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ROCK THE WORLD
As recorded by Pantera
(From the 1988 Album POWER METAL)
Copyright(c) Metal Magic Records 1988
Arranged by Pantera
Transcribed by Steve Rubaszek
Version 1.0 - June 28, 2005
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
0:00
Q=200
4/4
Gtr I
W Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q +E E Q H 3x
|----------||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
|----------||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
|----------||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------7--6-----||
|----------||---------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-(9)---5--4-----||
|----------||o-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-(7)-----------o||
|----------||--0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-----0----------||
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|-5-5-5-5------|-7-7-7-7------|
|--------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|-5-5-5-5------|-7-7-7-7------|
|-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|-3-3-3-3------|-5-5-5-5------|
|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------|--------------|--------------|
0:21
PM| PM PM|
Q E E Q Q +E E Q Q E E 7x Q E E Q E E H H
||---------------|------------------||---------------|-----------|
||o--------------|-----------------o||---------------|-----------|
||---------------|------------------||---------------|-----------|
||---------------|------------------||---------------|-5----7----|
||o-2------2--2--|-(2)---2--2------o||-2------2------|-3----5----|
||--0--0-0-0--0--|-(0)-0-0--0--0-0--||-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-----------|
0:40
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q +E E Q H 3x
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------7--6-----||
||---------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-(9)---5--4-----||
||o-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-(7)-----------o||
||--0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-----0----------||
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|-5-5-5-5------|-7-7-7-7------|
|--------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|-5-5-5-5------|-7-7-7-7------|
|--------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|-3-3-3-3------|-5-5-5-5------|
|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------|--------------|--------------|
1:00
PM| PM PM|
Q E E Q Q +E E Q Q E E 7x Q E E Q E E H H
||---------------|------------------||---------------|-----------|
||o--------------|-----------------o||---------------|-----------|
||---------------|------------------||---------------|-----------|
||---------------|------------------||---------------|-5----7----|
||o-2------2--2--|-(2)---2--2------o||-2------2------|-3----5----|
||--0--0-0-0--0--|-(0)-0-0--0--0-0--||-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-----------|
1:19
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q +E E Q H 4x
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------7--6-----||
||---------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-(9)---5--4-----||
||o-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-(7)-----------o||
||--0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-----0----------||
1:39
H H H Q Q +Q E Q E Q E E E E E Q.
|-------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5----(5)----|-2----2-----|----------------|----------------|
|-3-----2-----|-0----0--2--|-(2)----2----2--|---2-2---2-2----|
|-------------|---------0--|-(0)--0-0--0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
H H H Q E E Q Q Q E E +W
|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------|
|-5----(5)----|-2----7--9S8S|=9--9--9--8-9-|-(9)\----|
|-3-----2-----|-0----5--7S6S|=7--7--7--6-7-|-(7)\----|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------|
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/
|-------------6:8-------------|
W W E +E +E +E +E +E W
|----------|------------|-17---(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)--(17)--|------|
|----------|------------|------------------------------------|------|
|----------|------------|------------------------------------|------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|------------------------------------|------|
|-3--------|--2---------|------------------------------------|-4----|
|----------|------------|------------------------------------|-2----|
Q. Q. Q W +W +W
|--------------|----------|------------|--------|
|--------------|----------|------------|--------|
|--------------|----------|------------|--------|
|-7----7----7--|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|-5----5----5--|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|--------------|----------|------------|--------|
1:59
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q +E E Q H 3x
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------7--6-----||
||---------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-(9)---5--4-----||
||o-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-(7)-----------o||
||--0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-----0----------||
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q H Q E E
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------4-|
|--------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-----------2-|
|-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-3----5--7---|
|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-1----3--5---|
2:18
PM| PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM| PM
+Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(4)------4------|-4------4----5-|-(5)------5------|-5------5----7-|
|-(2)--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-3-|-(3)--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-5-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM PM| PM|
+Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(7)------7------|-7------7----9-|-(9)------9------|-9------------4-|
|-(5)--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7--7-7-|-7------------2-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----2-0-2-3-0---|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM| PM
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-4------4------|-4------4----5-|-(5)------5------|-5------5----7-|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-3-|-(3)--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-5-|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM PM| PM
+Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +W
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------|
|-(7)------7------|-7------7----9-|-(9)------9----10-|-(10)----|
|-(5)--5-5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5-7-|-(7)--7-7-7--7--8-|--(8)----|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
2:42
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q +E E Q H 4x
||---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------o||
||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------7--6-----||
||---------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-(9)---5--4-----||
||o-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-(7)-----------o||
||--0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-----0----------||
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q +E E Q H
||---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------
||o--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------
||---------------|---------------|--------------|-------7--6----
||---------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-(9)---5--4----
||o-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-(7)-----------
||--0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H E E E E H
|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|--------------o||
|--------------|---------------|-5-5-5-5-------||
|--------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|-5-5-5-5-------||
|--------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|-3-3-3-3------o||
|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------|---------------||
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H Q E E Q Q +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|-------7--6----|
|--------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|--------7--9--|-(9)---5--4----|
|-2------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|--------5--7--|-(7)-----------|
|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------|
Q E E Q Q +E E Q H
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|--------7--9--|-(9)---7--5----|
|--------5--7--|-(7)---5--3----|
|-0--0-0-------|-----0---------|
3:21
W W H Q E E +H H
|--------------|--------------|--------------22-22b24-|-(22)pb24---------*|
|-13-----------|-15-----------|-17-------19-----------|------------------*|
|-15b17--------|-17b19--------|-19b21-----------------|------------------*|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|------------------*|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|------------------*|
|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th;
T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it
represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them
represent rests. Multi-bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the
number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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