Artist: Primus Song: Hamburger Train Album: Pork Soda (1993) Bassist: Les Claypool Tuning: B-E-A-D-G Notes: - These are just the basic outlines of the riffs or specific example from a certain section of the song - Add alot of fills (pops, chords, mutes, taps, hammer-ons etc.) - Played on a fretted 6-string - Use medium distortion v - Downstroke with fingernails ^ - Upstroke S - Slap P - Pop Riff 1: \/ - You can hear this pop the first time but its optional C|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|--------x------------------------| A|---------x5-----------x5-x5h7----| E|--x-x4-4---x7--x-x4-4------------| B|---------------------------------| S SS SPSSSS S SS S SS SS Riff 2: v^ v ^ C|---------x0-------5p4-8h9----| G|---------x0-------5p4-8h9----| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|--x-x4-4----4-4h5------------| B|-----------------------------| S SS S S S Riff 3: This tab is from taken from the riff played at 2:22 thru 2:33 There are variations played othere times he plays this riff The slaps are often muted Just stick around the notes listed and improv around them C|----------x----------------------| G|---------x------------x----------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|------------------------4h5------| B|--x-x1-1----xx2-3x-x-------------| S SS S PP SSS SS S P S B/C Db/D Ab/A Riff 4: Just listen, Les is slapping the F# and throwing in mutes and pull-offs C|--------|--------------------------------| G|--------|--------------------------------| D|--------|--------------------------------| A|---3h4--|--------------------------------| E|-2------|--2-2p0-x2-x2p0-x2x2--2///------| B|--------|--------------------------------| Order: Riff 1 is variated heavily with chords throughout the song Riff 1 0:03-0:31 Riff 3 0:31-0:37 Riff 1 0:37-1:00 Riff 3 1:00-1:06 Riff 2 1:06-1:34 Riff 3 1:34-1:46 Palm muted Riff 1 1:46-2:22 Riff 3 2:22-2:33 Riff 1 2:33-2:57 With variation 2 Riff 3 2:57-3:19 Palm muted Riff 1 3:19-4:07 With variation 2 Riff 3 4:07-4:18 Played without rests Riff 1 4:18-5:14 Becomes muted about half way through Riff 4 5:14-5:28 Riff 1 5:28-6:17 Into tap/chord solo Riff 1 6:17-6:27 Muted Riff 3 6:27-7:18 Muted at first Riff 1 7:18-8:00 Improv tapping 8:00-8:05