Tabs
Song: "Pattin' Yourself On The Back" (Colvin)
Artist: Galactic Cowboys
Album: Machine Fish (1996)
Label: Metal Blade
Transcribed by: Chris Baker ([email protected])
Hey here's one of my fav songs by the 'Cowboys. More to come soon. Email
me if you're stuck on one of their songs.
Tuning: Dropped 
D MajorD (DADGBD)
Note: % - repeat previous figure
p.m - palm muting
v - vibrato
Intro: (pick slide then as follows)
0:05
v~~~ v~~~
E:-----------------------------------|-------|------|-------------------
B:-----------------------------------|-------|------|-------------------
G:-----------------------------------|--O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/---------------
D:------6--------6---------6---------|---/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O--------------
A:---------------------------4--3--0-|-------|------|-------------------
D:--5-5---5----5---5-----5---4--3--0-|-------|------|-------------------
0:17
p.m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E:---|----------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
B:---|----------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
G:---|----------------------------------|--O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/------------
D:---|-3--------------------------------|---/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-----------
A:---|-1--------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
D:-0-|---2-1-0-1-3-1-0------------------|-------|------|----------------
0:22
(no palm mute, and faster)
E:--------------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
B:--------------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
G:--------------------------------------|--O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/------------
D:-----3--------------------------------|---/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-----------
A:-----1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0------------------|-------|------|----------------
D:-------2-1-0-1-3-1-0------------------|-------|------|----------------
1st Verse:
0:28
E:------------------------------------------------|------|--------------
B:------------------------------------------------|------|--------------
G:------------------------------------------------|-O-/--|-O-/----------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|--/-O-|--/-O---------
A:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|------|--------------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|------|--------------
Chorus:
0:46
v~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5--------------3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
0:51
p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5----------------3-3-5-----------------3-3-5-------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-x-1-1-3--3-1-0-1-3-1-0--1-1-3-------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-x-----------------------------------------------------
Interlude:
0:59
v~~~ v~~~
E:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
B:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
G:-----------------------------------|-O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/--|------------
D:------6--------6---------6---------|--/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-|------------
A:---------------------------4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------
D:--5-5---5----5---5-----5---4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------
0:59
p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0-7------3------------------------------------------------------
A:--0-0-0-0-5------1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0------0---2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------
2nd Verse:
1:13
E:------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
B:------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
G:------------------------------------------------|-O-/-------------------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|--/-O------------------
A:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|-----------------------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|-----------------------
Repeat Chorus:
1:25
v~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5--------------3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
1:30
v~~~ p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5----------------3-3-5-----------------3-3-5-------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-x-1-1-3--3-1-0-1-3-1-0--1-1-3-------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-x-----------------------------------------------------
Interlude 2:
1:38
v~~~ v~~~
E:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
B:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
G:-----------------------------------|-O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/--|------------
D:------6--------6---------6---------|--/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-|------------
A:---------------------------4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------
D:--5-5---5----5---5-----5---4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------
Verse 3:
1:51
v~~ v~~ v~~ v~~
E:-------------------------|------------------------------|----|----|----|
B:-------------------------|------------------------------|----|----|----|
G:-------------------------|------------------------------|O-/-|O-/-|O-/-|
D:-0--8--0--8--0--8--0--8--|--0-0-0-0-7----3--------------|-/-O|-/-O|-/-O|
A:-0--8--0--8--0--8--0--8--|--0-0-0-0-5----1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0|----|----|----|
D:-0--8--0--8--0--8--0--8--|--0-0-0-0----0---2-1-0-1-3-1-0|----|----|----|
2:11
p.m~~~~~~~~~~~~
E:-----------------|----|----|----|-
B:-----------------|----|----|----|-
G:-----------------|O-/-|O-/-|O-/-|-
D:-3---------------|-/-O|-/-O|-/-O|-
A:-1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0-|----|----|----|-
D:---2-1-0-1-3-1-0-|----|----|----|-
Repeat 1st Verse (see above) 2:23
Repeat Chorus (see above) 2:34
Interlude (see above) 2:54
Repeat 3rd Verse (see above) 3:05
Interlude (see above) 3:27
Finale:
3:39
p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0-7------3------------------------------------------------------
A:--0-0-0-0-5------1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0------0---2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------
