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Elder Misanthropy

The Black Dahlia Murder
Tab
4.6(9)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

. - 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

Tuning; Drop C, C,G,C,F,A,D

Intro

|-----------|
|-----------|
|--8-----5--|
|--8-----5--|
|--8-----5--|

Riff 1

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----7-5----------hp--7-5----------hp--------h-------h--|
|--------8-7-8-7-575------8-7-8-7-575---7-8-78--8-7-78--|
|--00-0-0-0-0-0-0---00-0-0-0-0-0-0----88-8-8--66-6-6----|

.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . .

Riff 2

Gtr.1

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|--00-000-000-000-5544557788775544--|

|--00-000-000-000-------------------|

| .. ... ... ...

|Gtr. 2

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------3322335577553322--|
|--00-000-000-000-------------------|
|--00-000-000-000-------------------|

.. ... ... ...

Gtr.1

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|--00-000-000-000-5544557755445511--|

|--00-000-000-000-------------------|

| .. ... ... ...

|Gtr.2

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------33223355332233----|
|--00-000-000-000---------------55--|
|--00-000-000-000-------------------|

.. ... ... ...

Fill

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--0--------00--|
|--0--------00--|

..

Riff 3

(Arranged for one guitar with top

guitar parts in parenthases)

All tremelo picked,so notes written aren't correct in quantity.

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------(8877)--|
|------7788----778877--------7788----7788101088--|
|--0000----0000------10108888----8888------------|

.... .... . ..... ....

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------(3--5--7--8)--|
|------7788----778877----5--7--8--10--|
|--0000----0000------1010-------------|

.... .... . .

Play Riff 1

Then Riff 2

End with the last part in Riff 3.

Chorus-Riff 4(Both guitars play the same thing the first two measures)

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------pp--------pp-----------pp---p--p--|
|------7-1087----7-1087------7--1087--87-87--|
|--0---------8---------10------------5--5----|
|--0--0-0----8--8-8----10--10-10-------------|

. . . . . . . .

Second time

Gtr. 1

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------pp--------pp-----------pp---p--p--|
|------7-1087----7-1087------7--1087--87-87--|
|--0---------8---------10------------5--5----|
|--0--0-0----8--8-8----10--10-10-------------|

| . . . . . . . .

|Gtr. 2

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------p---------p------------p----p--p---|
|--------75--------75-----------75---53-53---|
|--0---8---8-8---8---8-10----8----8----------|
|--0--0-0----8--8-8----10--10-10----5--5-----|

. . . . . . . .

Bridge-Riff 5

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7-8-7-4~---------------------5----4~-|
|--0000000000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0000000000-0-0-0-0-7-8757---|

.......... . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . ....

Riff 6 (All tremolo picked)

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--7---8-10--8-7-8--10-8-7--|
|---------------------------|x2

Riff 7 (Still all tremolo picked)

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--5---7-8---7-5-7--10-8-7--|
|---------------------------|x2

Then Chorus (Riff 4)

End with Riff 1

Last time Gtr. 2 plays over Gtr. 1

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------------------hp--|
|----10-8-7-5-7-5-353--|
|----------------------|
|--00--0-0-0-0-0-0-----|

.. . . . . . .

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