Pantera - "Cowboys From Hell" Guitar Tab
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Band: Pantera
Album: Cowboys from Hell
Song: Cowboys from Hell
Label: Elektra? I'm not sure
Transcribed By: Devin Gauthier
Email: speedmetalman@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to v - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ah - artificial 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
Tuning E A D G B E
Intro(w/flanger)
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
And so on..
Then..
Riff 1:
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|-----------------------------7-------------------------------------|
|-----5---5-7-5-7-8-5-7-5-8h9-------5---5-7-5-7-8-7-5---------------|
|-7-7---7-----------------------7-7---7---------------7\------------|
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Then
Riff 2:
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|-----------------------------0-------------------------------------|
|-----------0---0-1---0---1h2-------------0---0-1-0-----------------|
|-0-0-3-0-3---3-----3---3-------0-0-3-0-3---3-------3-0-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------0------------------------------------------|
|------------------0h1h2-------------------0h1p0-------0h1p0--------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0----------0-0--0-0-0-0-0-------3-0-0-------3------|
e.t.c
then chorus:
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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6--6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--7--6---------|
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6--6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--7--6---------|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3--4--4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--6--5--4---------|
Rhythm for solo:
|-----0-------------0----------------0-----0------------------------|
|-----0------5-------------7---------0--5-----7---------------------|
|-----0------5------6------7---------0--5--6--7---------------------|
|-----2------5------5------7--8-7-5--2--5--5--7--8-7-5--------------|
|-----2--3-3-3--4-4-4--5-5-5--8-7-5--2--3--4--5--8-7-5--------------|
|-0-0-0-----------------------6-5-3--0-----------6-5-3--------------|
Then the Solo:
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|------------------------------------15----15----15ah,v-------------|
|-----------8---8---8v\--/14v-\--/14----14----14--------------------|
|-/7v-\--/7---7---7-------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------12-15-12-11-12-15-12-11----------------|
|-12-12-15-12-11-12-15-12-11----------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------12-15-12-11-12-15-12-11-------------------|
|-12-15-12-11-12-15-12-11-------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------12-15-12-11-12-15-12-11-17b---------------|
|-12-15-12-11-12-15-12-11-------------------------------------------|
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|-12-17-17p15p12-17-17p15p12-17-17p15p12-17-17p15p12----------------|
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|-19-19p15p12-20p15p12----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------20p15p12-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------21p17p12-15-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------12-12/14v\--------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------15-------------18----18----20b------|
|------------------------/15b,v----15b,v\--/17----17----17----------|
|-----15----15----15v\----------------------------------------------|
|-/14----14----14---------------------------------------------------|
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|----------12----------------------12-------------12b----12b-------------|
|-12-14-15----15-14-12----12-14-15----15-14-12----12b-14-12b-------------|
|----------------------14----------------------14------------14p12-14b,v-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-14b-12-14-----12-15-----12-15-----------------------------------------|
|-----------15b-------15b-------14b-15-14h15-12v\-----------------------|
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|-------15----------17-------19p12-20p12-22p15-22b,v\-------------------|
|---/12----12-12/15----15/17--------------------------------------------|
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Then
Riff 3:
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|-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0-----7ah,b-7ah,b-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0---|
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|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----2ah,b-2ah,b------------------------------7ah,b-7ah,b----------|
|---------------------2p0-----2p0-----2p0---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0------0-0----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----14-12----12-11----11-9----9-7---7-5---------------------------|
|-x-x-------14-------12------11-----9-----7-------------------------|
|-x-x---------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0-----7ah,b-7ah,b-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0---|
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|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------|
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|-----2ah,b-2ah,b------------------------------7ah,b-7ah,b----------|
|---------------------2p0-----2p0-----2p0---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0------0-0----------------------|
|-x-x---17-15----15-14----14-12----12-10----10-9--------------------|
|-x-x---------17-------15-------14-------12------10v\---------------|
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Then you Repeat Riff 1,2 and then chorus then:
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|-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0-----7ah,b-7ah,b-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0---|
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|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------|
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|-----2ah,b-2ah,b------------------------------7ah,b-7ah,b----------|
|---------------------2p0-----2p0-----2p0---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0------0-0----------------------|
then(w/ artificial harmonics)
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|-----14-12----12-11----11-9----9-7---7-5---------------------------|
|-x-x-------14-------12------11-----9-----7-------------------------|
|-x-x---------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0-----7ah,b-7ah,b-----2p0-----2p0-----2p0---|
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|-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------|
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|-----2ah,b-2ah,b------------------------------7ah,b-7ah,b----------|
|---------------------2p0-----2p0-----2p0---------------------------|
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|-0-0-------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0------0-0----------------------|
then(w/ artificial harmonics):
|-x-x---17-15----15-14----14-12----12-10----10-9--------------------|
|-x-x---------17-------15-------14-------12------10v\---------------|
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then:
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|-------------8-7-5--5-2--------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2--2--8-7-5--5-2--------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--6-5-3--3-0--------------------------------------------|
I apologize for the dramatic over use of the word "then".
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