Pantera - 13 Steps To Nowhere bass tab
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13 STEPS TO NOWHERE (Bassline)
As recorded by Pantera
(From the 1996 Album THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL)
Words and Music by Pantera
Arranged by Pantera
Transcribed by Travis Coupland
Gtr I=tuned down 1&1/2 steps - 'Rex Brown'
Intro
Q=127
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
||-----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|------o||
||o----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|-------||
Q. H +E H Q E E
||----------------|--------------|
||o---------------|--------------|
||o---------------|--------------|
||--0----6----(6)-|-6\----0------|
W Q. H +E
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|-0----6----(6)-|
+H Q E E W
|----------------|------|
|----------------|------|
|----------------|------|
|-(6)\----0------|------|
Q. H +E H Q E E
|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|
|-0----6----(6)-|-6\----0------|
W Q. H +E
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|
|----------|-0----6----(6)-|
H Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------5---7-|
|--------------|---------------5---7-5h6h7---7---|
|-6\----0------|-------7-5h6h7---7---------------|
Verse 1&2
3/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. H S S
|----------------------------12----14-|----------------|
|----------12----14-12h13h14----14----|----------------|
|-12h13h14----14----------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-0----6\--------|
S S S. S S S S. Q. E +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------0---------------|------------------------5---7-|
|---1h2----1p0-----------|------------5---7-5h6h7---7---|
|-0------------3--0----6-|-(6)--5h6h7---7---------------|
Q. H S S S S S. S S S S. Q. E
|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|--------0---------------|
|----------------|---1h2----1p0-----------|
|-0----6\--------|-0------------3--0----6-|
+Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. H S S
|------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------5---7-|----------------|
|------------5---7-5h6h7---7---|----------------|
|-(6)--5h6h7---7---------------|-0----6\--------|
S S S. S S S S. Q. E +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------0---------------|------------------------5---7-|
|---1h2----1p0-----------|------------5---7-5h6h7---7---|
|-0------------3--0----6-|-(6)--5h6h7---7---------------|
Q. H S S S S S. S S S S. Q. E +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------|--------0---------------|------------------------5---7-|
|----------------|---1h2----1p0-----------|------------5---7-5h6h7---7---|
|-0----6\--------|-0------------3--0----6-|-(6)--5h6h7---7---------------|
Chorus
1.
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|------o||
|-6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---|-6--------|-------||
Bridge
2. Q=136
2/4 3/4
~~ ~~
E Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|--------|------------|------------|
|--------|------------|------------|
|--------|------------|-5b7---2----|
|-6------|-4b6---1----|------------|
S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\-|-1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\-|
S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\-|-1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\--|
~~ ~~
E. E. E. E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------5b7-2--|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4b6-1---------|-1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\-|-1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\-|
S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E.
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\-|-1-4-5-6\-1-4-5-6\--|
1. 2.
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q.
|------------|------------||------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|-----------o||------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|-----------o||------------|-5b7---2----|------------|-5b7---2----|
|-4b6---1----|-4----2-----||-4b6---1----|------------|-4b6---1----|------------|
Guitar Solo
~~ ~~
H. H. H. H. 9x
||-----------|---------|----------|--------||
||o----------|---------|----------|-------o||
||o----------|---------|-5b7------|-2-----o||
||--4b6------|-1-------|----------|--------||
~~
H. H. H. S S S S S S S S S E.
|----------|---------|----------|----------------------|
|----------|---------|----------|----------------------|
|----------|---------|-5b7------|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
|-4b6------|-1-------|----------|----------------------|
Outro
Q. Q. S S S S S S S S S E. 4x
||------------|-----------------------||
||o-----------|----------------------o||
||o-----------|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-o||
||--0----6----|-----------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H E W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|------*|
|-6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---|-6-6---6-6---|-6--------|------*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
