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Dogman Tabs

(ver. 1)
King's X
                                     DOGMAN
                             As recorded by King's X
                          (From the 1994 Album DOGMAN)

Words and Music by King's X

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda

Tune All Guitars "Drop D" Down 1/2 Step (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

         Dsus4                 Dm7
      x x 0 0 3 3         0 0 10 10 x x

Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Gtr I'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Gtr I'
Gtr III (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Gtr II'
Gtr IV (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dist Gtr II'

   Verse I
    Moderate Hard Rock Q=70
    Dm7  N.C.
   4/4
    Gtr I
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||o-10\--------------------------------------------------|
||--10\--------------------------------------------------|
||--10\--------------------------------------------------|
||o--0---------------------------------------------------|
||---0---<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-|


                                  PM----|  ~~~
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------[0]-----3-5-[3]--|
|---------------------------------3-5----------|
|-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>------------------|


  A5G#5         G5F5G5F5D5    G#5   G5        D5F5
                  PM----|                              ~~
                                                          3x
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----7-------7-----------|-7-------------7-----10-10-10--||
|-7-6-7-6-(6)-7-5-3-5-3-0-|-7-6-(6)-5-(5)-7-5---10-10-10--||
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------o||
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0-----------||


 Chorus
  $
  D5E5              D5  E5    G5
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------0-(0)--------------|
|-0h2-2-2-(2)-0-(0)-0-0h2-2-2s5\-|
|-0-2-2-2-(2)-------0-0-2-2-2s5\-|
|-0h2-2-2-(2)-------0-0h2-2-2s5\-|


  D5                           Csus2
|----------------------------|-3--3-------3------|
|----------------------------|-3--3-------3------|
|------2-(2)-2-0-(0)---------|-0--0-----0-0------|
|-0--0---------------4-(4)-0-|-x--x--------------|
|-0--------------------------|-3--3-0-0h3-3-3s5\-|
|-0--------------------------|-------------------|


                                               To Coda
  Asus2             Csus2         Dsus4
                                       2/4
  Gtr II
                                  |
                                  /

                                          ~~~~~~
|-(0)-0-(0)---------3----|-(3)--------|-----------------||
|--0----------------3----|-(3)--------|-----------------||
|--2--------2-(2)---0----|-(0)--------|-----------------||
|--2--------------2-x----|-(x)--------|---------0-------||
|--0--------------0-3----|-(3)--------|-5---------------||
|------------------------|------------|---6-(6)---5-3-0-||


 Verse II
  Dm7  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-10\--------------------------------------------------|
|-10\--------------------------------------------------|
|-10\--------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0---<3>---<3>---<3>---<3>---|


                                  PM----|  ~~~
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------[0]-----3-5-[3]--|
|---------------------------------3-5----------|
|-<3>---<3>---<3>------------------|


  A5G#5         G5F5G5F5D5    G#5   G5        D5F5
                  PM----|                              ~~
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----7-------7-----------|-7-------------7-----10-10-10-|
|-7-6-7-6-(6)-7-5-3-5-3-0-|-7-6-(6)-5-(5)-7-5---10-10-10-|
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------|
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------|


  Dm7  N.C.
  Gtr I
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-10\--------------------------------------------------|
|-10\--------------------------------------------------|
|-10\--------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0---<3>---<3>---<3>---<3>---|


                                  PM----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------[0]-3-----0-[5]b7--|
|-----------------------------------5-3----------|
|-<3>---<3>---<3>--------------------|


                                          D.S. al Coda
  A5G#5         G5F5G5F5D5    G#5   G5        D5F5
                  PM----|                              ~~
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----7-------7-----------|-7-------------7-----10-10-10-||
|-7-6-7-6-(6)-7-5-3-5-3-0-|-7-6-(6)-5-(5)-7-5---10-10-10-||
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------||
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------||


 Breakdown
  &
  Dm7
  Gtr II
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10b10.5-10-x-x-x-x-10b10.5-10-x-x-x-x-|
|-10b10.5-10-x-x-x-x-10b10.5-10-x-x-x-x-|
|--0-------0-x-x-x-x--0-------0-x-x-x-x-|
|--0-------0-x-x-x-x--0-------0-x-x-x-x-|
|
| Gtr III
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10b10.5-10-x-x-x-x-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-|
|-10b10.5-10-x-x-x-x-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-|
|--0-------0-x-x-x-x--0-----------0--x-x-x--x-|
|--0-------0-x-x-x-x--0-----------0--x-x-x--x-|
|
|                     PM---------|   ~~
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------10-----10-|
|-----------------------------------10-----10-|
|---------------------0------0-0--0-----------|
|---------------------0------0-0--0-----------|


  Dm7
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-|
|-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-|
|--0-----------0--x-x-x--x--0-----------0--x-x-x--x-|
|--0-----------0--x-x-x--x--0-----------0--x-x-x--x-|
|
|  PM---------|   ~~        PM---------|   ~~
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------10-----10----------------10-----10-|
|----------------10-----10----------------10-----10-|
|--0------0-0--0------------0------0-0--0-----------|
|--0------0-0--0------------0------0-0--0-----------|


                          N.C.
                            ~~~~~~
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x-x------------------|
|-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x-x---------0--------|
|--0-----------0--x-x-x-x-5----------------|
|--0-----------0--x-x-x-x---6-(6)---5-3-0--|
|
|                       Gtr I
|  PM---------|   ~~        ~~~~~~
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------10------------------------|
|----------------10---------------0--------|
|--0------0-0--0----------5----------------|
|--0------0-0--0--------0---6-(6)---5-3-0--|


    Dm7
||----------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------------|
||--10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-|
||--10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x--x-|
||o--0-----------0--x-x-x--x--0-----------0--x-x-x--x-|
||---0-----------0--x-x-x--x--0-----------0--x-x-x--x-|
|
|    PM---------|   ~~        PM---------|   ~~
||----------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------10-----10----------------10-----10-|
||-----------------10-----10----------------10-----10-|
||o--0------0-0--0------------0------0-0--0-----------|
||---0------0-0--0------------0------0-0--0-----------|


                          N.C.
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x-x------------------||
|-10b10.5-----10--x-x-x-x---------0--------||
|--0-----------0--x-x-x-x-5---------------o||
|--0-----------0--x-x-x-x---6-(6)---5-3-0--||
|
|                       Gtr I
|  PM---------|   ~~
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|----------------10------------------------||
|----------------10---------------0--------||
|--0------0-0--0----------5---------------o||
|--0------0-0--0--------0---6-(6)---5-3-0--||


 Bridge
  Em                    Fsus2
  Gtr I
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
|-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-|
|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2-|-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-|
|-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-(2)-2-|-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-|


  G5                    Am7           N.C.
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|------0---------0----|------0------------------|
|-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|-7-7--7--7-7-7-----------|
|-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-|-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-3p0-------|
|-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-|-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-----5-3---|


    Fsus2                 G5
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
|-----3--3--3-3-3--3--3-|-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-|
|-2s3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-|-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-|
|-2s3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-3-|-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-|


  Am7                   Bb6       C5
                                                 2/4
                                                    ~~~~~~
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|------0---------0----|------0------------0-----|------------------||
|-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-|-8-8--8--8-10-10--10--10-|---------0--------||
|-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-|-8-8-(8)-8-10-10-(10)-10-|-5----------------||
|-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-|-8-8-(8)-8-10-10-(10)-10-|---6-(6)---5-3-0--||


 Verse III
  Dm7  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
|-------------------------------------|
|-10\---------------------------------|
|-10\---------------------------------|
|-10\---------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------|
|--0---<3>-----<3>---<3>-<3>-|


|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----<3>---<3>----<3>---<3>--|


  A5G#5         G5F5G5F5D5    G#5   G5        D5F5
                  PM----|                              ~~
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----7-------7-----------|-7-------------7-----10-10-10-|
|-7-6-7-6-(6)-7-5-3-5-3-0-|-7-6-(6)-5-(5)-7-5---10-10-10-|
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------|
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------|


  Dm7  N.C.
  Gtr I
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10\----------------------------------------------------|
|-10\----------------------------------------------------|
|-10\----------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0---<3>SSS<6>SS<9>S<10>SS<10>SSS<5>S|


|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-<4>SS<2>SSS<5>SS<7>SSS<12>S0-/12\--|


  A5G#5         G5F5G5F5D5    G#5   G5        D5F5
                  PM----|                              ~~
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----7-------7-----------|-7-------------7-----10-10-10-||
|-7-6-7-6-(6)-7-5-3-5-3-0-|-7-6-(6)-5-(5)-7-5---10-10-10-||
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------||
|-7-6---6-(6)---5-3-5-3-0-|---6-(6)-5-(5)---5-0----------||


 Chorus
  D5E5              D5  E5    G5
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------0-(0)--------------|
|-0h2-2-2-(2)-0-(0)-0-0h2-2-2s5\-|
|-0-2-2-2-(2)-------0-0-2-2-2s5\-|
|-0h2-2-2-(2)-------0-0h2-2-2s5\-|


  D5                           Csus2
|----------------------------|-3--3-------3------|
|----------------------------|-3--3-------3------|
|------2-(2)-2-0-(0)---------|-0--0-----0-0------|
|-0--0---------------4-(4)-0-|-x--x--------------|
|-0--------------------------|-3--3-0-0h3-3-3s5\-|
|-0--------------------------|-------------------|


  Asus2             Csus2         Dsus4
                                       2/4
  Gtr II
                                  |      |
                                  /      /

|-(0)-0-(0)---------3----|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|--0----------------3----|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|--2--------2-(2)---0----|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|--2--------------2-x----|-(x)--------|-(x)----|
|--0--------------0-3----|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|------------------------|------------|--------|


  Csus2      Dsus4  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr II
              |
              /

                    Gtrs I, IV
                      ~~~~~~
|-3--------|-(3)--------------------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------------------||
|-0--------|-(0)--------------------||
|-x--------|-(x)------------0-------||
|-3--------|-(3)----5---------------||
|----------|----------6-(6)---5-3-0-||


   Outro
    Dm7
    Gtr I
    PM--|  ~~~            PM----|   ~~
||-------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||--------10----------10-----------10-----10-|
||--------10----------10-----------10-----10-|
||o-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--0-----------|
||--0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--0-----------|
|
|   Gtr IV
|     PM|              PM ~~        PM----|
||-------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------10-----10-----------|
||--0--------------------10-----10-----------|
||o-0-0-0---------------------------0-0-0--0-|
||--0-0-0-<5>-<4>-<3>--0------------0-0-0--0-|


                      N.C.
   PM----|   ~~         ~~~~~~
                                        3x
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|-----------10-----10-------------------||
|-----------10-----10---------0---------||
|--0-0-0--0-----------5----------------o||
|--0-0-0--0-------------6-(6)---5-3-0---||
|
|  ~~        PM----|    ~~~~~~
|                                       3x
|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------o||
|-10-----10-----------------------------||
|-10-----10-------------------0---------||
|------------0-0-0--0-5----------------o||
|------------0-0-0--0---6-(6)---5-3-0---||


  Dm7
  PM--|  ~~~            PM----|   ~~
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------10----------10-----------10-----10-|
|-------10----------10-----------10-----10-|
|-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--0-----------|
|-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0--0-----------|
|
|   PM|              PM ~~        PM----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------10-----10-----------|
|-0--------------------10-----10-----------|
|-0-0-0---------------------------0-0-0--0-|
|-0-0-0-<5>-<4>-<3>--0------------0-0-0--0-|


                      N.C.          D5
   PM----|   ~~         ~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------------*|
|-----------10-----10-----------------*|
|-----------10-----10---------0-------*|
|--0-0-0--0-----------5-------------0-*|
|--0-0-0--0-------------6-(6)---5-3-0-*|
|
|  ~~        PM----|    ~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------------*|
|-10-----10---------------------------*|
|-10-----10-------------------0-------*|
|------------0-0-0--0-5-------------0-*|
|------------0-0-0--0---6-(6)---5-3-0-*|


Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 =
swing 16ths

Gtr one is two distorted guitars, panned left and right, arranged for one guitar.
It's still totally accurate, because one guitar merely plays chords while the other
plays fills (harmonics etc) so you don't miss out on anything. 

The harmonic fills in the verse are played in a very percussive manner, and get
progressively more so throughout the song. I've tried to notate it, but listen to
the record to get the right feel. Lastly, the harmonic lick in measures 38 and 39,
is basically just Ty percussively attacking the strings while sliding up and down
the neck to find the harmonic nodes. Have fun!
            
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