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The Art of Shredding

Pantera
Bass Tab
3.6(6)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Band: Pantera

Album: Cowboys From Hell

Song: Art Of Shredding

Tuning: Standard (G, D, A, E)

Tabbed by: Niall 'Uncle Clitsta' Polson (lates_dude@hotmail.com) formally 'clitz'

note: requested, for the solo and some of the song adlib

legend

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6p4 - Pull Off

4h6 - Hammer on

/ - Slide

~ - Ring Note

0. - Staccato

Intro (to bass drum beat)

|G|-----------------------------------------------| Note: To get the sound

|D|*---------------------------------------------*| Rex uses you'll have to

|A|*---------------------------------------------*| restring your bass with

|E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| Heavy Gauge strings and

tone up.

Fill Before Verse

|G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|D|*--------4--2--------------------*|------------------------------------------*|
|A|*---------------5-4-2----0-------*|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-4--5-5-4--5-5-4-2-0------*|
|E|---0--2---------------3-----4~----|-------------------------------------------|

Dont worry bout the rise sound, thats the

Cont. Guitar

|G|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|D|*--------------------------------------*|---------------------------------|
|A|*--------------------------------------*|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|E|-2-2-2-0-2-0-2--5-5-4--5-5-4--5-5-4-2-0-|---------------------------------|

Chorus

|G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D|*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|A|*-------------------------------6p5-------------------------------------*|
|E|--0-0-3--0-6-0-0-5-0-8-0-0-6-0.-------0-0-3--0-6-0-0-5-0-8-0-0-6-0.-6p5--|

at the end of that riff play this little riff

|G|-----------------|
|D|-----------------|
|A|-1-1/2--4\2------|
|E|-----------------|
|G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D|*--------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|A|*----------------------------------------------1-1/2-2\1-1/2-2-2-2-2-*|
|E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|

Bridge

|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|
|A|-1p0-1p0--1---------------1p0-1p0-1-----------------------------------------------*|
|E|------------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-1-1-1-1-1--1p0-1p0-1/3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|

for the solo adlib coz its just a bunch of slides up and down the E and A string

Enjoy

Clitz

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