'The Sleep' by Pantera - Guitar Tutorial

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         Title : The Sleep
        Artist : Pantera
         Album : Cowboys From Hell
Transcribed by : By DimeBolt ([email protected])
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Legend
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 h  = hammer-on
 p  = pull-off
 ^  = bend (number of semi-tones above)
 /  = slide up/down
 ~  = vibrato
 w  = with whammy bar (number of semi-tones above)
  = Natural harmonic

Note: Most of this song's transcription is based on the midi by Mark Degarmo Chung.
      As a result many parts may be played differently or in different positions. 
      I have just put it into tablature and in the way I play it. This tab is not
      perfect. The solos and acoustic parts are pretty damn close but some verse 
      parts may be a bit off. Enjoy.

   Acoustic Intro (Also before solo)
1||-----0-------0----|-----0------------||-----0-------0----|-----0------4----7-||
2||----3-3-----3-3---|----3-3-----4--4--||----4-4-----4-4---|----4-4----3----6--||
3||---5---5---5---5--|---2---2---2-2--2-||---5---5---7---7--|---5---5--4----7---||
4||--7-----7-7-----7-|--3-----3-3---3---||--7-----7-5-------|--7-----73---/6----||
5||-0-------0--------|-0-------0--------||-0-------0--------|-0-----------------||
6||------------------|------------------||------------------|-------------------||

   Last ending                            Main Riff 
1||------10-------13-||-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
2||-----9-------12---||-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
3||---10------13-----||-2w-------------||-----------------|-----------------|
4||-/9-----/12-------||-2w-------------||-1/2-1/2---22211-|-1/2-1-----------|
5||------------------||-0w-------2-0-2-||-2/3-2/3---33322-|-2/3-2-0---00020-|
6||------------------||-----------0-2-3-||-----------------|-------2---22232-|

                                        Ending before chorus
1||-----------------|-----------------||------------------||
2||-----------------|-----------------||------------------||
3||-----------------|-----------------||------------------||
4||-1/2-1/2---22211-|-1/2-1-----------||-1/2-1------------||
5||-2/3-2/3---33322-|-2/3-2-0---------||-2/3-2-0---222-20-||
6||-----------------|-------2---------||-------2---333-32-||

   Chorus                                   Alternate endings
1||--------------------|------------------||------------------||----------------||
2||--------------------|------------------||------------------||----------------||
3||--------------------|------------------||------------------||----------------||
4||------------------2-|------------------||-----2---2---2----||----------------||
5||-2---4---5--5/95-0-|------------------||---2-0-2-0-2-0----||----------2-0-2-||
6||-000022223333/73---|---------------32-||----3---3---3--32-||----------0-2-3-||

   Acoustic in solo
1||-----0-------0----|-----0-------0-0--||----4---7----10------13-|-----10------13---7---4-||
2||----3-3-----3-3---|----3-3-----3---3-||---3---6----9------12---|----9------12----6---3--||
3||---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5------||--4---7---10-----13-----|--10-----13-----7---4---||
4||--7-----7-6-----6-|--5-----5-4-------||-3---6---9-----12-------|-9-----12------6---3----||
5||-0-------0--------|-0-------0--------||------------------------|------------------------||
6||------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------------||

   Distortion                                  Acoustic backing next
1||-----||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
2||-----||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
3||-----||------20---------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
4||-2---||--------3-3-3----|-----------------||-----------------|-------3-----4---||
5||-0---||-0-00------------|-5-55------------||-2--2--2---------|-2--2--1-----2---||
6||-----||-----------------|--------3-3-3----||-0--0--0---------|-0--0------0-----||

   Acoustic             Distortion                           End solo
1||---------0---------||-----------------|-----------------||----------|-------------||
2||-----0-------0-----||-----------------|-----------------||----------|-------------||
3||----3--3---3---3---||------20---------|-----------------||----------|-------------||
4||---5----5---5----5-||--------3-3-3----|-----------------||----------|-------------||
5||-------------------||-00000-----------|-55555555--------||-2w------|-------2-0-2-||
6||-0-----------------||-----------------|----------3-3----||-0w------|-------0-2-3-||

   Alternate riffs
1||-----------------|-------------------||--------------------|------------------||
2||-----------------|-------------------||--------------------|------------------||
3||-----------------|-----------7-------||--------------------|----------7-------||
4||-1/2-1/2---22211-|-1/2-1/2---7---9---||------------------2-|----------7---9---||
5||-2/3-2/3---33322-|-2/3-2/3---5---6---||-2---4---5--5/95-0-|----------5---6---||
6||-----------------|-------------------||-000022223333/73---|------------------||


SOLO
====
                  4x                   1            101  
1||-----------------|-8---7---5------------------------------------------------|
2||-5---4---5---6---|---------------------17-----------17----------------------|
3||-----------------|----------------16^----16~---16^----16h17-16p1416-16-14~--|
4||-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
5||-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
6||-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|

      101             2   1   1          2
1||--------------17-17^-19^-19^--17--17--------20-19-17-19-17h19p171517-15-13-|
2||------17------------------------20--20^-~-----------------------------------|
3||-16^----16~-----------------------------------------------------------------|
4||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5||-------------------------------------------/--------------------------------|
6||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


1||-12-13-12h13p1210-12------------------------------------------------------|
2||----------------------1513-13-12h13p1210-10h12p108-8h10p86-6-5-5h6p53-|
3||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                              2   ||   2                          2         1 0
1||--------------------------||------17-17-17~--17-19-20~--20^--19p1719^---|
2||-3h5p31-1h3p1p0-0h1p0---------||-20^----------------------------------------|
3||----------------------2--------||--------------------------------------------|
4||-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
5||-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
6||-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|

      2     1 0   1       4         |1.       2 0    
1||-22^-----------------------17-17-|-17~----------------------------------------|
2||-------17^-----------------------|-------18^--~-------------------------------|
3||-------------16^--16-------14-14-|--------------5p4h5p4h5p4h5-7p5h7p5h7p5h7p5-|
4||---------------------15^---------|--------------------------------------------|
5||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
6||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

                                       1         2    1              2
1||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
2||----------------------------------------------------------------17^--|
3||-7h9p7h9p7h9p7-9h10p9h10p9h10p9---16^-p1416-14^--16^-p1416-16~-------|
4||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
5||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
6||---------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                           -1 0    |2. -1   -1       2   2  2  2
1||---------------------------------------17~w----||-17w/17w/17~---------------|
2||-17-15p1315p13p12h13h14h15p12h1312-------------||-----------------------------|
3||-----------------------------------1412--------||-14w/14w------7^--7^-7^-7^-|
4||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------|
5||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------|
6||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------|

                                      5
1||------------------108--87-7-----------------------------------------------------|
2||---------------------10--8-10~----------------------------------------------13--|
3||-5~---75-54-4-----------------------~-------------------1212--1112h14----|
4||--------7--5-7~-----------------------------------1012101012/14----14-----------|
5||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                   2                                             1 010         2
1||-----10/121215---1213121312--12---------17151215151217------19^-----17--17-----|
2||-1012---------15^----------16--16151315---------------161513----------20--20^--|
3||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                2                2
1||-17202217201720222022201720171717----1720172017171717-----------172017171720----|
2||---------------------------------2017----------------20201720^--------------20^-|
3||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

         2                                                   0 -2 0 -2   3 0
1||-17-----17---20--------20--------20--------20--------20----------~-||
2||----20^----20--------20--------20--------20--------20----------------------||
3||---------------19p17-----19p17-----19p17-----19p17-----19------------------||
4||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
5||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
6||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Backing Part at end
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1||-15--14--12---------|-----17-----------|-15--14--12---------|------------------|
2||-------------15-12/-|-14---------------|-------------15-12/-|-14---------------|
3||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----14-----------|
4||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
5||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
6||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|

                                  2                          2
1||-15--14--12---------|-----17-19^-------|-15--14--12-----19^-|---17-------------||
2||-------------15-12/-|-14---------------|-------------15-----|------------------||
3||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------||
4||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------||
5||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------||
6||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------||