Desert Sessions - Cowards Way Out Chords & Tabs

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                        Coward's Way Out - Desert Sessions (Vol I)
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Transcribed by: theredlongitude
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I noticed that there was only a bass tab for this piece and all the guitar tab 
aggregates were taking
the bass tab as an electric lead tab, so I decided this one needed doing.

Tuning: Standard

Rhythm Main
A lot of room for variation on this one, be creative.

e||---9------9-------------------------||
B||*--9------9------------------------*||
G||---9------9-------------------------||
D||--11-----11----------9---------9----||
A||*-11-----11-----9h11---11---11---9-*||
E||---9------9-------------------------||

Lead "Verse" (0:49)
Technically, two different guitars play one string, but it's easy enough solo.

e||---------------------------------------------------------------|
B||--12b14=======14r12=========12b14-12b14========14r12===========|
G||--11b13=======13r11=========11b13-11b13========13r11===========|
D||---------------------------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------12=========12b14r12======-------12b14-12b14=========12b14r12--||
G|---11b13============11b13r11======-------11b13-11b13=========11b13r11--||
D|----------------------------------11-11--------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||

Transition
Both Lead and Rhythm play this.

e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------||
A||------------12p11-9---------9-------||
E||--7h9-11---------------9h11---11-9--||

First Solo (1:31)

e||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------------11-----------------|
D||-----9------9--11-11----11h13-13-13h14-14-14-13h14p11--/13----13-14--14-14/16-|
A||-11-----11--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------14------14-14b16r14-------------14----|
G|-----------------13-16---13-16p13----13-16------16-------------16-13----16----16-|
D|--14-16-16br16--------------------16---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----12--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--13----11-13-11-------------------------------------------11/13-13--/16--16--16-|
D|-----------------14---13--13-14-13-11-----11-11-11-14g16-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------14-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------12/14---14-14-14br14-14h16p14-12-14----12--------------||
B|-----14-------------------------------------14----14----14g16\-||
G|--16-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------||

Lead "Verse" variation, transition (2:09)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/desert_sessions/cowards_way_out_tab_ver_2.html ]
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--12b14======14-11========12b14=======14r12========----------------------------------||
G||--11b13======-------------11b13=======13r11========----------------------------------||
D||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------12p11-9---------9------||
E||----------------------------------------------------7h9-11---------------9h11---11-9-||

Bridge Fills and finishing chord (2:16)
Transition riff between each fill

e||----------------|---------------|--------------||---9--||
B||----------------|---------------|-12===========||---9--||
G||--13-11b========|---------------|-11b13========||---9--||
D||----------------|---------------|--------------||--11--||
A||----------------|--14-11-----14-|--------------||--11--||
E||----------------|---------------|--------------||---9--||

Transition variation (2:30)

e||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------||
D||-----------11p10-8--------8------||
A||--6h8-9---------------8h9---9-8--||
E||---------------------------------||

After the keyboard break, there's more of the main riff, main chord, transition etc. 
Easy enough to figure out.
Once it starts picking up, there's also a sped up version of the transition.
Then:

Rhythm Main 2
The notes in between the chords are actually the keyboard, try artificial or natural 
harmonics for a better sound.

e||---9/10--10--10---9-----------9/10--10--10---9----------||
B||*--9/10--10--10---9-----------9/10--10--10---9---------*||
G||---9/10--10--10---9----11-----9/10--10--10---9----------||
D||--11/12--12--12--11----------11/12--12--12--11----------||
A||*-11/12--12--12--11----------11/12--12--12--11----12---*||
E||---9/10--10--10---9-----------9/10--10--10---9----------||

Lots of guitar feedback from the lead, then:

Second Solo (4:06)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------9-9-9----11-11-11--9--11--9-----------------------------9-9-9--11--9--11--11-|
A|--11-11-11---------------------------------11----9-9-9----11-11-11-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-------9----9-8----8-11p9p8-11p9p8-11p9p8-etc-|
D|-9-11-----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------(10 or 11 times)|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11p9p8-11p9p8-11-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------13h14--14--14--14--13--13--11--11------11------11-----------11-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------14------14-----14p11--14----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------/14--14--14--12-12-12-12-12-12-etc--||
G|--9h11--11br--9--9--11/13----------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||

Closing Lead

e||------------------------------------------||
B||*----------------------------------------*||
G||----------------+7+-----------------------||
D||-------------------------------------+7+--||
A||*------9--------------------9------------*||
E||--9h11---11-9----------9h11---11-9--------||

That's about it. Good luck, and have fun.

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| g   grace note
| +   harmonic
| *   repeat