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Band:  Pantera
Album: Vulgar Display of Power
Song:  Mouth For War
Written by: Written by Phil Anselmo, Rex Brown,
Dimebag Darrell, and Vinnie Paul

Copyright (c)  (Released by Atlantic Records) (1992)
Version 3.0 - (2003)

Transcribed By: (XxMAYHEMxX)
Email:          (x7xmayhemx7x@hotmail.com)


P.M.- 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




Author’s Note: This song has been posted twice
On Metaltabs but both postings are solos and
This is a great song to learn to play because
Pantera is one of the best acts to shred to.
Lemme know what you guys think.

-M.




Riff A (Intro)

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------4-------------------4---4---4---|
|-------------4-------------------4---4---4---|
|-0h1h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h1h2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---|
|---------------------------------------------|
  P.M.

Riff B (verses)

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2---8---9/10-----7/8-----5----5/7-----4/5-|
|-0-0-6-0-7/8---0--5/6--0--3--0-3/5--0--2/3-|
  P.M.


|------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------|-2.75-2.75-2.75-|
|------------------------------|-2.75-2.75-2.75-|
|------------------------------|----------------|
|-----8---9/10----7/8-------5--|----------------|
|-0-0-6-0-7/8--0--5/6--0----3--|----------------|
  P.M.                           N.H.

Riff C (Chorus)
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|--2.75-2.75-2.75-|
|--------------------------------------|--2.75-2.75-2.75-|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-2---5/9------5------5/9----5/9----5--|-----------------|
|-0---3/7---0--3---0--3/7-0--3/7--0-3--|-----------------|
                                         N.H.

Riff D (Solo Rhythm)
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------4--------8-7--6--4--4-----|
|-4/6-6--6--2--6--6--6-5--4--2--2--4--|
|-2/4-4--4-----4--4----------------2--|

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-2---9--8--7-|
|-2---7--6--5-|
|-0-----------|

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------4-------------8-7--6--4--4----|
|-4/6-6--6--2---6--6------6-5--4--2--2--4-|
|-2/4-4--4------4--4--------------------2-|

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-2---9--8--7-|
|-2---7--6--5-|
|-0-----------|

Riff E (Bridge)

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-6--6---6/4----------------------|
|-4--4---4-2----------------------|
  P.M.

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|------------------------9---------|
|-6----------------------9---------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------7---------|
  P.M.

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|------------------------7--------|
|-6----------------------7--------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------5--------|
  P.M.

Riff F (solo)


|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------9b--------9--12--12b---12b---12-------|
|--------8------------/9------------------------13~---|
|-4h6~------6-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
               1.5 bend          1 bend 1.5 bend

|--7--7--7--7--7--x--x--7---x--7--/9--------16--19--19b---19b---19~--|
|-----------------x--x------x----------/17---------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--x--x--4---x--4--/6---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                    1 bend 1.5 bend



|---22b-r-b~---22b-r-b~---22b-r-b~---22b--22--22--22r--|
|--x---------------------------------21b--21--21--21r--|
|-x----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
   1.5 bend    1.5 bend   1.5 bend   lay on the bar (swoop)

(palm mute the bass note here ever so slightly)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------14--------14-16--|
|-------------14--------14-16-----14-16-17--14-16-17-----16-14--------|
|--/14-14-16--14-16-17-----16-17--------17----------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------16------|
|----------------------12------16-19p16----19b-----19-16-|
|----11-13----11-13-14----18b-----------18---------------|
|-14b------14b-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
  1 bend   1 bend         1 bend

|--------------------------------------------------------16--------|
|------------------------------------16-19p16------19b-------19-16-|
|------------------------14-16--18b-----------18-------------------|
|-----14-16-18--14-16-18-------------------------------------------|
|--17--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------16------||---------------------16------|
|----16-19p16---19b-----19-16-||----16-19p16---19b-----19-16-|
|-18b---------18--------------||-18b---------18--------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|

|--19b--------r16-------------------|
|--------------------17b~--\--------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
   1.5 bend          1 bend

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