5 MINUTES ALONE - PANTERA BASS
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G|-------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------|-3h5-0-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-|-3h5-0-x-6-3-0---x-x-x-x-|
S H s+s e e s+s e E s e s s+s e e s s e S s s e s
riff 1
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-3h5-0-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-|-3h5-0-x-6-3-0-x-x-x-x-|-3h5-0-x-3-5-0---x-x-x-x-|
s+s e e s+s e E s e s s+s e e s s e e s e s s+s e e s s e S s s e s
end riff 1
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-3h5-0-x-6-3-0---x-x-x-x-|-3h5-0-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-x-|-3h5-0-x-6-3-0-x-x-x-x-|
s+s e e s s e S s s e s s+s e e s+s e S s s e s s+s e e s s e e s e s
fill 1 -------------------------|
|---------------------------------||
|-----9---------------------------||
|-/9----9-8-7\5---5-----4-----2---||
|---------------7---5\3---3\1---1-||
e s s s s+s s s s+s s s+s s s
[Verse 1]
riff 2 end riff 2
G|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E e e e e s s S s s s
riff 3 end riff 3
f f 2
G|-------------------|-----|-----|-----------------||
D|------5---------7b-|-----|-----|------5----------||
A|---/8---6----------|-----|-----|---/8---6--------||
E|-0----------4br----|-----|-----|-0----------4b---||
e e e e+s e. q e e e e+s e.+q
[Pre-Chorus]
riff 4
G|-----------------------|-----|-----------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----|-----------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----|-----------|---------------------------|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-----|-/7~-2~-1~-|-3h5-0-x-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-x-|
E e e e e s s S s s s h q q s+s e s s s+s e S s s e s
G|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|
D|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|
A|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|
E|-/7~-6~-1~-|-3h5-0-x-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-x-|-/7~-6~-5~-|
h q q s+s e s s s+s e S s s e s h q q
end riff 4
G|---------------------------|-----------||
D|---------------------------|-----------||
A|---------------------------|-----------||
E|-3h5-0-x-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-x-|-/7~-2~-1~-||
s+s e s s s+s e S s s e s h q q
[Chorus]
play riff 1 2x
play fill 1 1x
[Verse 2]
play riff 2 1x
play riff 3 1x
[Pre-Chorus]
play riff 4 1x
[Chorus]
play riff 1 2x
2x
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||o-----9---------------------------|----9----------------------------o||
A||o--/9---9-8-7\5---5---------4-----|-/9---9-8-7\5---5-----4-----2----o||
E||----------------7---7-6-5\3---3\1-|--------------7---5\3---3\1---1---||
e s s s s+s s s s s s+s s s+s e s s s s+s s s s+s s s+s s s
G|--------------------------------|-----|-----|
D|--------------------------------|-----|-----|
A|----5---------5-----4-----3-----|-----|-----|
E|-/7---7-6-5\4---4\3---3\2---2\1-|-----|-----|
e s s s s+s s s+s s s+s s s+s
G|--------------------------------||-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------||-------------------------|
A|----5---------5-----------------||-------------------------|
E|-/7---7-6-5\4---5\4-4\3-3\2-2\1-||-3h5-0-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-x-|
e s s s s+s s s+s s+s s+s s+s s+s e e s+s e S s s e s
harm. ----------------|
|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2.6-|-------------------------|
|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2.6-|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3h5-0-x-6-3------------------------|-3h5-0-x-3h5-0---x-x-x-x-|
s+s e e s s s s s s s s s s s e s+s e e s+s e S s s e s
{ 6 } { 3 }
1/2 1/2
G|-----------------------|-------||-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-------||---------------------------3h5-|
A|-----------------------|-------||-3br-1-3---1-----3br-1-3/5-----|
E|-3h5-0-x-6-3-0-x-x-x-x-|-0-----||-------------3-----------------|
s+s e e s s e e s e s w e s s+s e s+s e s s+s s+s
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------3-|---------------------------6h8-|
A|-3br-1-3---1-----3br-1-3/5---|-6br-4-6---4-----6br-4-6/8-----|
E|-------------3---------------|-------------6-----------------|
e s s+s e s+s e s s+s e e s s+s e s+s e s s+s s+s
1/2 1/2 1/2
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-6br-4-6---4-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|---------------------------5h7-|
E|-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-5br-3-5---3-0---5br-3-5/7-----|
e s s+s e s s s s s s s s s e s s+s e s+s e s s+s s+s
1/2 1/2 1/2
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------5/7-5-----------|---------------------------5h7-|
E|-5br-3-5---3-0--------7-6-5-3-0-|-5br-3-5---3-0---5br-3-5/7-----|
e s s+s e s s s s s s e s e s s+s e s+s e s s+s s+s
1/2 1/2 1/2
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|---------------------------3h5-|
A|-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-3br-1-3---1-----3br-1-3/5-----|
E|-5br-3-5---3-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-------------3-----------------|
e s s+s e s s s s s s s s s e s s+s e s+s e s s+s s+s
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
G|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------6h8-|----------------------------8h10-|
A|-6br-4-6---4-----6br-4-6/8-----|-8br-6-8---6-----8br-6-8/10------|
E|-------------6-----------------|-------------8-------------------|
e s s+s e s+s e s s+s s+s e s s+s e s+s e s s+s s+s
1/2
G|------------------------||
D|------------------------||
A|-10br-8-10--8-----------||
E|--------------10~-------||
e s s+s s e+h
4x
G||--------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
D||o-------------------|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
A||o-------1-----------|---------1-------------o||-------------------------|
E||--1-------1-0-----2-|-2-0-------0-2-0---1-3--||-0-2-0---1-3-0-2-0---1-3-|
e E E e s s E E e s s E E e e s s+s s e e s s+s s e e s s+s s e
2/4 4/4 chorus
G|-----------------||
D|-----------------|| play riff 1 2x
A|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
s s s s s s s s
G||--------------------------|-------------------------|
D||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
E||--3h5-0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-3-5-|-3h5-0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-6-6-|
s+s e s s s+s e s s e e s+s e s s s+s e s s e e
2x
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
D|-------------------------|----------------------------o||
A|-------------------------|-------------------0-1-2h3--o||
E|-3h5-0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-3-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------||
s+s e s s s+s e s s e e e s s e e s s s s s s s+s
4x
G||------------------------------|------------------------------||
D||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
A||o---------------------7-7-7-7-|---------------------7-7-7-7-o||
E||--3h5-0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0---------|-3h5-0-0-0-6-3-0-0-0----------||
s+s e s s s+s e s s s s s s s+s e s s s s e s s s s s s
repeat & fade
G||----------------------------|----------------------------||
D||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
A||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
E||--3h5-0-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-6-3-0-|-0-0-3h5-0-0-0-6-3-0-3-5-6--||
s+s e s s s+s e s s s s e s s s+s e s s s s e s s e
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Note lengths are written below the measures :
w - whole note
h - half note
q - quarter note
e - eight note
s - sixteenth note
t - thirty-second note
Rest are noted as capitalized note lengths ie:
W - whole rest
H - half rest
Q - quarter rest
E - eight rest
S - sixteenth rest
T - thirty-second rest
+ is used to show slurs between notes, eg slide up from 5 to 7 without
picking the 7 would be notated like :
|---5/7----
e+e
sliding up with picking the 7 would be notated like :
|---5/7----
e e
Notes without a note length are cue notes.
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend (amount of bend above the measure)
r - release bend
x - muffled string
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato (vib. above a measure means a more exaggerated vibrato)
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Bass Tabs |
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Title |
5 Minutes Alone |
Artist |
Pantera |
Tablature Type |
ASCII Tab |
YouTube ID |
7m7njvwB-Ks |
Interactive Bass Tab Guide
Interactive bass tabs provide a better experience than ASCII tabs. With playback, loop, print features and a responsive display that follows the screen of your device.
Use these buttons to control the digital tab player.
Symbol | Function |
| Move cursor to the first bar |
| Play interactive tabs |
| Pause playback |
| Loop |
| Print the tab |
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How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide
1. Understanding the Basics
a. Strings:
Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar.
The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string
(usually the G string) is at the top.
b. Numbers:
Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string.
For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.
2. Reading Bass Tab Example
In this tab:
- Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
- Play the open E string.
- Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
- Play the 1st fret on the A string.
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------3-------|
E|---1-1---1---3---|
3. Playing Techniques
a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:
Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret).
Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).
b. Slides:
Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).