Band: The Black Dahlia Murder
Album: Unhallowed
Song: Thy Horror Cosmic
Copyright (c) Metal Blade Records 2003
Version 1.0 - December 14th, 2004
Transcribed By: hate_thy_neighbor
Email: negative12002@aol.com
. - 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
Drop C tuning (CGCFAD)
figure out the rhythm and whatnot yourselves.
there's a 2nd guitar line, but it's usually just playing
an interval of a third over this one.
Riff 1
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|---------5------|
|-1--3101030-----|
|-1--31010-0-----|
......
Riff 2 (4x)
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|------------"3-----|
|-"1--"0-"1------"0-|
Riff 3 (2x)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------"10------------------|
|-----"5--"7--"8--------"8--"7--"5-----|
|-"6-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
(cont.)
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----"4--"5--"7--"8--"7--"5--"4----|
|-"5--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Riff 4 (3x, then play 1st half)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------ph------|
|------------------------------7--6---10---7--6---7----10------|
|-1-111-1-111-3-333111333-000----------------------------------|
|-1-111-1-111-3-333111333-000---00--00--00--00--00--00---------|
... ... ......... ... .. .. .. .. .. ..
Riff 5 (2x)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----8-10---8/10-------8-10---8/10-----8-10---8/10-------8-10---8/10--|
|-666-6--666--------666-6--666------555-5--555--------555-5--555------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
... . ... ... . ... ... . ... ... . ...
Play Riff 4, then 2.
Riff 6
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------5----ph-(w/ bar)---------5-------(w/ bar)-|
|-1--3101030---5----------1--3101030---5----------|
|-1--31010-0---------------1--31010-0---------------|
..... .....
(cont.)
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------5----(w/ bar)-------------5---------------|
|-1--3101030---------------1--3101030---0000--0----|
|-1--31010-0---------------1--31010-0---0000--0----|
..... . ..... . .... .
Riff 7 (2x)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5555--5558-6-5-6-5-3-3--1111--1113-1-0-1-0----|
|-5--5555--555-5-5-5-5-5--3--1111--111-1-1-1-1-13--|
... ... . . . . . ... ... . . . . .
(cont.)
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3--3333--3336-5-3-5-6-5-1--1111111110--000000000--|
|-3--3333--333-3-3-3-3-3--1--1111111110--000000000--|
... ... . . . . . ......... .........
Riff 8 (2x)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----5-6---3h5p3---1-3---1h3p1---3-5---3h5p3-"6"5"3"5-|
|-000-0-000-----111-1-111-----333-3-333---------------|
... . ... ... . ... ... . ...
Riff 9 (3x)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------"3----|
|-"1---"0"1"0"1"0--"0--|
end with:
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------"3----0000--0--0000-|
|-"1---"0"1"0"1"0---0--0000--0--0000-|
.... . ....
