This is one of my favourite Pantera songs and so I thought I'd tab it out just for fun, as you do (not!). To capture Pantera's sound, you'll need very heavy distortion, a little chorus (not too much) and use the neck pickup. The solo is pretty difficult and there's no doubt that I've probably made a couple of mistakes but most of it's fairly accurate. One of the hardest things abut this piece is keeping that chugging triplet rhythm going while you have the 4/4 time going in your head. Ah well, good luck I guess....a metronome will be perfect for this exercise. Hey I may be only 15 but have a look anyway....the solo's note-perfect, almost :)
Have fun! Shred yer ballz off...:) This is probably Dimebag's most difficult and technical solo and if you can accomplish this, the rest should be easy...Far Beyond Driven licks a cinch....
Denzil \ / 0 0 | ==
Drum Intro A ------------------------|---------------------- ------------------------|---------------------- ------------------------|---------------------- ----------------------- |---------------------- x 4 ------------------------|---------------------- ---------1111--11--11--1|1111--11--11-1- p.m. throughout
B -------------------------|-------------------------- -------------------------|-------------------------- -------------------------|-------------------------- -----------------8-^^^---|--------------7--^^^--- -----------------8-^^^---|--------------7--^^^--- -3333-33-3----------------|3333-33-3-----------
--------------------------------|----------------------------------- --------------------------------|----------------------------------- --------------------------------|----------------------------------- x4 on Intro BUT ON PRECHORUS: 6--5--4----4--------------------|-6--5---4-----4----------7--------- -----------6----5---------------|-----------6----5--------5--------- --------------------6---4-^^----|------------------6---4------------
ON PRECHORUS....
1st 2nd and 3rd bars are the same but the 4th bar....
Very fast and tricky bit coming up....real finger stretches needed As this is a symmetrical-ish run it's easier than it looks and feels...you may be able to get away with tapping the 22nd frets, I find it easier to stretch, but I have pretty big hands, almost 30cm span!
22p18p15------15------------------------------------- ---------------22-----18-22p18p15------15---------- -------------------------------------------18----------- ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- The last bar and the next one may be a little inaccurate.... /\/\/\/\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15h18-22p18p15----15-------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------22----18-22p18p15----15--------------------12bfh--------------- ---------------------------------------------------22---18 22p18p15---------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------12-15bf----17bf r bf---------------------------14h15p14------ --------12---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-13--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t t t t t t t t 19p14h15-18p14h15-17p14h15-18p14h15-|19p14h15-18p14h15-17p14h15-18p14h15 ------------------------------------|---------------------------------- ------------------------------------|---------------------------------- ------------------------------------|---------------------------------- ------------------------------------|---------------------------------- ------------------------------------|----------------------------------
t t t t 19p14h15--18p14h15-17p14h15-18p14h15|-20bf^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------------|------------------------- ------------------------------------|-------------------------- ------------------------------------|------------------------- ------------------------------------|------------------------- ------------------------------------|--------------------------
w/bar down about 2 tones ----15--------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 15----15-14-15-18-17-15-14-15-14----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------16bfr-18b2-16-18b2--16\--------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -In this bar is some really heavy vibrato using the bar-------------------------- -------I suggest hitting a high pinch harmonic (I think a G pitch should be right) ---------- and move the bar as hard and as fast-as poss------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
One chorus again but with artificial harmonics thrown in on second time:
_3_ | | | Pull up to E Before repeat of chorus, then A.H. Bb A Ab G F B repeat Bb A Ab then drum solo takes us into the Outro!!!!
Bb A -----------------------------------------|-------------------------------- -----------------------------------------|-------------------------------- -----------------------------------------|-------------------------------- -----------------------------------------|-------------------------------- 8---------8---------8-------8-------8----|-7-------7-------7-----7-------7 6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
Ab G -------------------------------|------------------------------- -------------------------------|------------------------------- -------------------------------|------------------------------- -------------------------------|------------------------------- 6-------6-------6---6---------6|5---------5---------------5---- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
Pitch Bb octave higher than Bb at 19th Fret on top E ---------------------------- 3-------0-------------------- 3------0-------------------- 3------0---------------- 1------------------------ -------------------------
That's it dooods
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