TO YOU, CONTORTIONIST
                          The Black Dahlia Murder
       (From The 2001 Album What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse Demo)


Transcribed by Jonathan Casper (confinedforever)

Gtr 1 & 2 - Tuning - (C F Bb Eb G C)

" - tremolo picking
ph - pinched harmonic
. - palm mute


Intro
 Gtr 1        Gtr 2
|------------|------------------------------------|
|------------|------------------------------------|
|-9--5--4--5-|--------------------7p6-----5p4-----|
|-9--5--4--5-|-7-10-9-7-10-9-7--------9p7-----7p5-|
|-7--3--2--3-|-----------------10-----------------|
|------------|------------------------------------|

Riff 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------10-----------------------------|
|-12-121212-121212-121212-10-9-10-10-101010-101010-101010-7-10-9-|
|-10-101010-101010-101010---------8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8---------|
      . . .  . . .  . . .            . . .  . . .  . . .
Riff 2
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--"-""-"-""--"-"-"--"-"-"-|
|-"7109"7109-"91210-"91012-|
|-8----8----10-----10------|

Riff 3
|---------------|--------|---------|
|---------------|--------|---------|
|---------------|---""-"-|---"-"-"-|
|---""-"-"-""-"-|--10910-|--101210-|
|-"109101210910-|-"------|-"-------|
|-8-------------|-8------|-8-------|

Riff 4
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------10-9-10-|
|--10-9-10-12-10-9-10---10-9-10-12-10-9-10----------|
|-8--------------------8-------------------8--------|
| .                    .                   .
|Riff 4 (cont)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10-12-10--10-9-10--10-9-10-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------10-9-10-12-10-9-10--10-9-10-12-10-9-10-|
|-8---------8--------8--------8-------------------8-------------------|
| .         .        .        .                   .
|Riff 4 (cont)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--10-9-10-12-10-9-10--10-9-10--10-9-10-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------8--------8--------|
  .                   .        .
Riff 5
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-222-2-2-222-2-2-222-2-2-222-|
|-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-|
|     ...     ...     ...     ...
|Riff 5 (cont)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------4-5-4-5-------4-5-4-2-------4-5-4-5-------4-5-4-2-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-222-------2-2-222-------2-2-222-------2-2-222--------|
|-0-0-000-------0-0-000-------0-0-000-------0-0-000--------|
      ...           ...           ...           ...
Riff 6
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----------7-5--------------5-4-----|
|--------------9-7--------------7-5-|
|-7-10-9-7---------7-10-9-7---------|
|-----------------------------------|
Riff 7
|---------|
|---------|
|---"-"-"-|
|-"-5-7-4-|
|-2-3-5-2-|
|-0-------|

Riff 8
 Gtr 1         Gtr 2
|-------------|-7h8p7-8-7-8-7h8p7-8-7--7h8p7-8-7-8-7h8p7-8-7-|
|-------------|----------------------------------------------|
|----5~-4~-7~-|----------------------------------------------|
|-2~-5~-4~-7~-|----------------------------------------------|
|-2~-3~-2~-5~-|----------------------------------------------|
|-0~----------|----------------------------------------------|
|Riff 8 (Gtr 2 cont)
|-7h8p7-8-7-8-7h8p7-8-7--7h8p7-8-7-8-7h8p7-8-7-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|Riff 8 (Gtr 2 cont)
|-7h8p7-8-7-8-8p7-7p5-3-3h5p3-7-5-3-12p0-14p0-15p0-14p0-12p0-14p0-15p0-14p0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Riff 8 (Gtr 2 cont)
|-12p0-14p0-15p0-14p0-17p0-15p0-14p0-12p0-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|--------|----------------|
|-ph-----|----------------|
|-12~-12-|----------------|
|--------|----------------|
|--------|-//pickscrape//-|
|--------|-//pickscrape//-|

Riff 9
 Gtr 1                  Gtr 2
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-------------5-4-----|
|--------------7-5-----|---5-7-8-5-7-----7-5-|
|---7-9-10-7-9-----9-7-|---------------------|
|-00-0-0--0-0----------|-00-0-0-0-0----------|
  .. . .  . .            .. . . . .
Riff 10
|-------------------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------------------------|-----|
|-------------------------------------------|-6-5-|
|-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-22-|-----|
|-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-|-----|
  .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Riif 11
 Gtr 1          Gtr 2
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|----5~-7~-4-5-|-------------------------------|
|-2~-5~-7~-4-5-|--9h10h12-9h10p7-7h9-5h7-5-5-4-|
|-2~-3~-5~-2-3-|-8-----------------------------|
|-0~-----------|-------------------------------|

Riff 12
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-13-12-13~/1-|
|--------x8-------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-222-222-2-|-------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-000-0-|-------------|
|             ... ...
|Riff 12 (cont)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------222---------------------333-|
|----------------------555---------------------666-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-222-222-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-222-222-2----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-000-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-000-000-0----|
|             ... ...                 ... ...
|Riff 12 (cont)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------222----------------------|
|----------------------555----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-222-222-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-222-222-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-000-000-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-000-000-0-|
              ... ...                 ... ...