Psycho Holiday Pantera
PSYCHO HOLIDAY
By Pantera
Transcribed by Denzil (aka Khalil Yousaf), aged 15, e-mail yousaf@dircon.co.uk
This is one of my favourite Pantera songs and so I thought I'd tab it out just for fun, as you do (not!). To capture Pantera's sound, you'll need very heavy distortion, a little chorus (not too much) and use the neck pickup. The solo is pretty difficult and there's no doubt that I've probably made a couple of mistakes but most of it's fairly accurate.
One of the hardest things abut this piece is keeping that chugging triplet rhythm going while you have the 4/4 time going in your head. Ah well, good luck I guess....a metronome will be perfect for this exercise.
Hey I may be only 15 but have a look anyway....the solo's note-perfect, almost :)
Have fun! Shred yer ballz off...:) This is probably Dimebag's most difficult and technical solo and if you can accomplish this, the rest should be easy...Far Beyond Driven licks a cinch....
Denzil \ /
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Drum Intro
[A]
------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- x 4 ------------------------ ---------------------- ---------1111--11--11--1 1111--11--11-1-
p.m. throughout
[B]
------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------8-^^^--- --------------7--^^^--- -----------------8-^^^--- --------------7--^^^--- -3333-33-3---------------- 3333-33-3-----------
pm.......... p.m........
=======¬ ==========¬
1. 2.
------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------- -----5 ^^^\/\/\/\- ----------------6-^^^--- ---------------5-^^^^- -------------------- ----------------6-^^^- - ---------------5-^^^^- -------------------- -3333--33-3------------- 3333-33-3------------- -------------------
pm........... pm.......... A.H
Pre Chorus
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------------- x4 on Intro BUT ON PRECHORUS: 6--5--4----4-------------------- -6--5---4-----4----------7--------- -----------6----5--------------- -----------6----5--------5--------- --------------------6---4-^^---- ------------------6---4------------
ON PRECHORUS....
1st 2nd and 3rd bars are the same but the 4th bar....
----------------------------- ----------------------------- ------------------------------ ---------6--------6---6---- ---------7--------7---7-- -0--0----0--0-------------
Verse:
Empty.......
------------------- ------------------------ ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------- ------------------------ ------------------- ------------------------ x8 ------------------- ------------------------ 0000-00-00-0------- 0000 00 00 0------
Then Pre-chorus (remember 4th bar)
Chorus:
w/wah (I think)
Now I'm far from home Spending time alone....
---------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------ 8^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-------------- -7^^^^^^^^^^^^- 8^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-------------- -7^^^^^^^^^^^^- ---------------------------------- ------------------ ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- 6^^^^^^^^^^----- 5^^^^^^^^^--- 6^^^^^^^^^^----- 5^^^^^^^^^--- ---------------- ----------------
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
NB Fill on last bar of chorus before solo:
--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --5--4--3---3-----------xxxxxxx ----------5---4-------------------- -------------------6--3--------------
Solo (oh s**t)
__ ___
/\/\/\/ / \/
----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------9----------------------9------- -------------9--12bf-------14bf-r-bf---- ------------9-----12bf------------9-----12^^^^- ---------9------------------------------ 10h11-----------------10h11-------------------- 10h11----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------12-------------------- 12--------- ---------------16bfh-15----------------- ---------12----15bf-----------12-----15^^^----- ----------12-------------14^^^^--------- 13h14-----------------13h14-------------------- -13h14----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------15-17-13-15-17-13-- -----------------15-17-14-15-17-14-15-17-18-15-17-18-------------------- 15-16-17-15-16-17------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15-17-x-15-17-18-17-18-17-18h17h15----15-17-18h17h15----15---20bf-------- -----------------------------------------------------18-----------18--------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Very fast and tricky bit coming up....real finger stretches needed
As this is a symmetrical-ish run it's easier than it looks and feels...you may be able to get away with tapping the 22nd frets, I find it easier to stretch, but I have pretty big
hands, almost 30cm span!
---------15h18-22p18p15------15-----------------15h18----- -------------------------22------18-22p18p15--------- --x/-x\---------------------------------------------------------- --x/-x\---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 22p18p15------15------------------------------------- ---------------22-----18-22p18p15------15---------- -------------------------------------------18----------- ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------
The last bar and the next one may be a little inaccurate....
/\/\/\/\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15h18-22p18p15----15-------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------22----18-22p18p15----15--------------------12bfh--------------- ---------------------------------------------------22---18 22p18p15---------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------12-----------------------12------------ --------12----15bf^^^ --------12----15^^^---------- 12-13------------------12-13----------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- -----------12-15bf----17bf r bf---------------------------14h15p14------ --------12---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12-13--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t t t t t t t t
19p14h15-18p14h15-17p14h15-18p14h15- 19p14h15-18p14h15-17p14h15-18p14h15 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ ----------------------------------
t t t t
19p14h15--18p14h15-17p14h15-18p14h15 -20bf^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
------------------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------------------ -------------------------- ------------------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------------------ -------------------------- 15-17-18p17h18p17h18p17p15----15-----15-------18p17p15-17-15-----15-------------- ----------------------------------18---18p17----------18----18-17p15h17p15p14----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
w/bar down about 2 tones
----15--------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 15----15-14-15-18-17-15-14-15-14----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------16bfr-18b2-16-18b2--16\--------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -In this bar is some really heavy vibrato using the bar-------------------------- -------I suggest hitting a high pinch harmonic (I think a G pitch should be right) ---------- and move the bar as hard and as fast-as poss------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
w/bar vibrato dive
----------------------------------------------------------------------- -13-------------------------------------------------------------------- -15bf----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
w/bar ^^^/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\
-----17------------17-20---- ------17-19------17-------------------------- ---------------------------- 20bf--------20bf----19-20-17------------- ---------------------------- -------------------------------------14-------- ---------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------------------------12------ ---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------
w/bar /\/\/\/\/\ P.H \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ dive
/19---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- -14bf------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
pitch F#
Phew it's over!!!
One more verse
One pre-chorus
One chorus again but with artificial harmonics thrown in on second time:
_3_
Pull up to E Before repeat of chorus, then A.H. Bb A Ab G F B repeat Bb A Ab then drum solo takes us into the Outro!!!!
[Bb] [A]
----------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------- 8---------8---------8-------8-------8---- -7-------7-------7-----7-------7 6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6---- -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
[Ab] [G]
------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- 6-------6-------6---6---------6 5---------5---------------5---- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
Every other repeat bar 4 changes to this
-------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- 5--5--5-3---5--5--5-4----------- 3--3--3-1---3--3--3-2-----------
Then on last repeat, last bar is played then:
slide w/bar P.H.
------------------- -------------/19----------- ------------------- -------/11-------/11----- ------------------- -3------------------------ --5---5---5---5---- -3------------------------ --5---5---5---5---- -1------------------------ --3---3---3---3---- --------------------------
Pitch Bb octave higher than Bb at 19th Fret on top E
---------------------------- 3-------0-------------------- 3------0-------------------- 3------0---------------- 1------------------------ -------------------------
That's it dooods
Please send any comments, praise, criticism, abuse, whatever to
yousaf@dircon.co.uk
*It's been slow down below*
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