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/ Pantera / Cowboys From Hell (1991) / Cowboys From Hell guitar tab

Here is another great tune by Pantera from their first album, "Cowboys From     
Hell".  A few notes about the song itself:  Darrell uses some wicked
finger stretches in his solo.  I advise to seriously warm up your left hand,
especially the pinky.  Other than that, just throw your amp on 
mega-distortion, give it a little chorus for breathing room, and throw your
pickup switch up to the neck and rock!  Have fun and good luck.
 
 
 
 
                        Cowboys From Hell
                        -----------------
                        
                        performed by Pantera
                        
                         transcribed by:
                            
                           Steve Mueller
                       ICSLM@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
 
 
 
 
 
 
Riff A     w/flanger
 
 
-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
-----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
 
 
 
                                   Riff B
 
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------
---------------------------------|-----------------------------7-|------------
---------------------------------|---5---5-7-5-7-5-8-5-7-5-8h9---|------------
---------------------------------|-7---7-------------------------|------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------|------------
 
                                   -----Palm Mute----------------
 
 
 
 
 
Repeat Riff B two more times, then on the fourth, play Riff B.2
 
 
 
Riff B.2
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---5---5-7-5-7-5-8-7-5------------------------------------------------------
-7---7-----------------7--(7)\----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------P.M-------
 
 
 
 
 
Riff C
 
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
---------2---2---------------0--|
---------0---0---1---0---1h2----|
-0-3-0-3---3---3---3---3--------|
 
|------------P.M--------|
 
 
 
Repeat Riff C two more times, then play Riff C.2 on the fourth time
 
 
 
Riff C.2
 
 
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
---------2---2----------------------
---------0---0---1-0----------------
-0-3-0-3---3---3-----3-0------------
 
|-------P.M-----|
 
 
 
 
Now play Riff C three more times and finish with Riff C.2 on the fourth time
 
 
 
 
 
Riff D
 
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
--------------------------0--  
--------------------0h1h2----
-0-0--0--0--0--0--0----------
 
|----P.M-----------|
 
 
 
Play Riff D two more times and finish with Riff D.2
 
 
 
Riff D.2
 
------------------------------
------------------------------
------------------------------
--------------------0-------0-
--------------0h1h2---0h1h2---
-0-0--0--0--0-----------------
 
|-----P.M.---|
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Riff E
 
 
----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
--------------------------0-|------------------------------------------------
--------------------0h1h2---|--------------0h1p0-----0h1p0-------------------
-0-0--0--0--0--0--0---------|-0-0--0--0--0-------3-3-------3-1---------------
 
|----P.M-----------|          |----P.M----|  
 
 
 
Now repeat Riff E once more and go into Main Verses
 
 
 
 
 
Riff F (Main Verses)
 
 
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|--------------------------0------------------------
--------------------------|--------------------0h1h2--------------------------
-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------
 
|---------------P.M---------------------------|
 
 
 
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|--------------0h1p0-----0h1p0----------------------
-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0--0--0-------3-3-------3-1------------------
 
|----------------P.M.-------------------|
 
 
 
Now Repeat Riff F once more and continue into Riff G
 
 
 
Riff G
 
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
-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-----------------
 
|------P.M.-----------|        |------P.M-----------|                     
 
 
 
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0--0--0-6-5-3-0------------------------------
 
|----------------P.M--------------------|
 
 
 
 
Now for the Chorus (here we come, reach for your gun...), play Riff C three     
times and finish with Riff C.2 on the fourth, then finish the process by 
doing the same thing again.  
 
 
When going back to the 2nd verse, play Riff D/Riff D.2 once, then play Riff E  
and go back to the verses.
 
 
If you are going into the SOLO after the verses at this point instead, then     
play Riff H before solo.
 
 
 
Riff H
 
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
---------2---2-----5-4-3--
---------0---0-----5-4-3--
-0-3-0-3---3---3---3-2-1--
 
|---P.M---------|
 
 
 
 
 
SOLO
 
 
  ~~~~~~               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~      ~~~~~~                       A.H.~~
-------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------
-------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------
-------------|-------------------|--------------------|-15---15---15----15---
-------------|-8---8---8---------|-(8)\/14------(14)\-|---14---14----14------
-7------(7)\-|---7---7-----------|--------------------|----------------------
-------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------
 
 
 
~~~
---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------
---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------
---(15)\-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
---------|-------------------------------------11-12-15-11-12-15--------------
---------|-------------------11-12-15-11-12-15--------------------------------
---------|-11-12-15-11-12-15--------------------------------------------------
 
 
-------------------|-------------------11-12-15p12p11-x-11-12-15p12p11-15p12--
-------------------|-11-12-15-11-12-15----------------------------------------
-11-12-15-11-12-15-|----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 
         ----|
-15^(1.5)------12-14-17p14p12--12-14-17p14p12--12-14-17p14p12-12-14-17p14p12-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
-12h15h19p15p12h15-20p15p12h15-----------------------------------------------
-------------------------------20p15p12h15p12--------------------------------
----------------------------------------------20p15p12h15p12-----------------
-------------------------------------------------------------20p15p12h15p12--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
      ~~~~~~                            ~~~~~~              --|       
------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------
------------------------|----------------------------|-15^(1)--(15)^(1)------
------------------------|--15----15----15------(15)\-|-----------------------
14-(14)-------(14)\5/---|-----14----14---------------|-----------------------
------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------
------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------
 
 
 
        ~~~~~~
-15----------------------18----18----18^(1.5)--(18)\--------|----------------
---15^(1)-----(15)\8/-17----17----17------------------------|----------------
-------------------------------------------------------7/14-|----------------
------------------------------------------------------------|----------------
------------------------------------------------------------|----------------
------------------------------------------------------------|----------------
 
 
 
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-12---------------12----------------12---------------12----------------------
---15-14-12-14-15----15-14-12-14-15---15-14-12-14-15---15-14-12-14-15--------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
A.H.                       ~~
------------------------------14^(1)--|-12-14-------12-15------12-15----------
-12^(1/4)-12^(1/4)--------------------|-------15^(1)-----15^(1)-----15^(1)----
-12^(1/4)-12^(1/4)--------------------|---------------------------------------
-------------------14-12h14-----------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
 
          -|            ~~~~
-12-----------------------|--------------15---------19-------20------21-------
---14^(1/2)-(14)p12-------|--------11/12---12-12/15----15/17----17/18--18/19--
-------------------14^(1)-|-(14)\---------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 
BRIDGE
                     A.H.                          A.H.
                      
-----------------------~~~----|----------------------~~~---|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------2-----|-----------------
-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--5-------|-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--------|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------
-----0-0-----0-0--------0-0---|-----0-0-----0-0--------0-0-|-----------------
 
   -P.M.-   -P.M.-     -P.M.-      -P.M-   -P.M-      -P.M.-
 
 
 
 
                     A.H.   
                
-----------------------~~~-----|---------------------------------------------
-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------
-------------------------------|-14p12---12\11----11\9----9\7---7\6----------
-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--5---12-12|------14-------12------11-----9-----7--------
-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------
-----0-0-----0-0---------------|---------------------------------------------
    
    -P.M-   -P.M-
 
 
 
                     A.H.                          A.H.
                      
-----------------------~~~----|----------------------~~~---|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------2-----|-----------------
-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--5-------|-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--------|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------
-----0-0-----0-0--------0-0---|-----0-0-----0-0--------0-0-|-----------------
 
   -P.M.-   -P.M.-     -P.M.-      -P.M-   -P.M-      -P.M.-
 
 
 
 
                     A.H.   
 
----------------------~~~-0-x-|-17p15---15\14----14\12----12\10----10\9------
------------------------------|------17-------15-------14-------12------10---
------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--5-------|----------------------------------------------
------------------------------|----------------------------------------------
-----0-0-----0-0--------------|----------------------------------------------
 
    -P.M-   -P.M-
                                                                             
 
 
 
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
-8-7-5--------------------
--------7-(7)\------------
--------------------------
 
 
 
 
Now continue the song by playing Riff C 3 times, then finish with Riff C.2,
then play Riff C 3 more times and finish with Riff C.2
 
Finally, play Riff C once and Riff C.2 once
 
 
At the end of the song...
 
 
 
                     A.H.                          A.H.
                      
-----------------------~~~----|----------------------~~~---|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------2-----|-----------------
-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--5-------|-2p0-----2p0-----2p0--------|-----------------
------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------
-----0-0-----0-0--------0-0---|-----0-0-----0-0--------0-0-|-----------------
 
   -P.M.-   -P.M.-     -P.M.-      -P.M-   -P.M-      -P.M.-
 
 
 
 
 
 
-17p15----15\14----14\12----12\10----10\9------|------------------------------
-------17-------15-------14-------12-------10--|------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------2---
-----------------------------------------------|---------------0h1p0------2---
-----------------------------------------------|-0-0-0-0--0----------3--3-0---
 
 
 
 
 
That's it!  Have fun and good luck.
 
 
 
 
Notation
--------
 
 
h - hammer
p - pull off
 
~~~ - vibrato
 
^ - indicates bend (followed by a number in parentheses indicating magnitude
                    of bend - i.e. ^(1.5) indicates bend up one and a-half 
                    steps)
 
A.H. - artificial harmonic
 
P.M. - palm mute
 
       Cowboys from Hell - Pantera
       ---------------------------


	riff 1
  8   ||---------------------------------|-----|-----|
 |--| ||-o-------------------------------|- % -|- % -|
 |--| ||-o-----------------------------5-|-----|-----|
      ||---0-3-0-3-5-3-5-5-6-3-5-3-5/7---|-----|-----|
           s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e

		     end riff 1
|-----------------------------||-----|-----|-----|
|---------------------------o-||-----|-----|-----|
|-------------------------R-o-||---R-|---R-|---R-|
|-0-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-6-5-3-0-----||-0---|-0---|-0---|
  s s s s s s s s s s s s q      q h.. q h.. q h..


riff 2
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------0-------0-|-------------------------------0-|
|-----------------0-1-2---0-1-2---|-------------------------0-1-2---|
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-----------------|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0---------|
  s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s e   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e
		  { 3 }   { 3 }                             { 3 }

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------0-|
|-----------------0-1-0-----0-1-0-----|-------------------------0-1-2---|
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-------3-3-------3-0-|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0---------|
  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e
		  { 3 }     { 3 }                               { 3 }

	    end riff 2
|---------------------||---||-----------------------------------|
|---------------------||-o-||-o---------------------------------|
|---------------------||-o-||-o---------------------------------|
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-||---||---0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-0-0-0-R-|
  s s s s e e e e e e           s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0-|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------0-1-2---|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0---------|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-0-0-0-R-|
  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
			  { 3 }

|---------------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------o-||----------------------------|
|-----------------0-1-0-----0-1-0-----o-||----------------------------|
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-------3-3-------3-0---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4--|
  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s      s s s s s s s s s s s e e.
                  { 3 }     { 3 }

|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------1--0---|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------4-|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-0-0-0-R-|
  s s s s s s s s s e. e e   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

                                          |1.
|---------------------------|-------------|---|------|---------------||
|---------------------------|- riff 1 2x -|---|------|- riff 2 1x -o-||
|-----------------1-0-----R-|-------------|-R-|---R--|-------------o-||
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-----3-0---|-------------|---|-0----|---------------||
  s s s s s s s s s s s s q                 w   e h..

|2.
|--------------------------||-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------||-o-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------||-o-----------------|-R-3-R-3-R-3-R-3-|
|-0-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-0-3--2-1-||---R-0-R-0-R-0-R-0-|-----------------|
  s s s s s s s s s e. e e      e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

				      4x riff 3
|-----------------|--------------------|||--------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------o-|||-o------------------------------|
|-R-4-R-4-R-4-R-4-|-R-5-R-5-R-1--0---o-|||-o-7-5-------------7-5-5-7------|
|-----------------|----------------3---|||-------0-0-0-0-0-0----------0-0-|
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e s e. e e        s s s s s s s s s s s e. s s

					  			     end riff 3
|-------------------------------|---|-14\12----12\11----11\9----9\7---7\6-----||
|---------------------7/8\7-----|-%-|-------14-------12------11-----9-----7-o-||
|-7-5-------------7-5-----------|---|---------------------------------------o-||
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-----------0-0-|---|-----------------------------------------||
  s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s       s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s s  s s s s s e

|--------|--------------|--------|--------------------|-------------|
|--------|--------------|--------|--------------------|- riff 1 2x -|
|-----7\-|-----7\-R-----|-----7\-|-----7\-1-0---------|-------------|
|-0-R----|-0-R------0-R-|-0-R----|-0-R--------3-0-(0)-|-------------|
  e e h.   e e q  e e q   e e h.   e e q  s s s s (q)


|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------5-|
|-0-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-6-5-3-0-R-|-0-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-6-3-5-3-5/7---|
  s s s s s s s s s s s s q   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e

|---------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|- riff 3 2x -|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------|---------------0-1-0---------||
|-0-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-6-5-3-0-R-|-------------|-0-0-0-0-R-0-R-------3-3-0-R-||
  s s s s s s s s s s s s q                 s s s s s s e s s s e s s e
                                                          { 3 }


Contributedby Wilbert Pol.
Archived by: -=UMS=- http://members.tripod.com/ums02/pantera


Pantera albums
2001 Revolution Is My Name
2000 Reinventing the Steel
1996 The Great Southern Trendkill
1994 Far Beyond Driven
1992 Vulgar Display Of Power
1991 Cowboys From Hell
1988 Power Metal
1985 I Am the Night
1984 Projects in the Jungle
1983 Metal Magic
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01Cowboys From Hell tabbass tab
02Primal Concrete Sledge tabbass tab
03Psycho Holiday tabbass tab
04Heresy tabbass tab
05Cemetery Gates tabbass tab
06Domination tabbass tab
07Shattered tabbass tab
08Clash With Reality tabbass tab
09Medicine Man tabbass tab
10Message In Blood tabbass tab
11The Sleep tabbass tab
12The Art Of Shredding tabbass tab

 

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