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Closed Casket Requiem

Black Dahlia Murder

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                             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

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

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