riff 1 gtr 1
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------h---------h--------------h-|
|------h-1-4-----h-1-4----------h-1-4-|
|-0001-4----0001-4----000000001-4-----|
... ... ........
gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0000000-------------------0000000--------------|
....... .......
riff 1 gtr 1 + gtr 2
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------h---------h--------------h-|
|------h-1-4-----h-1-4----------h-1-4-|
|-0001-4----0001-4----000000001-4-----|
... ... ........
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|----------12-15/15-|
|-0000000-0000000-0000--0000000-000------12-15-17/17-|-----12-15---------|
|-0000000-0000000-0000--0000000-000-12-15------------|12-15--------------|
....... ....... .... ....... ...
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------h---------h--------------h-|
|------h-1-4-----h-1-4----------h-1-4-|
|-0001-4----0001-4----000000001-4-----|
... ... ........
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
. . . . . .
gtr 1
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------h-------h-|x4
|----111---------------------111---------h-1-4---h-1-4-|
|-000---444111000444777333000---444111-1-4-----1-4-----|
... ... ...
gtr 2
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------h-------h-|x4
|--h-1-4---h-1-4-|
|1-4-----1-4-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3------------------------3-------------------8*gtr2-|
|-----1--4--1------4--7--3-----1--4--1-------------5*gtr1-|
|-000----4--1--000-4--7--3-000----4--1-0-1-5-1-4-0--------|
... ... ... . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3------------------------3-------------------------h-|
|-----1--4--1------4--7--3-----1--4--1---------------h-1-4-|
|-000----4--1--000-4--7--3-000----4--1-0-1-5-1-4-0-1-4-----|
... ... ... . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3------------------------3-------------------8*gtr2-|
|-----1--4--1------4--7--3-----1--4--1-------------5*gtr1-|
|-000----4--1--000-4--7--3-000----4--1-0-1-5-1-4-0--------|
... ... ... . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3------------------------3-------------------------h-|
|-----1--4--1------4--7--3-----1--4--1---------------h-1-4-|
|-000----4--1--000-4--7--3-000----4--1-0-1-5-1-4-0-1-4-----|
... ... ... . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------h-----------------------h--------------------h-|
|----1-1---1-1---1-1-4----1-1---1-1------h-1-4----1-1---1-1---1-1-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-4-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------h---------h-------h-|
|-------h-1-4-----h-2-5---h-1-4-|
|-0-0-1-4-------2-5-----1-4-----|
. .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------h-----------------------h--------------------h-|
|----4-4---4-4---4-4-7----4-4---4-4------h-4-7----4-4---4-4---4-4-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-7-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------h---------h-------h-|
|-------h-4-7-----h-5-8---h-4-7-|
|-0-0-4-7-------5-8-----4-7-----|
. .
|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------h-------------------------||
|----7-7---7-7---7-7-10---7-7---7-7------h-7-10---7-7---7-7---7-7-10---||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-10----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------h---------h-------h-|x3
|-------h-7-10----h-8-12--h-7-10|
|-0-0-7-10------8-12----7-10----|
. .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/job_for_a_cowboy/knee_deep_tab.html ]
gtr 1 gtr 2
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----5------7-------8-----|-----8--------10--------11------|
|-5-8-8/7-10-10/8-11-11-8-|-8-11-11/10-13--13/11-14--14-11-|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------------|x3
|-00-00-0---|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0----5------7-10-|
|-00-00-0---|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-5-8-8/7-10-----|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------
|-00-00-0----00-00-0|---5------7-------8-----|----8--------10--------11------
|-00-00-0----00-00-0|5-8-8/7-10-10/8-11-11-8-|8-11-11/10-13--13/11-14--14-11-
.. .. . .. .. .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------h----------------------------------------|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0---h-4----h-5-8-00-00-0-00-00-0----5------7-------8----|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-4-7--7-5-8-----00-00-0-00-00-0-5-8-8/7-10-10/8-11-11-8|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------h----------------------------------------|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0---h-4----h-5-8-00-00-0-00-00-0----5------7-------8----|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-4-7--7-5-8-----00-00-0-00-00-0-5-8-8/7-10-10/8-11-11-8|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------h----------------------------------------|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0---h-4----h-5-8-00-00-0-00-00-0----5------7-------8----|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-4-7--7-5-8-----00-00-0-00-00-0-5-8-8/7-10-10/8-11-11-8|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------h----------------------------------------|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0---h-4----h-5-8-00-00-0-00-00-0----5------7-------8----|
|00-00-0-00-00-0-00-00-0-4-7--7-5-8-----00-00-0-00-00-0-5-8-8/7-10-10/8-11-11-8|
.. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|repeat x8
|-----4-7-----5-8-|-----8-11----9-12------------|
|-4-7-----5-8-----|-8-11----9-12-----drum blast-|
gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
|-0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0--0----------|
|-0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0--0----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
gtr 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
|-----4-------5-8-----4-------5-8-----4-------5-8-----4-------5-8---|
|-4-7---0-5-8-----4-7---0-5-8-----4-7---0-5-8-----4-7---0-5-8-------|
then theres a short break in the song.
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------h-------h-|x4
|-0--000000000------------0--000000000-----5-8-----5-8-|
|-0--0000000001114447773330--0000000005-8-0---5-8-0----|
. ......... . .........
gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------55-------------55-------------44-------------44-----|
|-55505588--8855055505588--8855044404477--7744044404477--7744-|
... .. ... .. ... .. ... ..
gtr 2 (second time)picked very fast
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-55555555555555555444444444444444411111114444444444444455555555555555555|
after
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|x4
|---h-5-----h-5-----h-5---------h-4-----h-4-----h-4------------------|
|-5-8---8-5-8---8-5-8---8-5---4-7---7-4-7---7-4-7---7-4--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------h-------h|
|-00000000-0--0-00000000-0--0-00000000-0--0-00000000---h-5-8---h-4-7|
|-00000000-0--0-00000000-0--0-00000000-0--0-00000000-5-8-----4-7----|
........ . . ........ . . ........ . . ........
end riff
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|x4
|-00000000-0--0-00000000-----5-8-----4-7--|
|-00000000-0--0-00000000-5-8-----4-7------|
........ . . ........