Message In Blood tab by Pantera

Tabs (Ver. 3)

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               MESSAGE IN BLOOD by Pantera
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Tabbed by: Macejko

Not many tabs for this out there, and even fewer are correct so I tried to give
it a go. Tuning, as with most of the Pantera songs is STANDARD 1/4 step down
(or just adjust the pitch of track in some audio software).

Tuning: 1/4 step down

Riff # 1:

e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-8s7----8s7---8s7---8s7---8s7---7s6---6s5---5s4----|
A augmentedA|-6s5----6s5---6s5---6s5---6s5---5s4---4s3---3s2----|
E MajorE|------6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----4-----3--|
    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

Riff # 2:

e|------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-333-333-3-333-333-3-333-333-3-333-333--|
E MajorE|-1-111-111-1-111-111-1-111-111-1-111-111--|
  . ... ... . ... ... . ... ... . ... ...

Chorus riff:

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------5-4---4-5---5-4---4-5---5-4------|
A augmentedA|-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-3-2---2-3---3-2---2-3---3-2-5-3--|
E MajorE|-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-----3-----4-----3-----4-----3-1--|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------4-3---3-4---4-3---3-4---4-3------|
A augmentedA|-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-2-1---1-2---2-1---1-2---2-1------|
E MajorE|-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-----2-----3-----2-----3-----/19~-|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .   .   .   .

Bridge riff:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------x-4-----x-4------|
D MajorD|-5-5-5-5-|4|~-----------------------------x-4-x-6-x-4-x-6--|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-----5-5-5-5-5s10---4-4-4-4|3|~-3-----x-6-----x-6--|
E MajorE|-------------3-3-3-3-3s8----2-2-2-2-----1------------------|
  . . . .   . . . . PPP  . . . .   .

...finish with:
   e|----------|
   BB|----------|
   G+G|----------|
   D MajorD|-1--------|
   A augmentedA|-3---0w?--|
   E MajorE|-----2w?--|

Accents in the verse are:
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3--|
A augmentedA|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3--|
E MajorE|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1--|

Verse riff:
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-1---------|1|h4------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-3------1---------|1|h4-4--------|2|h3-3-----3-3--|
E MajorE|----------------3-3-3-3-3-------2-2-2-2-2------1-1-1-1-1--|
   . . . .    . . . .     . . . .    . .

... and finish verse with:
e|-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-8s7---7s6---6s5---5s4---------|
A augmentedA|-6s5---5s4---4s3---3s2---------|
E MajorE|-----6-----5-----4-----3--/3~--|
    .   .   .   .

SOLO:
This is not note to note, this is how I play it and sounds accurate,
maybe it will help you:

PART I (3:12-3:20):
e|-16b(17)--16pb(17)~-16pb(17)~-----16pb(17)~-16pb(17)~-----|
BB|------------------------------18~---------------------17~-|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-16pb(17)~-16pb(17)~--------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------16~--|16|pbr(17)-15~w?---------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------10~-9~-|9|-8~|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|

PART II (3:20-3:28):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----10br(11)----8----10br(11)----8-------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8~-----------10---8-----------10---8~-----10-----10br(11)-8--------|11|-|11|---|10|-|10|-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------10----10~------------10-8-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------9----------8-----------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

PART III (3:28-3:36):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------10h12h13p12p10-|
BB|-10~-12----------------------------------------10h11h13p11p10----------------|
G+G|-10~-12-10b(11)-------------------9h10h12p10p9-------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------12~--9h10h12p10p9--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-15-13-12-13-12s13-17-15-13-15-13----18~-15-------18~-15-------|
BB|----------------------------------17--------18-17--------18-17-|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--20b(22)-20-18-17-17h1817----17---------|
BB|---------------------------20----20b(22)~|
G+G|-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|

PART IV (3:36-3:44):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------9-9-7-7-6-6---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-|7|br--5---7---5-------------7br-5------------------------------14-12-11-|
A augmentedA|----------7---7---------------------7-----------12-10-9-14-12-10----------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------12-10-9---------------------------|
                     . . . . . . . . . . . .

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-14-12-11-13-11-10-14-12-11-15-13-12-16-14-13-17-15-14-18-16-15-19-17-16-20-18-17-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART V (3:44-3:52):
e|-------18~------------20------20~------------21~----------|
BB|-19b~------19pbr-19b~----19pb-----19pbr-19b~-------{3}w?--|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|

Riff after solo:

e|----------------------------|          e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|          BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|          BB|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-------3---5-6-5-3---3------| and 2 frets up ? D MajorD|-------5---7-8-7-5---5------|
A augmentedA|-5-5-3-1-5-3s4s4-1-5-1-3-4--|          A augmentedA|-7-7-5-3-7-5s6s5-3-7-3-5-6--|
E MajorE|-3-3-1---3---------3---1-2--|          E MajorE|-5-5-3---5---------5---3-4--|
  .  .  .     .  .              .  .  .     .  .

Ending riff:
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-5-6--3-333-333-3-333-333|
E MajorE|-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-3-4--1-111-111-1-111-111|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . ... ... . ... ...

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------8-888-777-6-666-555-4-444-333-----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------6-666-555-4-444-333-2-222-111-----|
A augmentedA|-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-5-6--------------------------------6-5-|
E MajorE|-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-1-3-3-3-4--------------------------------4-3-|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . ... ... . ... ...

SONG STRUCTURE:
Riff # 1
Riff # 2
Chorus riff (2x)
Bridge riff (4x)

Accents (2x)
Verse riff (4x)
Chorus riff (2x)
Bridge riff (2x)

Accents (2x)
Verse riff (4x)
Chorus riff (2x)

SOLO
Riff after solo (4x) - 2 frets up (2x) - back down (2x)
Riff # 1
Riff # 2

Chorus riff (2x)
Riff # 2 (1/2)
Ending riff (1/2)
Riff # 2 (2/2)
Ending riff (2/2)

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| .  palm mute
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| s  slide
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| br Bend release
| pb Pre-bend
| || Pinch harmonics
| {} Dimebag squeal technique
| w  whammy bar (? = pull up)
| PP alternative picking

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