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The Great Southern Trendkill

Pantera
Bass Tab
4.6(3)

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Song

From: nicka@tnc.alt.za

Bass Line for THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL

As Recorded By Pantera

(From the album The Great Southern Trendkill)

Tab Explanation:

p = Pull-off

h = Hammer-on

/ = Slide-up

\ = Slide-down

% = Repeat

~ = Trill

P.M. = Palm-mute

b = Bend

Tune Down One Whole Step:

4 = D 2 = C

3 = G 1 = F

Moderate Rock = 124

Intro

|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|---------------------------------|----%------|-----%-----|------%------|
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------|-----------|-------------|

P.M.---------------------------| 2nd time substitute Bass Fill 1

|---------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-|------------------|-3/15\------------|
  P.M.---------------------------|

1st,2nd Verses

|----------------------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------------------------|-----%--------|------%------|------%------|
|---------1--2---------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-3---3-------3-3---3-1--2-|--------------|-------------|-------------|

P.M.

|---------------------------------|----|---------------------------|----|
|---------------------------------|-%--|---------------------------|-%--|
|---------------------------------|----|--------1--2---------------|----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----|-3-3--3-------3-3---3-1--2-|----|

P.M. P.M.

|---------------------------------|----|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-%--|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----|--------1--2---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----|-3-3--3-------3-3---3-1--2-|
  P.M.---------------------------|            P.M.          P.M.
|------------------------|-----|------------------------|
|------------------------|--%--|------------------------|
|-----1--2---------------|-----|-----1--2---------------|
|-3-3-------3-3---3-1--2-|-----|-3-3-------3-3---3-1--2-|

P.M. P.M.

Chorus

|-------------------------|-----------------|-----|------|------|-------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|--%--|---%--|--%---|---%---|
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----|------|------|-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-----|------|------|-------|
  P.M.-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------------|
  P.M.-----------------------------------------------|

2nd & 3rd times subs Bass Fig.1

|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0/12---0-0-0-0-|
  P.M.--------------------------------------------------|

Bass Fig.1

|---------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------5b-|-(5)--------------------|---------5b---5------5b-|
|---------------|-------7--5--7--7--5----|-5---------------7------|
|-5---6---7-----|----------------------7-|----5h7-----------------|

(end Bass Fig.1)

|-------------------------|---------------||------------------------|
|-5b---------5--5b--------|------------3b-||-(3)--------------------|
|-----7-5-----------7-5---|---------------||-------5--3--5--5--3----|
|---------7-------------7-|-5---6---7-----||----------------------5-|

~~~~~~~ ~~~~

|------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
|---------------3b-|-(3)-------------------|-----------3b-|
|-3----------------|------5--3--5--5--3----|-3------------|
|---3-4-5----------|---------------------5-|---5-4-3------|

~~~~~~~~~

|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-(3)-------------------|---3--4--5--------3b-|-(3)-----------------3---|
|------5--3--5--5--3----|-3-------------------|------5--3--5--3---------|
|---------------------5-|---------------------|------------------5------|

Play 3 times

|-------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------|
|-3--------5b-|-(5)----------------|------------------5b-|-(5)----------|
|----5--------|------7--5--7--7----|-------------5-------|-----7-5-7-7--|
|-------------|------------------0-|-(0)-5-6-7-7---7-----|-------------1|
|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------5--7--7--5--7--5b-|-(5)----------------|-----------------------5b|
|-----7--------------------|------7--5--7--7----|-------------------------|
|-(1)----------------------|------------------0-|-(0)-5--7--5--7--5--7----|

Repeat and fade

|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-(5)----------------|--------5--7--7--5--7--5b-|
|------7--5--7--7----|-----7--------------------|
|------------------1-|-(1)----------------------|

BASS FILL 1

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

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