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Use My Third Arm

Pantera
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USE MY THIRD ARM

by Pantera

tabbed by Tom Mallon

This has got to be one of Pantera's heaviest songs ever. Here's how I

figured it out. Most of the verse and intro parts are just muted strings

or palm-muted 022xxx chords and this really weird chord that Darrell

demonstrated in his Guitar World column, so I know it's right. They call

it an Eb/Bbadd2 in the mag, it's shaped like 1113xx. Some of the other

parts are not exactly right but close. Enjoy.

Tune down one whole step (DGCFAD)

-Songflow-

Intro 1 4x

Intro 2

Riff 1

Riff 2

Intro 1 4x

Intro 2 w/o slide

Riff 1

Riff 2

Chorus 9x

Intro 1 4x

Intro 2 w/o slide

Riff 1

Riff 2

Fill 1

Bridge 7x

Intro 2 w/o slide

Riff 1

Chorus 8x

Outro 2x w/ adlib

Intro 2 w/o slide

INTRO 1

D -----------------------------------------------------------------------

A -----------------------------------------------------------------------

F -----------------------------------------------------------------------

C --2-2--2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2--2----------------------------------------
G --2-2--2-2-2-2---2---2-2-2-2--2----------------------------------------
D --0-0--0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0--0----------------------------------------

Played at first by unmuted guitar and bass, then doubled by muted guitar.

INTRO 2

D |------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
A |------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
F |.--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--.|--X-X---X--X--X-X------------------
C |.--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--.|--X-X---X--X--X-X------------------
G |---X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---|--X-X---X--X--X-X----------15-\----
D |---X-X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---|--X-X---X--X--X-X----0-----15-\----

REPEAT 3X

RIFF 1

D |--------------------------------------------------------------
A |--------------------------------------------------------------
F |.-3--3--X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X--3--X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X--3--3----
C |.-1--1--X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X--1--X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X--1--1----
G |--1--1--X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X--1--X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X--1--1----
D |--1--1--X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X--1--X-X-X-X-X-X--X-X-X--1--1----
D -----------------------|-------------------------
A -----------------------|-------------------------
F -X-X-X-X-X-X-X--3-X-3-.|-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-X-3-X-X-3-
C -X-X-X-X-X-X-X--1-X-1-.|-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-
G -X-X-X-X-X-X-X--1-X-1--|-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-
D -X-X-X-X-X-X-X--1-X-1--|-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-X-X-1-

PLAY 2X

RIFF 2

D -----------------------------------------------------------

A -----------------------------------------------------------

F -----------------------------------------------------------

C -----------------------------------------------------------

G --------------------2-2-2-2-2-------------------3-3-3-3-3--
D --3-3-3-6-6-6-3-3-3-----------4-4-4-7-7-7-4-4-4------------

D ----------------------------------------------------------

A ----------------------------------------------------------

F ----------------------------------------------------------

C ----------------------------------------------------------

G -------------------4-4-4-4-4-------------------5-5-5-5-5--
D -5-5-5-8-8-8-5-5-5-----------6-6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6------------

CHORUS

D ------------------------------------------------------------------------

A ------------------------------------------------------------------------

F ----------7-\-----------3-----------------------------------------------
C ----------7-\---5---4---3-----------------------------------------------
G ----------5-\---5---4---1-----------------------------------------------
D -0-0-0-0------0-3-0-2-0-------------------------------------------------

pm. . . . . . .

After chorus, mute 6th string with one finger and pick while sliding up,

to get natural harmonics to sound.

FILL 1

pm............................................

D ------------------------------------------------------------------------

A ------------------------------------------------------------------------

F ------------------------------------------------------------------------

C --7--7--7--6--6--6--5--5--5--3-----3-----3---3--------------------------
G --7--7--7--6--6--6--5--5--5--3-----3-----3---3--------------------------
D --5--5--5--4--4--4--3--3--3--1-----1-----1---1---------------------------

BRIDGE

D ------------------------------------------------

A ------------------------------------------------

F ------------------------------------------------

C -2---------------0------------5--5--5--5-/-7----
G -2-------0---1-------1----0---5--5--5--5-/-7----
D -0---3------------------------3--3--3--3-/-5----

D ------------------------------------------------

A ------------------------------------------------

F ------------------------------------------------

C -2---------------0------------5--5--3--3-/-5----
G -2-------0---1-------1----0---5--5--3--3-/-5----
D -0---3------------------------3--3--1--1-/-3----

OUTRO

D ---------------------------------

A ---------------------------------

F ---------------------------------

C -------5-------5-------5-------5-
G -------5-------5-------5-------5-
D -0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-

PLAY 2X

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