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This has got to be one of Pantera's heaviest songs ever. Here's how I
Figured it out. Most of the verse and intro parts are just muted strings
or palm-muted 022xxx chords and this really weird chord that Darrell
demonstrated in his Guitar World column, so I know it's right. They call
it an Eb/Bbadd2 in the mag, it's shaped like 1113xx. Some of the other
parts are not exactly right but close. Enjoy.
Tune down one whole step (DGCFAD)
-Songflow-
Intro 1 4x
Intro 2
Riff 1
Riff 2
Intro 1 4x
Intro 2 w/o slide
Riff 1
Riff 2
Chorus 9x
Intro 1 4x
Intro 2 w/o slide
Riff 1
Riff 2
Fill 1
Bridge 7x
Intro 2 w/o slide
Riff 1
Chorus 8x
Outro 2x w/ adlib
Intro 2 w/o slide
INTRO 1
| D |
| A |
| F |
| C 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Played at first by unmuted guitar and bass, then doubled by muted guitar.
INTRO 2
| D | | |
| A | | |
| F | . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . | X X X X X X |
| C | . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . | X X X X X X |
| G | X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X | X X X X X X 15 \ |
| D | X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X | X X X X X X 0 15 \ |
REPEAT 3X
RIFF 1
| D | |
| A | |
| F | . 3 3 X X X X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X X X X 3 3 |
| C | . 1 1 X X X X X X X X X X 1 X X X X X X X X X 1 1 |
| G | 1 1 X X X X X X X X X X 1 X X X X X X X X X 1 1 |
| D | 1 1 X X X X X X X X X X 1 X X X X X X X X X 1 1 |
| D | |
| A | |
| F X X X X X X X 3 X 3 . | X X 3 X X 3 X X 3 X X 3 |
| C X X X X X X X 1 X 1 . | X X 1 X X 1 X X 1 X X 1 |
| G X X X X X X X 1 X 1 | X X 1 X X 1 X X 1 X X 1 |
| D X X X X X X X 1 X 1 | X X 1 X X 1 X X 1 X X 1 |
PLAY 2X
RIFF 2
| D |
| A |
| F |
| C |
| G 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 |
| D 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 |
| D |
| A |
| F |
| C |
| G 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 |
CHORUS
| D |
| A |
| F 7 \ 3 |
| C 7 \ 5 4 3 |
| G 5 \ 5 4 1 |
| D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 |
pm. . . . . . .
After chorus, mute 6th string with one finger and pick while sliding up,
to get natural harmonics to sound.
FILL 1
pm............................................
| D |
| A |
| F |
| C 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 |
| G 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 |
D --5--5--5--4--4--4--3--3--3--1-----1-----1---1---------------------------
BRIDGE
| D |
| A |
| F |
| C 2 0 5 5 5 5 / 7 |
| G 2 0 1 1 0 5 5 5 5 / 7 |
| D 0 3 3 3 3 3 / 5 |
| D |
| A |
| F |
| C 2 0 5 5 3 3 / 5 |
| G 2 0 1 1 0 5 5 3 3 / 5 |
| D 0 3 3 3 1 1 / 3 |
OUTRO
| D |
| A |
| F |
| C 5 5 5 5 |
| G 5 5 5 5 |
| D 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 |
PLAY 2X