CLOSED CASKET REQUIEM
The Black Dahlia Murder
(From The 2003 Album Unhallowed)
Transcribed by Jonathan Casper (confinedforever)
Gtr 1 - Tuning (C F Bb Eb G C)
. - 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 - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
; - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Guitar 1 - Brian Eschbach
Guitar 2 - John Kempainen
Riff I(verse)
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----10-9-12-10-12h14p12-10h12p10-|
|-000--0-0--0--0------------------|
... . . . .
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------| Gtr 1 on 4th time played
|-------------------|
|-15h17p15-14h15p14-|
|-------------------|
Riff II (post verse)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------| Gtr 1
|--------------------------------------------|
|----12-10------12--10---12-10--10"-9"-7"-6"-|
|-000--0--101010--10--888--8--8--------------|
... . . . . . ... . .
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------| Gtr 2
|----12-10------10--9----10-9---9"--7"-5"-4"-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-000--0--101010--10--888--8--8--------------|
... . . . . . ... . .
Riff III(pre-chorus)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2---12-10---10h12-2-2-2-2------12-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-8-------8-------0-0-0-0-8887-------|
Riff IV(chorus 3)
|p.1 end |p.2 end
|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|----12-10-10h12------12--10h12-2----------14"-12"-10"-9p-|-9"-10"-12"-10p-|
|-8-8--8--8------10-10--10------0-00000000----------------|----------------|
. . . . . ;;;;;;;;
Riff IV Interlude
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-9-999999-12-121212121212-|
|-7-777777-10-101010101010-|
;;;;;; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Gtr 2 Post Interlude
|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|----10-9-9h10------9--10--9h10-----------12"-10"-9"-7p-|-7"-9"-10"-9p-|
|-------------------------------2-----------------------|--------------|
|-8-8--8-8-----10-10-10--10-----0-0000000---------------|--------------|
. . . . . . ;;;;;;;
Riff IV End
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-9-99999999-|
|-7-77777777-|
........
Riff I
Riff II
Riff III
Riff IV
Riff V
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/black-dahlia-murder/52449.html ]
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| Gtr 1
|-----------------------------|
|-----12"-----10"-------------|
|-12"-----11"-----8"-3"-7""""-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| Gtr 2
|-----------------------------|
|-10"-15"-9"--14"-7"----6""""-|
|--------------------8"-------|
Riff V end
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------| Gtr 1
|--------------|
|-3--------5\--|
|----3--7------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------| Gtr 2
|--------------|
|-7--3--6--9\--|
|--------------|
( \ = fades into next riff )
Riff VI
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------| Gtr 1
|-2--7/9-10\9--------------12-10-9-10-9-|
|-2-------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------| Gtr 2
|-2----------------12-109-109-----------|
|-2-----------109-----------------------|
|-0-----------8-7--10-8-7-8-7-----------|
Riff VII
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------| Gtr1
|---------------9"----------------------------------------|
|----9"-10"-12"----12"-10"-9"----9"-10"-12"-10"-9"-10"----|
|-8"--------------------------5"-----------------------9"-|
Riff VII cont.
|---------------| |----------------|
|---------------|o|----------------|
|---------------|3|----------------| Gtr 1
|---------------|3|-12"-10"-9"-10"-|
|----9"-10"-12"-|o|----------------|
|-0"------------| |----------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------------| Gtr 2
|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-7""-9""-10""-|
|-8""""-|-3""""-|-7""""-|-0""""-|--------------|
Riff VIII
|p1.
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------*-----------------------------------------|
|-12-1212-1010------------------------------------------|
|-10-1010-1010-----9h10------12h14------9h10------14p12-|
|--------------0-00-----0-00-------0-00------0-00-------|
Riff VIII cont.
|p2.
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------9h10------12h14------14h15------15h17-|
|-0-00------0-00-------0-00-------0-00-------|
* = Gtr 2 plays the following before p1.
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-10-9-7h9p7-|
|------------|
|------------|
Fill
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------| Gtr 1
|-2--2--7h9p5-|
|-2--2--------|
|-0--0--------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------| Gtr 2
|-2--2--------|
|-2--2--3h5p2-|
|-0--0--------|
Riff I
Riff IV
Pre-Outro
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------| Both Gtr's
|----------------|
|-2-22-2-22-2-22-|
|-0-00-0-00-0-00-|
Guitar 1 plays the following over
|------|-----| |------|-------| |------|-----|
|------|-----|o|------|-------|o|------|-----|
|------|-----|2|------|-------| |------|-----|
|-9----|-7---|2|----9-|----10-| |-9----|-7---|
|---10-|---9-|0|-10---|-12----|o|---10-|---9-|
|------|-----| |------|-------| |------|-----|
Outro
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------| Gtr 1
|---------------|
|-7br-10br----2-|
|-------------0-|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------| Gtr 2
|---------------|
|-------------2-|
|-8br-11br----0-|
