Pantera - 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
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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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
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 }
