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Song: Hollow
Artist: Pantera
Album: Vulgar Display Of Power
Tabber: Niall 'Clitz' (lates_dude@hotmail.com)
Tuning: G, D, Ab, Eb (Drop A and E to flats)
Note: this is Hollow the way I play it, should be pretty much right

Legend
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8b  -  Bend Note
~   -  Let Note Ring
(3) -  Ghost Note
/   -  Slide up
1h3 -  Hammer On
x   -  Dead Note
8bp6b - bend 8 pull off on 6 and bend at same time (tough!)

Ballad Part (Major) repeat as needed
|G||-------------------------------------|
|D||-------------------------------------|
|Ab|-0~--0--1h3~---(3)/10-10-(10)--0--0-|  You will hear the difference between
|Eb|-------------------------------------|  the major and minor ballad riffs, they
                                            go 1, 2 at the very beginning
Ballad Part (Minor)                         Make the Hammer On's descreet
|G||-------------------------------------|
|D||-------------------------------------|
|Ab|-0~--0--1h3~--(3)/10.-------------0--|
|Eb|------------------------3~----2~-----|


'No One Knows...' Ballad Chorus?
|G||--------------------------------------|
|D||--------------------------------------|
|Ab|--------------------------------------|
|Eb|--0~--0~---2~--2~---3~--3~---4~---4~--|

Solo
|G||-----------------------------------------------------|
|D||-----------------------------------------------------|
|Ab|-0~--0--1h3~---(3)/10-10-(10)--0--0~---0------------|
|Eb|-------------------------------------------3---2---1~|

Bridge 'Its Hollowed'          x3
|G||-----------------------------|--------|
|D||*---------------------------*|--------|
|Ab|*---------------------------*|--------|
|Eb|-0------0------0-----3--2--1-|--0--0--|

Heavy Part 'He As Hollow...' getting the 2345 and 5678 is tricky, but you'll get it
|G||---------------------------------------------|
|D||*-------------------------------------------*|
|Ab|*-------------------------------------------*|
|Eb|--0-0--0-0-0-0-2-3-4-5-0-0--0-0-0-0-5-6-7-8--|

Other heavy riff
|G||--------------------------|
|D||*------------------------*|
|Ab|*------------------------*|
|Eb|-x-8-0-6-x-8-0-6-x-6h7h8--|

Breakdown
|G||-----------------------------------------|
|D||-----------------------------------------|
|Ab|-7----5----4----3----2-------------------|
|Eb|---------------------------3----1----0---|

Bending saga                                            Near the end
|G||---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|D||*-------------------------------------------------*|------------------------------|
|Ab|*-------------------------------------------------*|------------------------------|
|Eb|-8bp6b-0-8bp6b-0-x-6-6-6-8bp6b-0-8bp6b-0-x-6h7h8---|-x-8b-x-8b-x-8b-x-8b-x-8b-x-8b|


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Minkin Rhythm Player	#1 by Minkin MQ at Sep 6, 1970 at 4:23 AM EST
	i think its acctually about the singers best friend geting involved in a serious accident (or possibly drugs overdose) and being permantly brain damaged to the point of becomming a vegtable, this is not a coma, hes awake, theres just no concious mind inside (ie hollow) people in this condition just stair into space all the time ("sits with blank expresions") "I sit now with his hand in mine But I know he can't feel... " people in these vegatble like states cant feel anything, they are basicly cut off from the real world completely. Some speculate that the person is acctually still concious within there own mind, but unable to interact with the outside world in anyway (a link there to "i want to come in after you") its a very sad condition to be in, both for the family + friends and the possibly still concious person trapped in there own mind :( very good song tho

No Picture ian Wanna Be	#2 by ian shoemaker at Apr 6, 1976 at 5:29 PM EST
	anyway, everyone steals ideas and licks now and again, even randy rhoads stole, just listen to diary of a madman. nothing wrong with it as long as it isnt the sort of mindless thing some of the latest mainstream grunge acts do, blatantly ripping off other people. point is, this song fucking rules \m/

No Picture Jess Wanna Be	#3 by Jess at Jul 28, 1980 at 1:47 PM EST
	Yes, we seemed like 'bothers'. It's pretty obvious what it's about. He is helpless because his best friend is now braindead, but i don't think he's in a coma. I think he's suffered brain damage or something and can't do anything. He's now alone, and his friend, his head is 'hollow'.

No Picture sidvic Average	#4 by sidvic at May 13, 1982 at 10:40 PM EST
	"and rebirth, i can go one better. i liked the four horsemen more when it was called 'Mechanix' and performed by Megadeth. theres a difference, this is simply a song with a similar subject, whereas metallica actually stole the music." Kind of hard to steal the music when Four Horsemen was half written by the same person that wrote Mechanix, and Four Horsemen came out first ; ). Nice try though.

No Picture Daniel Average	#5 by Daniel at Jun 7, 1982 at 10:49 AM EST
	Awesome song, shows off Phil's great voice. The end rocks too, amazing

No Picture Brian Average	#6 by Brian Crow at Nov 5, 1995 at 1:04 AM EST
	he does say 'mad at god' and really that would be unjustified if it were a drug overdose... surely? and rebirth, i can go one better. i liked the four horsemen more when it was called 'Mechanix' and performed by Megadeth. theres a difference, this is simply a song with a similar subject, whereas metallica actually stole the music. hostility aside, i recon the line where Phil sings 'It's as if he were dead' sounds like elvis costello, its pretty cool.

No Picture Brian Average	#7 by Brian Crane at Jun 24, 1997 at 12:44 AM EST
	but then again, "the four horsemen" is technically and lyrically way superior to "the mechanix". An anyways, megadeth proceeded to steal a riff from "leper messiah" in their song "area 51" but dont quote, i'm just saying what i've read, i hope i'm wrong, but metallica really are better than megadeth

No Picture Will Average	#8 by Will Larkin at Sep 3, 2005 at 11:02 PM EST
	i was merely stating that even thought the lyric matter in this song reminds rebirth of a metallica song, even metallica steal shit. and i wasnt looking for a comparison to megadeth and metallica, i was looking for some opinions on the meaning of this song. peace out.

No Picture wade Wanna Be	#9 by wade petty at Aug 28, 2006 at 12:11 PM EST
	I actually think Phil might've wrote this for anyone who had lost a friend, not because he lost one.

No Picture Joe Average	#10 by Joe Fidler at Oct 25, 2006 at 9:32 AM EST
	He says last night not last month as well. Just thought I'd point that out. It is of relevance as he was talking yesterday but now he today he isn't.

No Picture mike Average	#11 by mike c at Nov 28, 2006 at 5:24 PM EST
	yeh its about one of phils friends being in a coma

No Picture dav Average	#12 by dav id at May 7, 2007 at 5:35 PM EST
	Sounds like it's about the guy's best friend going into a coma.