A Vulgar Picture Chords & Tabs
A VULGAR PICTURE
The Black Dahlia Murder
(From The 2005 Album Miasma)
Transcribed by Jonathan Casper (confinedforever)
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------------|
|
| 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--|
|
| 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--|
|
| 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-|
|
| 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--|
|
| 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-|
|
| 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--|
|
| 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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_dahlia_murder/a_vulgar_picture_tab_ver_2.html ]
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--|
|
| 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---------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| \2
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-24------------------|-(24)-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------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--|
|
| 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
- 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
