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The Sleep Guitar Tablature
band:pantera  
song:the sleep 
tabbed by:gothichild_666

Intro - acoustic guitar 
 
e-----------0---------------------------------------------------------- 
b---------4---4-------------------------------------------------------- 
g-------5-------5---- repeat ------------------------------------------ 
D-----7-----------7---------------------------------------------------- 
A---0---------------------------------8-------------------------------- 
E---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Bass note changes to that F there ----^ but I don't know how it is  
being played maybe the guitar stays the same but the bass changes. 
Somebody please tell me what to do. 
This is what I play at the moment. 
 
e-----------0---------------0---------------0-------------------------- 
b---------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-------- 
g-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------------- 
D-----7-----------7---7-----------7---7-----------7---7---------------- 
A---0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0---------- 
E---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
e---------4-------7------- 
b-------6-------6--------- 
g-----5-------5----------- 
D---0-------x------------- 
  
                                        dive 
e---------4-------7-------9--------12------- 
b-------6-------6-------8-------11---------- 
g-----5-------5-------7-------9------------- 
D---0-------x-------x-------x----------2---- 
A--------------------------------------0---- 
E------------------------------------------- 
Hit the power just before that A ------^ 
 
             |--------------------------| 
              s    s              s                s 
D------------4/5--4/5--------4---4/5--4----------------------- 
A---2--4--5--2/3--2/3--2-2-2-2-x-2/3--2-4-------4-54--------- 
E---0--2--3-----------------------------2---2-2-2-32--------- 
The marked section is the main riff with that last bit on the end there  
being left off every second time. That 3 chord lead-in has heavy palm 
muting and is used several times in the song.              
 
                |---------------------------| 
D----------------------------------------4--2-------- 
A---4-4-4-------2-2-2----4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-2--0-------- 
E---2-2-2-x-2-x-0-0-0-00-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3------------- 
Marked section is main riff for chorus sometimes the A chord is played  
again a few times at the end 
The following 3 riffs are played during the solo 
 
D-----------------------7-----7---------------------- 
A---7-----7-x-3-----3--5-5-5-5-x-5---5-6------------ 
E---5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1------------3-3-3-4------------ 
 
D-----------------------7-7-777---------------------- 
A---7-7-777-7x-3-----3--5555555-x-5---5-6------------ 
E---5555555-5--1-1-1-1------------3-3-3-4------------ 
 
g----------------------------3------4---------------- 
D---2--2--2------------2--2--3------4---------------- 
A---2--2--2------------2--2--1---2--2---------------- 
E---0--0--0------------0--0------0------------------- 
There is a bit of acoustic guitar behind this that I would like somebody  
to add. 
At end of solo whammy bar dive on open E 
and then.. 
              s    s              s   dive              
D------------4/5--4/5--------4---4/5-4------7---8------------ 
A---2--4--5--2/3--2/3--2-2-2-2-x-2/3-2----x-5-x-6------------ 
E---0--2--3-------------------------------------------------- 
 
Then play it out 'til the end using some of the above riffs.
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