'Floods' by Pantera - Guitar Tutorial

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            Pantera - Floods
From the album - Great Southern Trendkill
Tabbed by - mainly me - shalloys, but the solo isn't my work.I've been looking around 
for a good tab of this song. I haven't found an accurate one yet. I've gone ahead and 
done one, using bits from the tabs of it i've found. It's not perfect, most notes should
be correct although not necessarily played in the right position. Post your comments of 
which bits are wrong, but I cant be bothered listening to you bagging the shit out of me
so please dont. The solo is a bit screwed as theres is like 5 guitars in it so it will be
hard to understand, and probably the most inaccurate part of the song.

Key
  h - hammer on
  p - pull off
  b - bend 
  r - release bend
  x - muted note (or Rake)
  / - slide up
   - slide down
  ~ - vibrato              T
  T - right hand tap (eg. 10)
  ^ - Harmonic (eg. ^12)
  > - Tremolo Bar

Tune down 1 1/2 steps (C# F# B E G# C)

Intro: 
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------0---------------0--------------------------------|
B |-----6---6---------6-----6------------------------------|
F#|----7-----------------7-----7---------------------------|
C#|-9-----------8----------------8-------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------0---------------0--------------------------------|
B |-----6---6---------6-----6------------------------------|
F#|----7-----------------7-----7---------------------------|
C#|-9-----------8----------------8-------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------0---------------0--------------------------------|
B |-----6---6---------6-----6------------2------0---2------|
F#|----7-----------7-----7-----7-------2------2-----2------|
C#|-9-----------8-----------------0--4------3-------0------|

Verse 1:

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------0---------------0--------------------------------|
B |-----6---6---------6-----6------------------------------|
F#|----7-----------------7-----7---------------------------|
C#|-9-----------8----------------8-------------------------|
Repeat the bar above 6 Times

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------0---------------0--------------------------------|
B |-----6---6---------6-----6------------2------0---2------|
F#|----7-----------7-----7-----7-------2------2-----2------|
C#|-9-----------8-----------------0--4------3-------0------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------0---------------0--------------------------------|
B |-----6---6---------6-----6------------------------------|
F#|----7-----------------7-----7---------------------------|
C#|-9-----------8----------------8-------------------------|
Repeat bar above twice

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------0---------------0--------------------------------|
B |-----6---6---------6-----6------------2------0---2------|
F#|----7-----------7-----7-----7-------2------2-----2------|
C#|-9-----------8-----------------0--4------3-------0------|

c#|--------------------------0-0-0-------------------------|
G#|--------------------------0-0-0-------------------------|
E |--------------------------5-5-5-------------------------|
B |----------2------0---2----2-2-2-------------------------|
F#|--------2------2-----2----0-0-0-------------------------|
C#|---0--4------3-------0----------------------------------|

c#|--0---0---0--0----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
G#|--0---0---0--0----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
E |--8---8---8--8----x-----5--5--5----5---5----x-----------|
B |--6---6---6--6----x-----2--2--2----2---2----x-----------|
F#|--4---4---4--4----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Play Above 3 times

c#|--------0---0---0---0---0---0----0----------------------|
G#|--------0---0---0---0---0---0----0----------------------|
E |-------11--11--11--11--11--11---13----------------------|
B |--------9---9---9---9---9---9---11----------------------|
F#|--------7---7---7---7---7---7----9----------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
Verse 2 is the same as verse 1. Repeat the whole of verse 1
Then after it goes:

c#|--0---0---0--0----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
G#|--0---0---0--0----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
E |--8---8---8--8----x-----5--5--5----5---5----x-----------|
B |--6---6---6--6----x-----2--2--2----2---2----x-----------|
F#|--4---4---4--4----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Play Above 3 times

c#|--------0---0---0---0---0---0----0----------------------|
G#|--------0---0---0---0---0---0----0----------------------|
E |-------11--11--11--11--11--11---13----------------------|
B |--------9---9---9---9---9---9---11----------------------|
F#|--------7---7---7---7---7---7----9----------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|

c#|--0---0---0--0----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
G#|--0---0---0--0----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
E |--8---8---8--8----x-----5--5--5----5---5----x-----------|
B |--6---6---6--6----x-----2--2--2----2---2----x-----------|
F#|--4---4---4--4----x-----0--0--0----0---0----x-----------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Play Above 3 times

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------9-9-9--0-0-0-0--7----|
E |-13-13-13-13-14-14-14--11-11-11-11-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----7--|
B |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---9--9--9--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7----7--|
F#|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---7--7--7--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5----5--|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------2------0---2------------2------0---2----------|
F#|--------2------2-----2----------2------2-----2----------|
C#|---0--4------3-------0-----0--4------3-------0----------|

Heavy Section:
Apparently this uses a tremolo bar to get that sound, play it how you feel is right.


    >      >      >      >      >
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |-4------4------4------4------4----5--4--4---4---/---8---|
F#|-4------4------4------4------4----5--4--4---4---/---8---|
C#|-2------2------2------2------2----3--2--2---2---/---6---|


    >       >       >       >
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |-2-------2-------2-------2-----2-----2-----/---6---4--2-|
F#|-2-------2-------2-------2-----2-----2-----/---6---4--2-|
C#|-0-------0-------0-------0-----0-----0-----/---4---2--0-|
Play those 2 bars twice

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---2--2----4---5----------4---4----2---4----------------|
C#|---0--0----2---3----------2---2----0---2----------------|

Short bit before the solo:

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------0--------------------0h1--------------------|
E |--------8----------8--------------------0---------------|
B |-----6--------------------2-----------------------------|
F#|--4--------------------0--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G#|---------------0-------0--------------------------------|
E |-----------8-----------5--------------------------------|
B |-------6---------------2--------------------------------|
F#|---4-------------------0--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Play this little bit twice, then we reach the solo.

Solo:
Ok, I did not tab this section so don't blame me for the extreme confusion and/or mistakes. I'm Pretty sure it's played with 5 guitars, all down to C# but if one of them or more are not please correct me.Below the tab states which guitar each figure is played by.

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------8-----8/9--8~~~~~~-6h8p6p4-6^~~~~~-|
B |-----------------6------6-------------------------------|
F#|---------------4----------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------0|
Gtr.1 

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------9^----9/13-14^~~~~~~----13^~~~~~---11^-----|
F#|---------7-----7----------------------------------------|
C#|-----/5-------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------6-----6^/7-6^~~~~~~--4h6-4p2-4^~~~~----------|
F#|--------4-----4-----------------------------------------|
C#|-----2--------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------6^----6^b8----6^-4h6p4p2-4--4^b5~~~~~----------|
B |------4-----4-------------------------------------------|
F#|---2-------------------------------------------2--------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------9^b10-r(9)---------------|
E |-----------8-----8/9-/11~~~~~~--------------------------|
B |--------6-----6-----------------------------------------|
F#|---2/4--------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------9-----9/13-14----13^b14r-13^b14r-11^~~~~-------|
F#|------7-----7-------------------------------------------|
C#|---5----------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------6-----6b7-6^~~~~~~---4-6p4p2-4^~~~~------------|
F#|------4-----4-------------------------------------------|
C#|---2----------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------6^----6^b8--6^---4-6-4p2-4^~~--4^b5------------|
B |------4-----4-------------------------------------------|
F#|---2----------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.1

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------12--------------|
E |----------------------------------------11b13r(11)b13---|
B |---------------------------------------x----------------|
F#|--------------------------------------x-----------------|
C#|-------------------------------------x------------------|
Gtr.2                                                                        

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---12------12------12------12------12------12-----------|
E |----11b13---11b13---11b13---11b13---11b13---11----------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2

c#|-------------------9------------------------------------|
G#|-------12p9-12b14---12p9--------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2

c#|----------------9-11-12-11b12~~~~~~~~~~~r(11)-----------|
G#|12b14~~~~~~---12----------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2

c#|----9-11p9----12----9-----------------------------------|
G#|-----------12----12---12p9-------12---------------------|
E |---------------------------11b13----11b13---------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |---11-12p11p9-11-11p9----11----9b11---------------------|
B |----------------------11----11------11-9----------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |------11----9---------11----9b---------11----9b---------|
B |---11----11---11-9-11----11----11-9-11----11---11-9-11--|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.2

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |------9---98------8--86------6--64-----5b6-r(5)~~~~~~|
B |-----11--119---9--9--97---7--7--76--6--6b7-r(6)~~~~~~|
F#|-----11--119--11--9--97---9--7--76--7--6b7-r(6)~~~~~~|
C#|---------------11-----------9----------7----------------|
Gtrs.3 and 4
                    
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------19b21-r(19)p17------------------------|
E |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------|
B |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------|
F#|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3

                                    T               T
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-19b21~~~~---19b21r(19)p17-21b24-21r19p17-21b24-21r19p17|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3
 *Bend tapped (T) notes w/left hand at 19th fret.

     T                T
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--21b24-21r19p17---21b24-21r19p17-----------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3

c#|-19b21~~~~~~~~~~~~----21b24----(21)pb24-----------------|                                    
G#|---------------------x----------------------------------|
E |--------------------x-----------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3
                                          
c#|-(21)pb23--(21)pb24--(21)pb23--(21)pb24--(21)pb23-r(21)-|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3

c#|-(21)~~~~~~~~~~~----------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3

c#|------------17------17------17------17------------------|
G#|-16b17--------16b17---16b17---16b17---16b17-------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3 (Doubled)

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---16b17r(16)-14----16----14----------------------------|
E |-----------------16----16-------1614b-(14)/------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3

c#|----17-18-19----17-18-19----17-18-19-18-17-18-17---~~~~-|
G#|/19----19----19----------19-------------------20b22~~~~-|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3

c#|---19---~~~~~---20--------------------------------------|
G#|---22b24~~~~~---22b25-----------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|

OK All that was easy to understand bit the pyscho bit at the end is darn confusing tab, try anything if your a smarty you might make some sense out of it.

       dive w/bar    +1_____
 	           /	    
c#|------------slack/------------------------------------|
G#|-------------___/-------------------------------------|
E |---------0----(x)--------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr.3                               slack


	       __+6__		  
*Steady gliss_/      __       __/ 
	 __/ 		     /	   
c#|------/-------------------/---|
G#|-----5^----------------(5)-----|
E |-----5^----------------(5)-----|
B |-------------------------------|
F#|--------*Raise pitch one octave|
C#|--------w/Digitech Whammy Pedal|
Gtrs.4 and 5 (arr. for one gtr.)


 __+6
    	     _+6      _+6      _+6    __+6	 _+6	       
         /       /       /	    /    	/	    
c#|--------/-- ----/-------/-------/--------/---------|
G#|------(5)------(5)------(5)------(5)-------(5)----------|
E |------(5)------(5)------(5)------(5)-------(5)----------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtrs.4 and 5
   w/bar      
   ~~~~~~~~~~
c#|-------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---(5)-------------------------------------------------|
E |---(5)- -----------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------|
          slack
Well thank God thats over just listen to the recording and try anything to get it to sound
right.

2nd Heavy Section:
Quite similar to the last one but it makes a funny noise before the outro not sure how to 
do it.
    >      >      >      >      >
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |-4------4------4------4------4----5--4--4---4---/---8---|
F#|-4------4------4------4------4----5--4--4---4---/---8---|
C#|-2------2------2------2------2----3--2--2---2---/---6---|


    >       >       >       >
c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |-2-------2-------2-------2-----2-----2-----/---6---4--2-|
F#|-2-------2-------2-------2-----2-----2-----/---6---4--2-|
C#|-0-------0-------0-------0-----0-----0-----/---4---2--0-|
Play those 2 bars twice

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---2--2----4---5----------4---4----2---4----------------|
C#|---0--0----2---3----------2---2----0---2----------------|
Play this bar 11 times

Outro:
This is a nice reasonably easy ending to this song, it's played with delay to give it that
doubling effect

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------8-----8--6-------------------------------------|
B |------6-----6-----------------9-----9--7----------------|
F#|---4-----------------------7-----7----------------------|
C#|------------------------5-------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------4-----4--2-----------6-----6--4----------------|
F#|------2-----2--------------4-----4----------------------|
C#|---0--------------------2-------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------8-----8/9--------------------------------------|
B |------6-----6-----------------9-----9/11----------------|
F#|---4-----------------------7-----7----------------------|
C#|------------------------5-------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------11-----11/13----------13------13/14------------|
F#|------9------9-------------11------11-------------------|
C#|---7--------------------9-------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------20------20--18--------------------------------|
B |------18------18-------------------21------21--19-------|
F#|--16---------------------------19------19---------------|
C#|---------------------------17---------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------18------18--16-------|
B |----------16------16--14-------16------16---------------|
F#|------14------14-----------14---------------------------|
C#|--12----------------------------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------20------20--18--------------------------------|
B |------18------18-------------------21------21--19-------|
F#|--16---------------------------19------19---------------|
C#|---------------------------17---------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------18----18----18-------|
B |----------16------16--14-------16-----16----16----16----|
F#|------14------14-----------14---------------------------|
C#|--12----------------------------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------20-------20--18-------------------------------|
B |------18-----18-18-----------------21--------21--19-----|
F#|--16---------------------------19------19-19------------|
C#|---------------------------17---------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------18------18--16-------|
B |----------16------16--14-------16-----16-16-------------|
F#|------14-----14-14---------14---------------------------|
C#|--12----------------------------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------20-------20--18-------------------------------|
B |------18-----18-18-----------------21--------21--19-----|
F#|--16---------------------------19------19-19------------|
C#|---------------------------17---------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------18-------------------|
B |----------16------16--14-------16-----16----------------|
F#|------14-----14-14---------14-------------14-----------|
C#|--12----------------------------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------8-----8/9--------------------------------------|
B |------6-----6-----------------9-----9/11----------------|
F#|---4-----------------------7-----7----------------------|
C#|------------------------5-------------------------------|

c#|--------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------4-----4/6------------6-----6--4----------------|
F#|------2-----2--------------4-----4----------------------|
C#|---0--------------------2-------------------------------|
Repeat last two figures, fading out.

Wow! That was a big tab it took alot of time and effort but it's over now. Write comments
down the bottom on what bits are right wand wrong.
Bye!
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