Galactic Cowboys

e: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 04:18:58 -0500

Song:  "Pattin' Yourself On The Back"  (Colvin)
Artist:  Galactic Cowboys
Album:  Machine Fish (1996)
Label:  Metal Blade

Transcribed by:  Chris Baker (lerxst@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)

Hey here's one of my fav songs by the 'Cowboys.  More to come soon.  Email
me if you're stuck on one of their songs.

Tuning:  Dropped D (DADGBD)

Note: %   - repeat previous figure
      p.m - palm muting
      v   - vibrato

Intro: (pick slide then as follows)

  0:05
          v~~~     v~~~
E:-----------------------------------|-------|------|-------------------
B:-----------------------------------|-------|------|-------------------
G:-----------------------------------|--O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/---------------
D:------6--------6---------6---------|---/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O--------------
A:---------------------------4--3--0-|-------|------|-------------------
D:--5-5---5----5---5-----5---4--3--0-|-------|------|-------------------


  0:17
  p.m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E:---|----------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
B:---|----------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
G:---|----------------------------------|--O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/------------
D:---|-3--------------------------------|---/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-----------
A:---|-1--------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
D:-0-|---2-1-0-1-3-1-0------------------|-------|------|----------------

  0:22
  (no palm mute, and faster)
E:--------------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
B:--------------------------------------|-------|------|----------------
G:--------------------------------------|--O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/------------
D:-----3--------------------------------|---/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-----------
A:-----1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0------------------|-------|------|----------------
D:-------2-1-0-1-3-1-0------------------|-------|------|----------------

1st Verse:

  0:28

E:------------------------------------------------|------|--------------
B:------------------------------------------------|------|--------------
G:------------------------------------------------|-O-/--|-O-/----------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|--/-O-|--/-O---------
A:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|------|--------------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|------|--------------

Chorus:

  0:46
           v~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5--------------3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------

  0:51
                           p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5----------------3-3-5-----------------3-3-5-------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-x-1-1-3--3-1-0-1-3-1-0--1-1-3-------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-x-----------------------------------------------------

Interlude:

  0:59
          v~~~     v~~~
E:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
B:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
G:-----------------------------------|-O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/--|------------
D:------6--------6---------6---------|--/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-|------------
A:---------------------------4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------
D:--5-5---5----5---5-----5---4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------


  0:59
                     p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0-7------3------------------------------------------------------
A:--0-0-0-0-5------1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0------0---2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------

2nd Verse:

  1:13

E:------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
B:------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
G:------------------------------------------------|-O-/-------------------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|--/-O------------------
A:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|-----------------------
D:-3--5-5--8-8--10-10-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-|-----------------------

Repeat Chorus:

  1:25
           v~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5--------------3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-3-x-5-5-x-0-3-x-5-5-x-0-------------------------------

  1:30
           v~~~            p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-5----------------3-3-5-----------------3-3-5-------------------------
A:-3-----x------x-x-1-1-3--3-1-0-1-3-1-0--1-1-3-------------------------
D:-------x-6----x-x-----------------------------------------------------

Interlude 2:

  1:38
          v~~~     v~~~
E:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
B:-----------------------------------|------|------|------|------------
G:-----------------------------------|-O-/--|-O-/--|-O-/--|------------
D:------6--------6---------6---------|--/-O-|--/-O-|--/-O-|------------
A:---------------------------4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------
D:--5-5---5----5---5-----5---4--3--0-|------|------|------|------------

Verse 3:

  1:51
       v~~   v~~   v~~  v~~
E:-------------------------|------------------------------|----|----|----|
B:-------------------------|------------------------------|----|----|----|
G:-------------------------|------------------------------|O-/-|O-/-|O-/-|
D:-0--8--0--8--0--8--0--8--|--0-0-0-0-7----3--------------|-/-O|-/-O|-/-O|
A:-0--8--0--8--0--8--0--8--|--0-0-0-0-5----1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0|----|----|----|
D:-0--8--0--8--0--8--0--8--|--0-0-0-0----0---2-1-0-1-3-1-0|----|----|----|

  2:11
   p.m~~~~~~~~~~~~
E:-----------------|----|----|----|-
B:-----------------|----|----|----|-
G:-----------------|O-/-|O-/-|O-/-|-
D:-3---------------|-/-O|-/-O|-/-O|-
A:-1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0-|----|----|----|-
D:---2-1-0-1-3-1-0-|----|----|----|-

Repeat 1st Verse (see above) 2:23

Repeat Chorus (see above) 2:34

Interlude (see above) 2:54

Repeat 3rd Verse (see above) 3:05

Interlude (see above) 3:27

Finale:

  3:39
                     p.m.~~~~~~~~~
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0-7------3------------------------------------------------------
A:--0-0-0-0-5------1-2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------
D:--0-0-0-0------0---2-1-0-1-3-1-0----------------------------------------