Closed Casket Requiem - The Black Dahlia Murder
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
. - 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 C,G,C,F,A,D, (Drop C)

Riff 1 (Parenthesis played by Gtr. 2 last time)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------h-p---hp--------------(8108--787)--|
|-----8-7-10-8--101210-8108---8-7-10-8--101210-8108--|
|--000-0-0--0-00-----------000-0-0--0-00-------------|

Riff 2 (Two Guitars)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------""""""""----------|
|-----10-8------8--7---8-5-77775555""""""""--|
|----------------------------------88887777--|
|--000--0-101010-10-888-8--------------------|
| ... . . . . . ... .
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------""""""""""""""""--|
|-----12-10-----10-8--10-7-8888777755554444--|
|--000--0-101010-10-888-8--------------------|
... . . . . . ... .
Riff 3 (Really fast triplets, sounds like one note)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------1087-8-10------------------------101010108888--|
|-000-000-000-0008-----8-10--000-000-000-00088887777-------------|
... ... ... .... ... ... ... ...

Riff 4
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------""""""""----------|
|-------------------------------------77775555""""""""--|
|--8--10-8108-10---10--8108-0-----------------88887777--|
|--8-8--8-----10-10--10-----0-00000000------------------|
. . . . ........
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------""""""""-"-"-"-"""""--|
|--8--10-8108-10---10--8108-0---------77778888101010108888--|
|--8-8--8-----10-10--10-----0-00000000----------------------|
. . . . ........
Play 1 and a half times then
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--7-77777-10-1010101010--|
|--7-77777-10-1010101010--|
..... . . . . .
Repeat Riff 4 with second guitar part played with it (below)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------hp----------hp------------"-"-"-"""""""""""""--|
|-----8-787------8--787-----------10101010888877775555--|
|--8--------10----------0-------------------------------|
|--8-8-8----10-10-10----0-00000000----------------------|
. . . . ........
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------hp----------hp-----------"""""""""""""""""--|
|-----8-787------8--787-----------55555777788887777--|
|--8--------10----------0----------------------------|
|--8-8-8----10-10-10----0-00000000-------------------|
. . . . ........
Then(Both)
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--7-777777-----|
|--7-777777-----|
......
Pause
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4

Riff 5
Gtr. 1
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------5555----------------------|
|--8888----77778888555511114444--|
|--------------------------------|
|Gtr. 2
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------8888----7777--------------|
|--5555----4444------------------|
|------------------888855557777--|

Gtr. 1 & 2
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--7--|
|-10--|

Riff 6
Rhythm
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------8--7--------------0--------8--7------|
|--0----------8--7--------------0--------8--7------|
|Gtr. 1 Lead
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5--7-----8--7----3--2----------5--7---8--7----3--2-------|
|---------------------------5--4-------------------------5--4--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|Gtr. 2 Lead
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------1087--7------------------------1087--7--|
|-----7--8----10--8--78108----10-----7--8----10--8--78108----10---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 7
Gtr. 1
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----77881010121210108877--77881010887788--------|
|--88--------------------88--------------10------|
|Gtr. 2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------1010101088887777--|
|--8888888888888888888888888888------------------|

Con't.
Gtr. 1
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------1010887788--------|
|----77881010--778810--77881010------------------|
|--00--------00------00--------------------------|
|Gtr. 2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------5555555577778888--|
|--0000000000000000000000000000------------------|

Riff 8
Gtr. 1 Play Parenthesis last time.
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------hp--------------------h------h---|
|--8-------8-----8---7--575-0----h------h----(78-----810)-|
|--8---8-8-8----------------0---78-0---78-0---78-0---108--|
|--8---8-8-8----------------0-00---0-00---0-00---0-00-----|
|Gtr. 2. . .. .. .. ..
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------h-----------------|
|--8-------8-------------hp-0----------57-----------------|
|--8---8-8-8----10---8--787-0------0--------5------7---8--|
|--8---8-8-8----------------0------0-00-------------------|
. . ..

"For this perfect end!"
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|----------373\2--|
|--0---0---575\4--|
|--0---0----------|

Play Riff 1
Then Riff 2
End with slow end of Riff 2

Riff 9 Last parts arranged on one line for 3 guitars (Rhythm/2 lead)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------7-3-----------------------------5-2------|
|--------------------------8-5-----------------------------7-4------|
|--000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0--|x2
... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . .

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-7-----------------------------5-8------|
|--------------------------5-3-----------------------------7-10-----|
|--000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0--|x2
x2 ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . . ... . .

Two Guitars
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--0-----3--------|
|--1~~---4~~---0--|
|--------------0--|
Fade out
End.
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
. - 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 C,G,Bb,Eb,G,C

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

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| 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-|
Song info
Closed Casket Requiem
The Black Dahlia Murder

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