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A VULGAR PICTURE
The Black Dahlia Murder
(From The 2005 Album Miasma)
Tune guitars to standard down 2 steps (not dropped C)
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Brian Eschbach'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'John Kempainen'
Gtr III (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Lead'
Leave me feedback, it's the only way I know whether to make corrections or not.
Riff A
Q=218
4/4
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--| ||--------------------|------------------| ||o-------------------|------------------| ||--------9--------9--|-------9--14--13--| ||--------------------|------------------| ||o-------7--------7--|-------7--12--11--| ||--0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0------------|

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| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--| PM--| ||--------------------|------------------| ||o-------------------|------------------| ||--------9--------9--|-------9----------| ||--------------------|------------------| ||o-------7--------7--|-------7----------| ||--0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----8---7--| PM--| PM--| PM-----| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------9--------9--|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------7--------7--|-7h8p7----7-----------| |-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-------10---10-8-7-8--|

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| PM--| PM--| PM-----| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------9--------9--|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------7--------7--|-7h8p7----7-----------| |-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-------10---10-8-7-8--|

1.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------8--------8--|-------8--------11--|-7-7-7-7-----------------------------| |-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-8--|-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-11--|---------10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|

|
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------| |-------8--------8--|-------8--------11--|-------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-8--|-0-0-0-8--0-0-0-11--|-8-8-8-8--7--7--7--7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-| |-----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------o|| |-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-----||

|
|-----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------o|| |-5-5-5-5--7--7--7--7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----||

Riff B
2.
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM PM PM| PM PM
|----------|------------||------------------|-----------------| |----------|------------||o-----------------|-----------------| |----------|------------||------------------|-----------------| |-2--------|------------||------------------|-----------------| |-2--------|------------||o-----5---7---8p7-|-----5---7-------| |-0--------|-------12\--||--0-0---0---0-----|-0-0---0---0-5p4-|

PM| PM PM PM| PM PM| PM PM PM| PM PM
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----5---7---8p7-|-----------------|-----5---7---8p7-|-----5---7-------| |-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-5-0-7h8p7-4-|-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0---0---0-5p4-|

1. 2.
Gtr I
PM| PM PM PM| PM PM| PM PM PM| PM
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------| |-----5---7---8p7-|-----------------o||-----5---7---8p7-|--------------------| |-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-5-0-7h8p7-4--||-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-5-0-7h8p7-4-0--|

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| Gtr II
| PM| PM PM PM| PM PM| PM PM PM| PM
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|--------------------| |-----5---7---8p7-|---------5h7p5---o||-----5---7---8p7-|---------5h7p5------| |-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-8-0-------7--||-0-0---0---0-----|-0-0-8-0-------7-0--|

Riff C
PM| PM PM PM PM PM
||----------------------|------------------| ||o---------------------|------------------| ||----------------------|------------------| ||----------------------|------------------| ||o-15-----14---12---11-|---12---14---15---| ||-----0-0----0----0----|-0----0----0------|

|
| PM| PM PM PM PM PM
||----------------------|------------------| ||o---------------------|------------------| ||----------------------|------------------| ||--14-----12---10----9-|---10---12---14---| ||o---------------------|------------------| ||-----0-0----0----0----|-0----0----0------|

1.
PM| PM PM PM--|
|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-8-----7---5---6-|-(6)---------------o|| |---0-0---0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-4-5-7----||

|
| PM| PM PM PM--|
|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-7-----6---3-----|--------------------|| |---------------6-|-(6)---------------o|| |---0-0---0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-4-5-7----||

2. Q=
PM| PM PM PM--|
|-------------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|| |--8------7---5---6-|-(6)-------------|| |----0-0----0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-7h8p7-||

|
| PM| PM PM PM--|
|-------------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|| |-12-----11---8---6-|-(6)-------------|| |----0-0----0---0-4-|-(4)-0-4-0-7h8p7-||

Riff D
209
PM----------------------| PM PM |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-7-----------------------|---8p7---7h8---3--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-----0-1--|

|
| PM----------------------| PM PM |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-7-----------------------|-0-5p3-0-3h5---3--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------0-1--| PM------------------| PM--------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |-(3)-----------------------|-3-------3-----7-| |-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-1-0---5-4-5-|

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| PM------------------| PM--------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| |-(3)-----------------------|-3-------3-----7-| |-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-0-1-0---5-4-5-| PM----------------------| PM PM |---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|---------------6--| |-(7)-----------------------|---8p7---7h8---6--| |-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-----0-4--|

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| PM----------------------| PM PM |---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|---------------6--| |-(7)-----------------------|-0-5p3-0-3h5---6--| |-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------0-4--| PM--------| PM PM |-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------| |-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------| |-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------| |-(6)-------3-|-(3)---------------|------------|-------------------| |-(6)-------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-|-(7)--------|-(7)-8p7---7h8---3-| |-(4)-------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5-----0-1-|

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| PM--------| PM PM |-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------| |-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------| |-------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------| |-(6)-------3-|-(3)---------------|------------|-------------------| |-(6)-------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-|-(7)--------|-(7)-5p3-0-3h5---3-| |-(4)-------1-|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)-----------0-1-|

PM PM
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------| |------------|------------------|----------|--------------------| |------------|------------------|----------|--------------------| |------------|------------------|----------|-----------------6--| |-(3)--------|---/5--3-2-3--2---|-7--------|-(7)-8p7---7h8---6--| |-(1)--------|-1--------------5-|-5--------|-(5)-----5-----0-4--|

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| PM PM
|------------|------------------|----------|--------------------| |------------|------------------|----------|--------------------| |------------|------------------|----------|--------------------| |------------|----3--2---2------|----------|-----------------6--| |-(3)--------|---------5----5---|-7--------|-(7)-5p3-0-3h5---6--| |-(1)--------|-1--------------5-|-5--------|-(5)-----------0-4--| |-------------|---------------|| |-------------|---------------|| |-------------|---------------|| |-(6)---------|---------------|| |-(6)-------8-|-(8)-----------|| |-(4)-------8-|-(8)-----------||

|
|-------------|---------------|| |-------------|---------------|| |-------------|---------------|| |-(6)---------|---------------|| |-(6)-------8-|-(8)-----------|| |-(4)-------8-|-(8)----11\----||

Riff B
Riff A
Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, II
PM---| PM--| PM--| PM--| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------7-------------7-------|----------7-----------7--| |--0--0--0--7-----0-0--0--7-------|--0-0--0--7-----0-0-0-7--|

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| Gtr III
| ~~
|---------------------------------|-------------------------| |-17h18p17-15-17-15---------------|-------------------------| |---------------------17-16h17p16-|-14---16-14----14--------| |---------------------------------|------------18-----------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------| PM--------| PM--| PM--| PM--| |-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------8----------------8-------|--------8----------11----| |--0----0-----0--------8--0-0--0--------8-------|--0-0-0-8----0-0-0-11----|

|
| ~~
|------------17------------------------17-------|-------------------------| |---------17----17------------------17----17----|-------------------------| |----17------------17------------17----------17-|----------17-------------| |-19------------------19------19----------------|-19----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

Keep rhythm guitar under solo
| ~~
|-------------------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------| |-16h17p16-14h16p14-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------18h19p18-15h18p15-|--------------------| |-------------------------------------|-19-----------------| |-------------------------------------|--------------------|

|
| \0.5
|-----------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------------| |-17--------------------|-(17)--------17-15---------| |-----------------------|---------------------------|

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| \2
|---------------------|----------------------| |-24------------------|-(24)-----------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|

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|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|-------------------20----------------| |----------19-22-19-21-19----19----------|----------19-21-22----22-21-22-21-19-| |-18-19-21----------------22----22-21----|-19-21-22----------------------------| |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Riff E
Q=233
Gtr I
PM-----| PM--| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |-----------7s9-9--------|-------------------| |-----------5s7-7--------|-------------------| |--0----0-0--------0-0-0-|---5S=7-7S8-8S7-1--|

|
| Gtr II
| PM-----| PM--| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |-----------7s9-9--------|-------------------| |-----------5s7-7--------|----------------3--| |--0----0-0--------0-0-0-|---1S=4-4S5-5S4-1--|

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| Gtr III
| >
| \0.5
|------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |-21---------------------|-(21)--------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| PM---| PM-----------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |----------7s9-9------|-------------------------| |----------5s7-7------|----------------[3]b4r3--| |---0--0-0--------0-0-|---6--0-5-0-1-0----------|

|
| PM---| PM-----------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |----------7s9-9------|-------------------------| |----------5s7-7------|----------------[6]------| |---0--0-0--------0-0-|---6--0-5-0-1-0----------|

|
|---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |-(21)----------------|-(21)--------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------------|

PM--| PM--|
||---------------------|----------------| ||o--------------------|----------------| ||---------------------|----------------| ||--------7s9-9--------|----------------| ||o-------5s7-7--------|----------------| ||--0-0-0--------0-0-0-|-5S7-7S8-8S7-1--|

|
| PM--| PM--|
||---------------------|----------------| ||o--------------------|----------------| ||---------------------|----------------| ||--------7s9-9--------|----------------| ||o-------5s7-7--------|-------------3--| ||--0-0-0--------0-0-0-|-1S4-4S5-5S4-1--| PM--| PM--------------|

3x
|------------------|----------------------|| |------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------|----------------------|| |-------7s9-9------|----------------------|| |-------5s7-7------|-------------[3]b4r3-o|| |-0-0-0--------0-0-|-6-0-5-0-1-0----------||

|
| PM--| PM--------------|

| 3x
|------------------|----------------------|| |------------------|---------------------o|| |------------------|----------------------|| |-------7s9-9------|----------------------|| |-------5s7-7------|-------------[6]-----o|| |-0-0-0--------0-0-|-6-0-5-0-1-0----------||

Riff C
Riff D
Riff F
Q=130
PM--| PM--| PM----| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-5-8-------------------|-0-3-7-------0-5-8-0-----|

|
| PM--------------------------------------| PM----- |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------5-------| |-------------------------|-----------------3-------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-5-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-7-0-0-0-0-1---0-0-0-| PM----------------------------------------------|

4x
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||--------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||--------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||--0-5-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-7-0-0-0-0-5-8-0-0-0-----||

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

| 4x
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||--------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||--------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||--0-5-8-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-7-0-0-0-0-5-8-0-0-0-----||

Riff G
TP PM--------------| TP PM--| ||-----------------------|----------------| ||o----------------------|----------------| ||-----------------------|----------------| ||-----------------------|----------------| ||o-7--------------------|-5--------7-----| ||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0----4--|

|
| TP PM--------------| TP PM--| ||-----------------------|----------------| ||o----------------------|----------------| ||-----------------------|----------------| ||-----------------------|-3--------------| ||o-3--------------------|----------------| ||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-4--7--| TP PM--------------| PM| PM| PM| ~~~

4x
|----------------------|--------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------[6]----|| |----------------------|-5-----3-----2-----------o|| |-5--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1---1-1---1-1--------||

|
| TP PM--------------| PM| PM| PM| ~~~

| 4x
|----------------------|--------------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------------o|| |----------------------|--------------------------|| |----------------------|-3-----2------------------|| |----------------------|-------------5-----[7]---o|| |-8--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1-1---1-1---1-1--------||

Riff H
TP PM--| TP PM--| TP PM--| ||--------------------|-----------------------| ||o-------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------|-----------------------| ||o-7--------5--------|-7--------10-8-7-8-7---| ||-----0-0-0----0-0-0-|----0-0-0------------8-|

|
| TP PM--| TP PM--| TP PM--| ||--------------------|-----------------------| ||o-------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------|-----------------------| ||o-7--------5--------|-7--------10-8-7-8-7---| ||-----0-0-0----0-0-0-|----0-0-0------------8-|

1.
TP PM--| TP PM--|
|-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------o|| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-7--------5--------|---------------------o|| |----0-0-0----0-0-0-|-5S1-1-4-4-(4)-(4)----||

|
| TP PM--| TP PM--|
|-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------o|| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------|| |-7--------5--------|---------------------o|| |----0-0-0----0-0-0-|-8S5-5-7-7-(7)-(7)----||

2.
|-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|-2--------*| |-5S1-1-4-4S1-1-1-|-0--------*|

|
|-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|----------*| |-----------------|-2--------*| |-8S5-5-7-7S5-5-1-|-0--------*|

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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Source: http://www.azchords.com/b/blackdahliamurder-tabs-17114/avulgarpicture-tabs-258788.html

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