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Cat Scratch Fever Guitar Tablature
Song: Cat Scratch Fever
Artist: Pantera (Ted Nugent cover)

Tabbed By: pantera1212

Symbols:

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = release bend
/ = slide forward
 = slide backward
~ = let note ring
A.H. = (above tab) artificial harmonic
N.H. = (above tab) natural harmonic
P.H. = (above tab) pinch harmonic
p.m. = (below tab) palm mute

/ 3  = (above tab) triplet

Sounds best with:
High treble, high distortion.

Tuning:
Standard (EADGBe)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Cat Scratch Fever - Pantera (Ted Nugent cover)

I was looking for tabs for this the other day and they were all
incomplete... so I decided to do it myself. (I'm still missing the
solo, but I'll tab it out eventually when I have the time.)

intro (0:01 - 0:09)

   A.H. A.H.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-----------------------
D|----------2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-----------------------
A|--3----2--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-----------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
               p.m.  p.m.
                                           A.H. A.H.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~---5--4-----2~~------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~---5--4-----2~~------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~---3--2--0--0~~-------3----2-----------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
       p.m.  p.m.             p.m.

For this part, just palm mute the open A string whenever you use it.
The main riff is pretty much the same as this, except with a
different fill. Here:

riff A1

    A5     B5    C5     A5 B5 A5 C5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.                      p.m....

    A5     B5    C5     C5 B5    A5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--3--2--0--0~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.            p.m.      p.m....

riff A2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.                      p.m....

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------17-14-------b12~~~------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------16-14-------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--3--2--0--0~~-------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
       p.m.  p.m.            p.m.     

riff A3
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.                      p.m....
                           / 3 
e|------------------------------------b17~~~-----------------------
B|-----------------------14h15p14-18-------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~---------------------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~---------------------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~---------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
       p.m.  p.m.

On this part, the B and E string fill is played on a second guitar,
while the first one goes on with the regular riff.

chorus - (2x)

    A5   C5 A5  C5 A5C5  A5                D
e|-----------------------------------------2------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------3-----------------------
G|--2--2-5--2-2-5--2-5-5-2~----------------2-----------------------
D|--2--2-5--2-2-5--2-5-5-2~--------------0-------------------------
A|--0--0-3--0-0-3--0-3-3-0~--0-3-4-4---2---------------------------
E|-----------------------------------3-----------------------------
                            p.m...........

That's pretty much the song, but there are more different fills that
come in on a second guitar over the first one. Here is a list of all
the seperate fills:

fill A1                        fill B1
                                   / 3 
e|----------------------------|---------------b17~~~---------------
B|--17-14-------b12~----------|--14h15p14-18-----------------------
G|--------16-14---------------|------------------------------------
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------
E|----------------------------|------------------------------------

fill C1                        fill D1

e|----------------------------|--------------b19~~~----------------
B|--18-15-------b15~~~--------|--17h18p17-20-----------------------
G|--------18-16---------------|------------------------------------
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------
E|----------------------------|------------------------------------

fill E1
           / 3 
e|--14-10---------------------
B|--------12h13p12------------
G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------

Keep in mind this list of fills is not in order, but the order that
they come in is shown at the bottom of this tab in the song
structure.

riff B (1:23 - 1:39)
    D5               C#5              D5               C#5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--7~~--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~--4-4-4-4-4-4-7~~--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~---------
D|--7~~--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~--4-4-4-4-4-4-7~~--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~---------
A|--5~~--5-5-5-5-5-5-2~~--2-2-2-2-2-2-5~~--5-5-5-5-5-5-2~~---------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
        p.m.........     p.m.........     p.m.........

e|--9-7---9-7------------------------------------------------------
B|------9-----9~---------------------------------------------------
G|----------------7~~--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~--4-4-4-4-4-4-7~~------------
D|----------------7~~--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~--4-4-4-4-4-4-7~~------------
A|----------------5~~--5-5-5-5-5-5-2~~--2-2-2-2-2-2-5~~------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
                      p.m.........     p.m.........

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~--4~~--4--4--4--4-------------------------------
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-4~~--4~~--4--4--4--4-------------------------------
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-2~~--2~~--2--2--2--2-------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
   p.m.........

behind solo A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.                      p.m....

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--3--2--0--0~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.            p.m.      p.m....

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.                      p.m....

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--3--2--0--0~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.            p.m.      p.m....

    D5                 B5
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--7~~----------------4~~-----------------------------------------
D|--7~~----------------4~~-----------------------------------------
A|--5~~----------------2~~-----------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
                                       p.m...

The timing isn't right for the D5 and B5 chord lengths. They last 
a fairly long time each, compared to other chord durations in this 
song. Listen to the song for the right timing.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.                      p.m....

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--3--2--0--0~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.            p.m.      p.m....


solo A (coming eventually)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

In the section after solo A, the main riff just keeps playing while
the lead guitarist does some more fancy fills over it. Here is
another list:

fill A2                       fill B2
e|----------------------------|-----------b17~---------------------
B|--16-13-------b13~~---------|--14-16-14--------------------------
G|--------16p14---------------|------------------------------------
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------
E|----------------------------|------------------------------------

fill C2                       fill D2
e|----------------------------|--------b16-b16~--------------------
B|--b18~----------------------|--16-14-----------------------------
G|-------1613----------------|------------------------------------
D|----------------------------|------------------------------------
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------
E|----------------------------|------------------------------------

fill E2
e|----------------------------
B|--b15r-13-------------------
G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------

I don't think they are all correct, as it is kind of hard to hear
with all the feedback he is using, but they are close enough.

behind solo B
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--2--4--2--5~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--0--2--0--3~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.                      p.m....

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
D|--2------4-----5-5~~--5--4-----2~~-------------------------------
A|--0---0--2--0--3-3~~--3--2--0--0~~-------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------0-3-4----------------------
       p.m.  p.m.            p.m.      p.m....

Play this main riff five times while the second guitar is playing
the second solo.

solo B (coming eventually)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

outro
    A5   B5   C5        
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--14~--16~--17-17~~~--17-17~~~--17-17~~~--17-17~~--14~~~---------
D|--14~--16~--17-17~~~--17-17~~~--17-17~~~--17-17~~--14~~~---------
A|--12~--14~--15-15~~~--15-15~~~--15-15~~~--15-15~~--12~~~---------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 (lots of feedback)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--14--14--14-14--------------------------------------------------
D|--14--14--14-14--------------------------------------------------
A|--12--12--12-12--------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

You can put it together from there. Here is the song structure:

Guitar One (main)         Guitar Two (fills/solos)

Intro
Riff A1                   
Riff A2                   Fill A1              
Riff A3                   Fill B1
Chorus
Riff A1                   Fill E1
Chorus
Riff A1                   Fill A1
Riff A1                   Fill C1
Riff A1                   Fill D1
Riff B                    
Behind Solo A             Solo A (coming eventually)
Chorus                    Fill A2 / Fill B2
Riff A1                   Fill C2
Riff A1                   Fill D2
Riff A1                   Fill
Riff A1                   Fill E2
Behind Solo B             Solo B (coming eventually)
Outro


Have fun! 
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