• Song:

    Elder Misanthropy

  • Artist:

    Black Dahlia Murder

  • Album:

    Unhallowed

Song: Elder Misanthropy
Bamd: The Black Dahlia Murder
Album: Unhallowed
Transcirbed by: Matt Tompkins

Tuning: Drop D down 1 step (a.k.a. Drop C)

* - pinch harmonic
" - tremolo pick (listen for how long)
anything in parenthesis is what guitar 2 plays(harmony)

Intro:
|---------
|---------
|---------
|-8----5--
|-8----5--
|-8----5--

Verse:
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|----7---5-------------------------- x2 
|------------8---7---8---7---5h7p5--
|-00---0---0---0---0---0---0--------
pm..   .   .   .   .   .   .

|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------  
|----7---8---7h8----8---7---7h8--
|-88---8---8-----55---5---5------
pm..   .   .     ..   .   .


repeat verse


Riff 1              tremolo pick
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
|-----------------(33223355775533-3*)--
|-00-000-000-000-0-5544557788775544----
|-00-000-000-000-0---------------------
pm.. ... ... ... .

|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|-----------------(33223355332233-3*)- both parts x2
|-00-000-000-000-0-5544557755445511---
|-00-000-000-000-0--------------------
pm.. ... ... ... .

Fill
|--------------
|--------------
|--------------
|-0------------
|-0--------00--
|-0--------00--
pm         ..

Riff 2(
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------(8"--7")--
|----7"-8"----7"-8"-----------7"-8"----7"-8"-10"-8"--
|-0"-------0"-------10"-8"-8"-------8"---------------

|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|--------------------------7--9--10-12--
|--------------------------x--x--x--x---  
|----7"-8"----7"-8"--------5--7--8--10--
|-0"-------0"-------10"-8"--------------


Verse x2
Riff 1 x1.5


pre-chorus fill
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|------------------7--9--10-12--
|------------------x--x--x--x---
|-00-000-000-000-0-5--7--8--10--
|-00-000-000-000-0--------------
pm.. ... ... ... .
Chorus x4
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|-----8p7-10-8-7-----8p7-10-8-7-------8p7-10-8-7---8p7---8p7----
|-0-------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-0------------8-8------------10-10------------5-----5-----5--
pm  .              .               ..                  .     .

Guitar 2 harmony(3rd and 4th times)
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|---------7-5-----------7-5-------------7-5-----5p3---5p3----
|-0---8p7-----8-----8p7-----8-------8p7-----8----------------
|-0-0-----------8-8-----------10-10-----------5-----5-----5--
pm  .             .              ..                 .     .

post chorus riff
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------(9--10---9---6)---------------------------- x4
|-----------------7---8---7---4----------------5---------4--
|-000-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0----000-0-0-0-0-7---8-7-5-7----
pm... . . . . . .   .   .   .    ... . . . . .   . . . .

|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-7"--8"-10"--8"-7"-8"-10"-8"-7"- x2
|--------------------------------

|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-5"--7"-8"--7"-5"-7"-10"-8"-7"-
|-------------------------------

|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-5"--7"-8"--7"-5"-7"-8"-10"----
|-------------------------------

|----------
|----------
|----------
|----------
|-8-8-8-0--
|-8-8-8-0--
pm. . .

Chorus x4
verse(1st half) x4

Guitar 2 harmony for 4th time
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|----10---8---7---5---7---5---3h5p3--
|------------------------------------
|-00----0---0---0---0---0---0--------
pm..    .   .   .   .   .   .


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