Gtr I (C F A# D# G C) - 'Center Guitar'
Gtr II (C F A# D# G C) - 'Left Guitar'
Gtr III (C F A# D# G C) - 'Right Guitar'
Intro
Fast Death Metal Q.=160
N.C. F5 EbD5
12/8
Gtr I
PM---------------------| ~ PM ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q.
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-8--7-5-7--0-10--8-7-8------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| PM------
| W. H. Q. E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------5--3-2-|
|--------------------------|---------------------3--1-0-|
N.C.
PM---------------| TP TP TP TPTP
E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. E Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------12---------10-9---|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4--0-0-5\---|-8----------7-----------|
|
|-| TP TP TP TPTP
| q H H. Q. Q. Q. E Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|------12---------10-9---|
|-0-----------------------|-8----------7-----------|
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs II, III
PM--------------------| ~ PM ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q.
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-8-7-5-7--0-10-8-7-8----|
PM--------------| TP TP TP TPTP
E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. E Q
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|------12---------10-9----o||
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5\---|-8----------7-------------||
$
N.C.
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-9-----9-----9-----------|
|-10-----10-----10-----9-----|-------------------12----|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|---8-8---8-8---8-8-------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|-9-----9-----9-----12-----|
|-10-----10-----10-----9-----|--------------------------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|---8-8---8-8---8-8--------|
Gtr II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-9-----9-----9-----------|
|-10-----10-----10-----9-----|-------------------12----|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|---8-8---8-8---8-8-------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-9-----9-----9-----------|
|-10-----10-----10-----9-----|-------------------12----|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|---8-8---8-8---8-8-------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-9-----9------9p=7p5-4h5h=7----|
|-10-----10-----10-----9-----|-------------------------------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|---8-8---8-8-------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-9-----9-----12p10p9-7h9h10----|
|-10-----10-----10-----9-----|-------------------------------|
|----0-0----0-0----0-0---0-0-|---8-8---8-8-------------------|
N.C.
Gtrs II, III
PM--------------------| ~ PM ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q.
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-8-7-5-7--0-10-8-7-8----|
PM--------------| TP TP TP TPTP
E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. E Q
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|------12---------10-9----o||
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5\---|-8----------7-------------||
D.S. al Coda
G5 Bb5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||---5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--8-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10----------|-----------9--9--9-7-7-7--9--9--9-|
||o-------------------------10-10-10-|-10-10-10-------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10----------|----------------------------------|
||o-------------------------10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10-|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
To Coda
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-----||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--9--9--9-7-7-7-9-9-9-------|-------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-----||
|----------------------9-9-9-|-9-9-9-------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------7-7-7-9-9-9-------|-------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-----||
|-10-10-10-------------9-9-9-|-9-9-9-------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
Bridge
&
D5 N.C. Bb5 G5
Gtr I
PM----------| PM--|
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-----------------7p6h7p|=6----------10----7----|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|------0-0-0--8----5----|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| W. H. Q. Q.
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|------------10----7----|
|-------------------------|-------------8----5----|
D5 N.C. AbG5 Ab5 G5F5 Eb5
PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-----------------7p6h7-|-8S7-7-7S8-8-7S5-5-5S3-3----|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-6S5-5-5S6-6-5S3-3-3S1-1----|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| W. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-8S7-7-7S8-8-7S5-5-5S3-3----|
|-------------------------|-6S5-5-5S6-6-5S3-3-3S1-1----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_dahlia_murder/apex_tab_ver_3.html ]
D5 N.C.
Gtrs II, III
PM----------| TP TP TP
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
||-------------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------------|---------------------|
||--9----------------------|---------------------|
||o-7----------------7p6h7p|=6-------------------|
||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|------0----8----5----|
D5 N.C. AbG5 Ab5 G5F5 Eb5
PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|-9----------------------|----------------------------||
|-7----------------7p6h7-|-8S7-7-7S8-8-7S5-5-5S3-3---o||
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-6S5-5-5S6-6-5S3-3-3S1-1----||
(D5)
Gtr II
PM-------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------2-----------|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr III
| PM-------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-----------2-----------|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-----------------------|
|-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-8----(8)-7h8p7S==2-----|
|
|-----------------------|
| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-7----(7)-6h7p6---------|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|------------------7-----|
PM-------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
-----------------------|
|-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|-8----(8)-7h8p7S==2-----|
|
|-----------------------|
| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-7----(7)-6h7p6---------|
|-0-0-0-5-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-|------------------7-----|
D5 N.C.
Gtrs II, III
PM----------| TP TP TP
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|-9----------------------|---------------------|
|-7----------------7p6h7p|=6-------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|------0----8----5----|
D5 N.C. AbG5 Ab5 G5F5 Eb5
PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9----------------------|----------------------------|
|-7----------------7p6h7-|-8S7-7-7S8-8-7S5-5-5S3-3----|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-6S5-5-5S6-6-5S3-3-3S1-1----|
D5 N.C.
PM----------| TP TP TP
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|-9----------------------|---------------------|
|-7----------------7p6h7p|=6-------------------|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|------0----8----5----|
D5 N.C. AbG5 Ab5 G5F5 Eb5
PM----------| PM| PM| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||------------------------------||
|------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|------------------------||------------------------------||
|-9----------------------||------------------------------||
|-7----------------7p6h7-||o-8S7-7-7S8-8-7S5-5-5S3-3----o||
|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------||--6S5-5-5S6-6-5S3-3-3S1-1-----||
N.C.
12/8
Gtrs II, III
PM--------------| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--5h6p5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3h5p3-0-0-0-1h3p1-0-0-0-|
PM--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-5h6p5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5h6-6-3-3-3-1-1-1-6-6-6--||
Outro
G5 Bb5
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||---5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--8--8-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10----------|-----------9--9--9-7-7-7--9--9--9-|
||o-------------------------10-10-10-|-10-10-10-------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10----------|----------------------------------|
||o-------------------------10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10-|
||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 10x
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0----||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 10x
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--9--9--9-7-7-7-9-9-9-------|-------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10----||
|----------------------9-9-9-|-9-9-9------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 10x
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------7-7-7-9-9-9-------|-------7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10----||
|-10-10-10-------------9-9-9-|-9-9-9------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
