Primus ? To defy the laws of tradition
Transcribed by James Lindsay for 4 string bass guitar (tuned E, A, D, G)

Notes: there isn?t actually too much to this song, the riff will take quite a while to build up to speed, so practise slowly. In the breaks just randomly tap notes on the D string around the high part of the fret board.

Key:

 = slide down
/ = slide up
T = Thumb Slap
X = muted note
h = hammer on
p = pull off
S = strum 
~ = whammy bar
R = right hand tap
L = left hand tap

Intro

|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
|-----------------6---6---7---7----|
|-7---7---7---7--------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
|-----------------6---6---7---7----|
|-7---7---7---7--------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9----9---9---9---9-|
|-----------------6---6---7---7---5---5---5---5----------------|
|-7---7---7---7------------------------------------5---6---7---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9----------|
|-------------------------------------------------6---6---6h7p6----|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------------7--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---9---9---9---9---9---9----------|
|-----------------6---6---6h7p6----|
|-7---7---7---7-----------------7--|
|----------------------------------|

|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9----9---9---9---9-|
|-----------------6---6---7---7---5---5---5---5----------------|
|-7---7---7---7------------------------------------5---6---7---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----|
|--------0-----------------------0-----------------0------------|

|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------7-8-9------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5-6-7------|
|--------------0--------------------0---------------------------------/-|
                                                              S S S T
Riff

|-------------x-x--6-----------------x-x-6-6-7-6---|
|-------------x-x--6--6--------------x-x-6-6-7-6---|
|---------------------4----------------------------|
|-0-0-4h7-5h7------------0-0-4h7-5h7---------------|
  T T T   T   S S  S  S  T T T   T   S S S S S S 

Break 1 

|----------------------------------|
|-----------x-x-x-x-x-x-random tap-|
|----------------------------------|
|-4~~--6-5----------------7-6-5----|
       L L  R R R R R R   L L L
|---------------------------------------|
|-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-random tap-x-x-x-x--|
|-5-6-----------------------------------|
|-------------------7-6-5---------------| repeat
  L L R R R R R R R L L L      R R R R
|--------|
|-7-8-9--|
|-5-6-7--|
|--------|
  S S S

Break 2

|--------|
|-20/---|
|--------|
|--------|

|---------------------------------------|
|-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-random tap-x-x-x-x--|
|-5-6-----------------------------------| repeat
|-------------------7-6-5---------------|
  L L R R R R R R R L L L      R R R R

|--------|
|-7-8-9--|
|-5-6-7--|
|--------|
  S S S