Pantera - Cemetery Gates - Tribute to 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott (By Patrick 'Sack' Sheets)

Gear Used: Randall RG100ES Amp, Randall Warhead 4x12 Cab (V30's), Furman PQ3, MXR "Blue" 6-band EQ, MXR Flanger/Doubler, Washburn Dimebolt Guitar tuned to Eb.

This is my instrumental version of "Cemetery Gates" by the Legendary "Pantera", my tribute to "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. This is dedicated to you brother, it's unbelievable it's been 10 years already. Your influence, heart, and soul you gave to all of us, even more than the music --is nothing short of the best. Gone, but never forgotten. You are greatly missed. Raising a Black-Tooth-Grin to ya, Getcha Pull!

--Patrick Sheets "Sack"


Lyrics "Cemetery Gates"

Reverend reverend is this some conspiracy?
Crucified for no sins
An image beneath me
What's within our plans for life
It all seems so unreal
I'm a man cut in half in this world
Left in my misery...

The reverend he turned to me
Without a tear in his eyes
It's nothing new for him to see
I didn't ask him why
I will remember
The love our souls had
Sworn to make
Now I watch the falling rain
All my mind can see
Now is your

Well I guess
You took my youth
I gave it all away
Like the birth of a
New-found joy
This love would end in rage
And when she died
I couldn't cry
The pride within my soul
You left me incomplete
All alone as the memories now unfold.

Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the
Cemetery gates

Sometimes when I'm alone
I wonder aloud
If you're watching over me
Some place far abound
I must reverse my life
I can't live in the past
Then set my soul free
Belong to me at last

Through all those
Complex years
I thought I was alone
I didn't care to look around
And make this world my own
And when she died
I should've cried and spared myself some pain...
You left me incomplete
All alone as the memories still remain

The way we were
The chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates

The way we were
The chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates!
Gates! Gates!