-----|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------9--------9--|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------7--------7--|-7h8p7----7-----------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-------10---10-8-7-8--|
|
| PM--|    PM--|             PM-----|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------9--------9--|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------7--------7--|-7h8p7----7-----------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-------10---10-8-7-8--|


                                          1.
  PM--|    PM--|      PM--|    PM--|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------8--------8--|-------8--------11--|-7-7-7-7-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-8--|-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-11--|---------10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
|
| PM--|    PM--|      PM--|    PM--|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------8--------8--|-------8--------11--|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-8--|-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-11--|-8-8-8-8--7--7--7--7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|


|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-----||
|
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5--7--7--7--7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----||


                           Riff B
  2.
  Gtrs I, II
                            PM|   PM  PM      PM|   PM  PM
|----------|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|----------|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|-2--------|------------||o-----5---7---8p7-|-----5---7-------|
|-0--------|-------12\--||--0-0---0---0-----|-0-0---0---0-5p4-|


  PM|   PM  PM      PM|   PM          PM|   PM  PM      PM|   PM  PM
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5---7---8p7-|-----------------|-----5---7---8p7-|-----5---7-------|
|-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-5-0-7h8p7-4-|-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0---0---0-5p4-|


  1.                                   2.
  Gtr I
  PM|   PM  PM      PM|   PM            PM|   PM  PM      PM|   PM
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----5---7---8p7-|-----------------o||-----5---7---8p7-|--------------------|
|-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-5-0-7h8p7-4--||-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-5-0-7h8p7-4-0--|
|
| Gtr II
| PM|   PM  PM      PM|   PM            PM|   PM  PM      PM|   PM
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----5---7---8p7-|---------5h7p5---o||-----5---7---8p7-|---------5h7p5------|
|-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-8-0-------7--||-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-8-0-------7-0--|


   Riff C
       PM|    PM   PM     PM   PM   PM
||----------------------|------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------|
||----------------------|------------------|
||----------------------|------------------|
||o-15-----14---12---11-|---12---14---15---|
||-----0-0----0----0----|-0----0----0------|
|
|      PM|    PM   PM     PM   PM   PM
||----------------------|------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------|
||----------------------|------------------|
||--14-----12---10----9-|---10---12---14---|
||o---------------------|------------------|
||-----0-0----0----0----|-0----0----0------|


 1.
    PM|   PM  PM        PM--|
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-8-----7---5---6-|-(6)---------------o||
|---0-0---0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-4-5-7----||
|
|   PM|   PM  PM        PM--|
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-7-----6---3-----|--------------------||
|---------------6-|-(6)---------------o||
|---0-0---0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-4-5-7----||


  2.                                  Q=
     PM|    PM  PM        PM--|
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|--8------7---5---6-|-(6)-------------||
|----0-0----0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-7h8p7-||
|
|    PM|    PM  PM        PM--|
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-12-----11---8---6-|-(6)-------------||
|----0-0----0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-7h8p7-||


 Riff D
 209
    PM----------------------|     PM    PM
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-7-----------------------|---8p7---7h8---3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-----0-1--|
|
|   PM----------------------|     PM    PM
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-7-----------------------|-0-5p3-0-3h5---3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------0-1--|


      PM------------------|     PM--------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-(3)-----------------------|-3-------3-----7-|
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-1-0---5-4-5-|
|
|     PM------------------|     PM--------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-(3)-----------------------|-3-------3-----7-|
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-1-0---5-4-5-|


      PM----------------------|     PM    PM
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------6--|
|-(7)-----------------------|---8p7---7h8---6--|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-----0-4--|
|
|     PM----------------------|     PM    PM
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------6--|
|-(7)-----------------------|-0-5p3-0-3h5---6--|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------0-4--|


                    PM--------|                          PM    PM
|-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-------3-|-(3)---------------|------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-|-(7)--------|-(7)-8p7---7h8---3-|
|-(4)-------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5-----0-1-|
|
|                   PM--------|                          PM    PM
|-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-------3-|-(3)---------------|------------|-------------------|
|-(6)-------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-|-(7)--------|-(7)-5p3-0-3h5---3-|
|-(4)-------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)-----------0-1-|


                                                     PM    PM
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|------------------|----------|-----------------6--|
|-(3)--------|---/5--3-2-3--2---|-7--------|-(7)-8p7---7h8---6--|
|-(1)--------|-1--------------5-|-5--------|-(5)-----5-----0-4--|
|
|                                                    PM    PM
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------|
|------------|----3--2---2------|----------|-----------------6--|
|-(3)--------|---------5----5---|-7--------|-(7)-5p3-0-3h5---6--|
|-(1)--------|-1--------------5-|-5--------|-(5)-----------0-4--|


|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------||
|-(6)---------|---------------||
|-(6)-------8-|-(8)-----------||
|-(4)-------8-|-(8)-----------||
|
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|---------------||
|-(6)---------|---------------||
|-(6)-------8-|-(8)-----------||
|-(4)-------8-|-(8)----11\----||


 Riff B

 Riff A

 Guitar Solo

  Gtrs I, II
   PM---|         PM--|              PM--|         PM--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------7-------------7-------|----------7-----------7--|
|--0--0--0--7-----0-0--0--7-------|--0-0--0--7-----0-0-0-7--|
|
| Gtr III
|                                                  ~~
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17h18p17-15-17-15---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------17-16h17p16-|-14---16-14----14--------|
|---------------------------------|------------18-----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|


   PM--------|            PM--|                    PM--|      PM--|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------8----------------8-------|--------8----------11----|
|--0----0-----0--------8--0-0--0--------8-------|--0-0-0-8----0-0-0-11----|
|
|                      ~~
|------------17------------------------17-------|-------------------------|
|---------17----17------------------17----17----|-------------------------|
|----17------------17------------17----------17-|----------17-------------|
|-19------------------19------19----------------|-19----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

Keep rhythm guitar under solo

|                                        ~~
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-16h17p16-14h16p14-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------18h19p18-15h18p15-|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-19-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|


|
|  \0.5
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-17--------------------|-(17)--------17-15---------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|


|
|  \2
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-24------------------|-(24)-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|


|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------20----------------|
|----------19-22-19-21-19----19----------|----------19-21-22----22-21-22-21-19-|
|-18-19-21----------------22----22-21----|-19-21-22----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


 Riff E
  Q=233
  Gtr I
   PM-----|        PM--|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------7s9-9--------|-------------------|
|-----------5s7-7--------|-------------------|
|--0----0-0--------0-0-0-|---5S=7-7S8-8S7-1--|
|
| Gtr II
|  PM-----|        PM--|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------7s9-9--------|-------------------|
|-----------5s7-7--------|----------------3--|
|--0----0-0--------0-0-0-|---1S=4-4S5-5S4-1--|
|
| Gtr III
|  >
|  \0.5
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-21---------------------|-(21)--------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|


    PM---|        PM-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|----------7s9-9------|-------------------------|
|----------5s7-7------|----------------[3]b4r3--|
|---0--0-0--------0-0-|---6--0-5-0-1-0----------|
|
|   PM---|        PM-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|----------7s9-9------|-------------------------|
|----------5s7-7------|----------------[6]------|
|---0--0-0--------0-0-|---6--0-5-0-1-0----------|
|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-(21)----------------|-(21)--------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|


    PM--|        PM--|
||---------------------|----------------|
||o--------------------|----------------|
||---------------------|----------------|
||--------7s9-9--------|----------------|
||o-------5s7-7--------|----------------|
||--0-0-0--------0-0-0-|-5S7-7S8-8S7-1--|
|
|   PM--|        PM--|
||---------------------|----------------|
||o--------------------|----------------|
||---------------------|----------------|
||--------7s9-9--------|----------------|
||o-------5s7-7--------|-------------3--|
||--0-0-0--------0-0-0-|-1S4-4S5-5S4-1--|


  PM--|        PM--------------|
                                          3x
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------||
|-------7s9-9------|----------------------||
|-------5s7-7------|-------------[3]b4r3-o||
|-0-0-0--------0-0-|-6-0-5-0-1-0----------||
|
| PM--|        PM--------------|
|                                         3x
|------------------|----------------------||
|------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------|----------------------||
|-------7s9-9------|----------------------||
|-------5s7-7------|-------------[6]-----o||
|-0-0-0--------0-0-|-6-0-5-0-1-0----------||


 Riff C

 Riff D

 Riff F
  Q=130
  PM--|                     PM--|       PM----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-5-8-------------------|-0-3-7-------0-5-8-0-----|
|
| PM--------------------------------------|   PM-----
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------5-------|
|-------------------------|-----------------3-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-5-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-7-0-0-0-0-1---0-0-0-|


    PM----------------------------------------------|
                                                          4x
||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--0-5-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-7-0-0-0-0-5-8-0-0-0-----||
|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|                                                         4x
||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
||--------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--0-5-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-7-0-0-0-0-5-8-0-0-0-----||


   Riff G
    TP PM--------------|   TP PM--|
||-----------------------|----------------|
||o----------------------|----------------|
||-----------------------|----------------|
||-----------------------|----------------|
||o-7--------------------|-5--------7-----|
||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0----4--|
|
|   TP PM--------------|   TP PM--|
||-----------------------|----------------|
||o----------------------|----------------|
||-----------------------|----------------|
||-----------------------|-3--------------|
||o-3--------------------|----------------|
||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-4--7--|


  TP PM--------------|     PM|   PM|   PM|  ~~~
                                                  4x
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------[6]----||
|----------------------|-5-----3-----2-----------o||
|-5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1---1-1---1-1--------||
|
| TP PM--------------|     PM|   PM|   PM|  ~~~
|                                                 4x
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|-3-----2------------------||
|----------------------|-------------5-----[7]---o||
|-8--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1---1-1---1-1--------||


   Riff H
    TP PM--| TP PM--|   TP PM--|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||o-7--------5--------|-7--------10-8-7-8-7---|
||-----0-0-0----0-0-0-|----0-0-0------------8-|
|
|   TP PM--| TP PM--|   TP PM--|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------|-----------------------|
||o-7--------5--------|-7--------10-8-7-8-7---|
||-----0-0-0----0-0-0-|----0-0-0------------8-|


                     1.
  TP PM--| TP PM--|
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-7--------5--------|---------------------o||
|----0-0-0----0-0-0-|-5S1-1-4-4-(4)-(4)----||
|
| TP PM--| TP PM--|
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-7--------5--------|---------------------o||
|----0-0-0----0-0-0-|-8S5-5-7-7-(7)-(7)----||


  2.
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|-2--------*|
|-5S1-1-4-4S1-1-1-|-0--------*|
|
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|-2--------*|
|-8S5-5-7-7S5-5-1-|-0--------*|


Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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