Artist: Primus
Song: Fish On
Album: Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Tuning: B-E-A-D-G-C
Notes: Played on a fretless
Intro:
C|----------------------------------------------------------------9--------|
G|------9-11-9h11p9---------9---9---9-------9-11-9h11p9---------9---9---9--|
D|----7-------------12\7--7-----------7---7-------------12\7--7-------7----|
A|--0-------------------------0---0---0-0----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------14-14-12---11-12-14-12-11h12p11h12p11--|
G|------9-11-9-11-12-11-12--0--------0-0~--------------------------|
D|--7--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--14-14-12---11-12-14-12-11\9--9\--------9--9-9--9----------9--9---9------|
G|-----0~----0-----------------------/7--7------------2//7--7------7---7-7--|
D|-----------------------------------0~------------------0~-----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------0~--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--9----9-12---11-12-14-12-11h12p11h12p11--11-12---11-12-14-12--|
G|-----7------0-0--------0--0---------------0--0~-0--------------|
D|--0~-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--11---11---11------------11-----11-------------------|
G|----------------12p11--11------------12p11-11-9h11p9--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0----0----0----------0--0------0---0----------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9---11--9--9\4---9--9-11p9--7/9--4--9--11--12p11--9\4---9--9-11p9--7/9~~~--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0---0---0--0-----0--0-0-----0----0--0--0---0------0-----0--0-0-----0~~~~~--|
Medium Distortion
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G|--4//9~~~--------------------------4//9~~~--|
D|--2//7~~~--------------------------2//7~~~--|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Bass Rests
Chorus: - Medium Distortion
- I haven't seen a video of this being played so I don't know what exactly
Les is doing to play the non-chord parts, so you can do what you want
- I like to tap the notes higher up on the fretboard with my right hand
while holding the fret position normally with my left hand
v v
C|--4/9---------------------------4/9--------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------------9---4/9---------9----------------|
D|--2/7---7-7-7---7---5h7--7--7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10\7--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9---------------------------4/9----------------------------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------9-----9---4/9---------9--------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--2/7-7-7-7-7---7---x7-7--7-7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v
C|--4//9~~~--|
G|--4//9~~~--|
D|--2//7~~~--|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
Verse 2: Distortion
Bass Rests until "Now he fought that fish for an hour and a half"
v
C|--4//9~~~--|
G|--4//9~~~--|
D|--2//7~~~--|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
Chorus: Medium Distortion
v v
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G|--4/9---------9-------------9---4/9---------9----------------|
D|--2/7---7-7-7---7---5h7--7--7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10\7--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
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G|--4/9---------9-------9-----9---4/9---------9--------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--2/7-7-7-7-7---7---x7-7--7-7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9---------------------------4/9--------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------------9---4/9---------9----------------|
D|--2/7---7-7-7---7---5h7--7--7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10\7--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9---------------------------4/9----------------------------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------9-----9---4/9---------9--------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--2/7-7-7-7-7---7---x7-7--7-7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10\4~---------------------------------10\4~------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------13-13-----13-13-----13-13-----13-------13-13-----13-13-----13-13-----13--|
L R R R R R R R L R R R R R R R
v v
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D|--2/7---7-7-7---7---5h7--7--7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10\7--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9---------------------------4/9----------------------------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------9-----9---4/9---------9--------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--2/7-7-7-7-7---7---x7-7--7-7---2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v
C|--4//9~~~--|
G|--4//9~~~--|
D|--2//7~~~--|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
Verse 3:
Bass Rests
Chorus: Medium Distortion
v v
C|--4/9----------------------9---4/9--------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9------------9---4/9---------9----------------|
D|--2/7---7-7-7---7---5h7--7-----2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10\7--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9----------------------9---4/9----------------------------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------9----9---4/9---------9--------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--2/7-7-7-7-7---7---x7-7--7----2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9----------------------9---4/9--------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9------------9---4/9---------9----------------|
D|--2/7---7-7-7---7---5h7--7-----2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10\7--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9----------------------9---4/9----------------------------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------9----9---4/9---------9--------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--2/7-7-7-7-7---7---x7-7--7----2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10\4~---------------------------------10\4~------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------xxx------------------------------------xxx---------------|
B|--------13-13-----13-13-xxx-13-13-----13-------13-13-----13-13-xxx-13-13-----13--|
L R R R R RRR R R R L R R R R RRR R R R
C|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10\4~---------------------------------10\4~---------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------xxx---------------------------------------|
B|--------13-13-----13-13-xxx-13-13-----13--------------------------|
L R R R R RRR R R R L ^ On almost all live versions Les
scrapes his fingernails on the
low strings
Bridge: Heavy Distortion \/ - Triplet pluck all the way down
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------19\\\\2/--|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--0~------2~-/-/-/5-/7-/10/-/16/------------|
S S S S S S
- Distortion Off
- Play with three fingers
- It's hard to tab out triplets and you don't need to play this exactly right
because it's pretty messy on the CD
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (---3---)
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-8-7---------------6-6-6-7-7-7-9-9-9-8-7-----------------|
A|------------6-7-8-9-10-11-----------------------6-7/8/9/10//14--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-8-7---------------6-6-6-7-7-7-9-9-9-8-7--------------------|
A|------------6-7-8-9-10-11-----------------------6-7/9/10/12/13/14--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-8-7---------------6-6-6-7-7-7-9-9-9-8-7-----------|
A|------------6-7-8-9-10-11-----------------------6-7-9/14--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--xxx11h13-xxx3-5------xxx11h13-xxx3-5-------7\------|
B|---------------------------------------3-5------2-2--| (x4)
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7----------------|
D|-------------------------------------10\8-5/7-4/5--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7------------------|
D|-------------------------------------10\9\8----------|
A|--------------------------------------------9\8-5/7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7\5-4/6-7\5-4/6-/14--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-5\--------------------|
D|-------------------------6\3----------------|
A|-----------------------------3\-------------|
E|--------------------------------/6----------|
B|-----------------------------------4\-2\-0--|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2--2-2----------------2--2-2////16----------2--2-2----------\-----2--2-2////16--|
Now just do some crazy slides, then:
(-3-) (-3-) (-3-) (-3-)
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9------------9-9-9-9------------9-9-9-9------------9-9-9-9--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------6-9-6--------------6-9-6--------------6-9-6-------------|
Heavy Distortion
C|--0~~~--|
G|--0~~~--|
D|--0~~~--|
A|--0~~~--|
E|--0~~~--|
B|--0~~~--|
Outro: Medium Distortion
v
C|--4//9~~~--|
G|--4//9~~~--|
D|--2//7~~~--|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
v v
C|--4/9----------------------9---4/9--------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9------------9---4/9---------9----------------|
D|--2/7---7-7-7---7---5h7--7-----2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10\7--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
v v
C|--4/9----------------------9---4/9----------------------------------------------|
G|--4/9---------9-------9----9---4/9---------9--------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|--2/7-7-7-7-7---7---x7-7--7----2/7---7-7-7---7--7/10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play until Fade Out
