Pantera - 13 Steps To Nowhere Chords & Tabs

PANTERA - 13 STEPS TO NOWHERE
From the Album THE GREAT SOUTHERN TRENDKILL

Transcription Done By: Marcus Päiviö [the_parasite24@hotmail.com]

. - palm mute                           / - slide up to
\ - slide down to                       ~ - vibrato
" - tremelo picking                    () - ghost note
p - pull off                            h - hammer-on
tr - trill notes                       fb - full bend (1step)
< > - harmonic                          x - muffled string

Pantera - 13 Steps To Nowhere

Tuning = C# (C#,F#,B,E,G#,C#)

        Riff A.1.................*(Two gtrs.arr.for one)
|--------|----------------|-------|
|--------|----------------|-------|
|-DRUMS--|--*-------------|-------|
|--------|-2--------------|--2----|
|--------|-2----8----(8)\-|--2----|
|--------|-0----6----(6)\-|--0----|

Repeat Riff A.1 (2 times)

Riff A.2.......................................................
|--------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|----------------------12--14|
|-2------------|--------------------5-7-|--------12--14-121314---14--|
|-2---8---(8)\-|-2----------5-7-567--7--|-121314---14----------------|
|-0---6---(6)\-|-0---/7-567--7----------|----------------------------|
            slight pm      ... ... ... ...
Riff A.3..................................................
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|Gtrs I
|-2---------------p--0--p----|-2----------------------5-7-|  & II
|-2----8-(8)\----1-2---1-0---|-2----8\--------5-7-567--7--|
|-0----6-(6)\--0-----------3-|-0----6\----567--7----------|
                             slight   pm*... ... ... ...
Repeat Riff A.3 (3 times)

Riff B.1...................................Fill 1.................
|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------|
|-8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-xx-|-8-8-xx8-8-xx8-|--h-----h-----h-------|
|-8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-xx-|-8-8-xx8-8-xx8-|-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-7-7\-|
|-6-6-xx6-6-xx6-6-xx6-6-xx-|-6-6-xx6-6-xx6-|----------------------|

Repeat Riff A.1 (3 times)
Repeat Riff A.2 (1 time)
Repeat Riff A.3 (4 times)
Repeat Riff B.1 (1 time)

Fill 2   *bend 1/4 step Riff C.1......................
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|Gtrs I
|--------------*--------|-----------------------------|  & II
|--*---------5b----2~---|-----------------------------|
|-4b----1~--------------|-145-6\-145-6\-145-6\-145-6\-|

Repeat Riff C.1 (1 time)

Fill 3
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|Gtrs I
|---------|  & II
|-----5-2-|
|-4-1-----|

Repeat Riff C.1 (2 times)

Fill 4     * bend 1/4 step
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|Gtrs I
|------------6----4-|  & II
|--*---------4----2-|
|-4b----1~---4----2-|

Repeat C.1 (2 times)

Fill 5
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|Gtrs I
|-----------|  & II
|-----5--|
|-4-1-------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pantera/13_steps_to_nowhere_tab.html ]
Repeat Riff C.1 (2 times)

Fill 6......................................
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-1---------4----1----|-4---------7----4----|Gtr I
|------3--------------|------6--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|                     |                     |
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|Gtr II
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5----2----|-----------5----2----|
|-4----1--------------|-4----1--------------|

Riff D.1  * two gtrs.arr.for one
|---------------------16fb~-|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------7fb~-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|Gtr I
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-*-----------5-----2-------|-------------5-----2------|
|-4-----1-------------------|-4-----1------------------|

Riff D.2
|-------------------------|---------------------17fb~-|
|---------------------12~-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|Gtr I
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------5-----2-----|-------------5-----2-------|
|-4-----1-----------------|-4-----1-------------------|

Riff D.3
|---------------------17(17)~-|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------7fb~-|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|Gtr I
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------5-----2---------|-------------5-----2------|
|-4-----1---------------------|-4-----1------------------|

Riff D.4
|------------------------|---------------------17fb+r(17)-|
|---------------------12-|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|Gtr I
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------5-----2----|-------------5-----2------------|
|-4-----1----------------|-4-----1------------------------|

Riff D.5
|--------------------------------|-------------20----|
|---------------------17hb-(17)~-|-------------23fb--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------|Gtr I
|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------5-----2------------|-------------------|
|-4-----1------------------------|-4-----1-----------|

Fill 7
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|Gtrs I
|--h-------------------|  & II
|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
|----------------------|

Riff E.1.........................................................
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|Gtrs I
|-2----------h-------------------|-2----------h-----h-----h------|  & II
|-2----8----5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-2----8----5-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-7-7-|
|-0----6-------------------------|-0----6------------------------|

Repeat Riff E.1 (1 time)

Last Riff
|-----------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|Gtrs I
|-8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-|-8-8--8-8--8--|  & II
|-8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-xx8-8-|-8-8--8-8--8--|
|-6-6-xx6-6-xx6-6-xx6-6-|-6-6--6-6--6--|