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FISH ON (FISHERMAN'S CHRONICLES CHAPTER II)
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1991 Album SAILING THE SEAS OF CHEESE)
Transcribed by Jeff Jacobson
Words by Les Claypool Music by Primus
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Larry Lalonde'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Intro
Q=104
4/4 1/8
Gtr I
Wx25 W
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
Faster Q=120(8=s8)
Amb5
4/4
Gtr I
<
Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q +Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +E EQ (022100@1) Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q +Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +E Q.
|--------------|-------------------|--------0------|-------------------|
|-------4------|--------------4----|----------4----|--------------4----|
|---------5----|--------5-(5)---5--|------5-----5--|-(5)----5-(5)------|
|----7------7--|-(7)--7------------|----7----------|------7------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-0-------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|---------------|---------0-(0)-------|---------------|---------------------|| (022100@1)|--------4------|---------------4---4-|--------4------|---------------------||
|------5---5----|-----------------5---|------5---5----|---------------------||
|----7-------7--|-(7)---7-------------|----7-------7--|-(7)---7-------7---7-||
|---------------|-----0---------------|-0-------------|-----0---0-(0)---0---||
|---------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------------||
1st Verse
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|-0--------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+E Q. +W W
|------11-(11)-------|-------------|------|
|--------------13----|-(13)--------|------|
|--------------------|-------------|------|
|--------------------|-------------|------|
|--------------------|-------------|------|
|--------------------|-------------|------|
G5 (355xxx@1) Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1) Gtr II
|-3-|
H H H Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+Q (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-----------|-------------||--------0-------|-----------------------|
|------5----|-------------||------4---4---4-|-(4)------4-(4)--------|
|------5----|-------------||----5-------5---|--------5--------5-----|
|------7----|-----------5s||=7--------------|------7------------5s==|
|------0----|-----------5s||=7--------------|-------------------5s==|
|-----------|-----------3s||=5--------------|-------------------3s==|
Amb5 C5 (x355xx@1) (A5) G5 (355xxx@1)Amb5
Gtr II
Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)EQ. (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q
|--------0-------|-------------------|--------0------|
|------4---4-----|-------------------|----------4----|
|----5-------5---|----9--------------|------5-----5--|
|-7------------7s|=10---10-10s7----5s|=7--7----------|
|-7--------------|-----------------5s|=7-------------|
|-5------------5s|==8-------8s5----3s|=5-------------|
G5 (355xxx@1)Amb5 C (x32010@1) G5 (355xxx@1) Gtr II
+E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+Q (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)Q E|--------------------|--------0-------|--------------------| (022100@1)|---------4-(4)------|----------4-----|--------------------|
|-(5)---5--------5---|------5-----5---|----9----9-9--------|
|-----7------------5s|=7--7---------7s|=10---10-----10--5s=|
|------------------5s|=7--------------|-----------------5s=|
|------------------3s|=5------------5s|==8--------------3s=|
A5 (x022xx@1) Amb5
Gtr II Gtr I
W +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1) H +E EQ (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+E (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E|----------|---------------------|---------------|---------0-(0)-------|| (022100@1)|----------|---------4-(4)-------|------------4--|-(4)---4-------4-----||
|----------|-------5-------5---5-|----------5----|-----5-----------5---||
|-7--------|-(7)-7-----------7---|---------------|-------------------7-||
|-7--------|-(7)-----------------|-0----(0)------|---------------------||
|-5--------|-(5)-----------------|---------------|---------------------||
2nd Verse
+W W W W
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|-(7)--------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
G5 (355xxx@1)A5 (x022xx@1) Gtr II
H Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E W +W
|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|----------|--------|
|-----------5s|=7--------|-(7)----|
|-----------5s|=7--------|-(7)----|
|-----------3s|=5--------|-(5)----|
G5 (355xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) Gtr I
W Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+E E (022100@1)Q +W
|----------|----12-11-(11)--------|---------|
|----------|---------------12-----|---------|
|----------|------------------14--|-(14)----|
|----------|----------------------|---------|
|----------|----------------------|---------|
|----------|----------------------|---------|
G5 (355xxx@1) Gtr II
W W H Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|--------------||
|----------|----------|-----------5s=||
|----------|----------|-----------5s=||
|----------|----------|-----------3s=||
Chorus
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1)Amb5 C (x32010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) |-3-|
Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+Q (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)EQ. (022100@1) E|--------0-------|---------------------|--------0-------|---------------------| (022100@1)|------4---4---4-|-(4)------4-(4)------|------4---4-----|---------------------|
|----5-------5---|--------5--------5---|----5-------5---|----9----------------|
|-7--------------|------7------------5s|=7------------7s|=10---10-10s7----5s==|
|-7--------------|-------------------5s|=7--------------|-----------------5s==|
|-5--------------|-------------------3s|=5------------5s|==8-------8s5----3s==|
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1)Amb5 Cb5 G5 (355xxx@1) Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)Q E|--------0------|------------------|--------0-------|--------------------| (022100@1)|----------4----|-------4-(4)------|----------4-----|--------------------|
|------5-----5--|-5---5--------5---|------5-----5---|----9----9-9--------|
|-7--7----------|---7------------5s|=7--7---------7s|=10---10-----10--5s=|
|-7-------------|----------------5s|=7--------------|-----------------5s=|
|-5-------------|----------------3s|=5------------5s|==8--------------3s=|
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1) Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q +E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q
|----------11--------|---------11----11--------|
|-------13----13-----|------13----13----13-----|
|----14----------14--|-(14)----------------14--|
|-7------------------|-------------------------|
|-7------------------|-------------------------|
|-5------------------|-------------------------|
Amb5 N.C. G5 (355xxx@1) |3-|
+Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q.
|-------------11--------|----11----11----11----|
|----------13----13-----|-13----13----13-------|
|-(14)--14----------14--|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1) Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q +E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+E E (022100@1)Q
|-11--------11--------|------------11-(11)--------|
|--------13----13-----|---------13---------13-----|
|-----14----------14--|-(14)-14---------------14--|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
Amb5 N.C.
+Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)+E E (022100@1)Q
|-------------11--------|----11------------------|
|----------13----13-----|-13-----13-(13)-13------|
|-(14)--14----------14--|-------------------14--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
G5 (355xxx@1) W +H H W +H. Q
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
|-4--------|-(4)---------|-4--------|-(4)---------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
Interlude
A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_x022xx@1">A5 N.C. G5 (355xxx@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +H +H +E +E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +Q +Q H +H
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------|
|------5s4-(4)----|-(4)----(4)-(4)s3--|------5s4-(4)--(4)s=|=8----(8)----|
|----5------------|-------------------|----5---------------|--------------|
|-/7--------------|-------------------|-/7-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------|
A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_x022xx@1">A5 N.C. G5 (355xxx@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +H +H +E +E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +Q +Q EQ. (022100@1) +H
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|---8----(8)----|
|------5s4-(4)----|-(4)----(4)-(4)s3--|------5s4-(4)--(4)s=|=8--------------|
|----4-5-4-(4)----|-(4)----(4)-(4)s3--|----5-5s4-(4)--(4)s=|=8--------------|
|-/7--------------|-------------------|-/7-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|
A5 (x022xx@1) >
H. +Q +Q Q H W W
|--------------|--------------|----------|------||
|--------------|--------------|----------|------||
|--------------|--------------|----------|------||
|-7-------(7)--|-(7)----------|----------|------||
|--------------|--------------|----------|------||
|--------------|--------------|----------|------||
3rd Verse
G5 (355xxx@1) Wx7 H Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|------------|--------------||
|------------|--------------||
|------------|--------------||
|------------|-----------5s=||
|------------|-----------5s=||
|------------|-----------3s=||
Chorus
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1)Amb5 C (x32010@1) A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) |-3-|
Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E+Q (022100@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)EQ. (022100@1) E|--------0-------|---------------------|--------0-------|---------------------| (022100@1)|------4---4---4-|-(4)------4-(4)------|------4---4-----|---------------------|
|----5-------5---|--------5--------5---|----5-------5---|----9----------------|
|-7--------------|------7------------5s|=7------------7s|=10---10-10s7----5s==|
|-7--------------|-------------------5s|=7--------------|-----------------5s==|
|-5--------------|-------------------3s|=5------------5s|==8-------8s5----3s==|
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1) Cb5 G5 (355xxx@1) Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E +Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)Q E|--------0------|------------------|--------0-------|--------------------| (022100@1)|----------4----|-------4-(4)------|----------4-----|--------------------|
|------5-----5--|-5---5--------5---|------5-----5---|----9----9-9--------|
|-7--7----------|---7------------5s|=7--7---------7s|=10---10-----10--5s=|
|-7-------------|----------------5s|=7--------------|--------------------|
|-5-------------|----------------3s|=5------------5s|==8-----------------|
A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_x022xx@1">A5 N.C. G5 (355xxx@1) Q Q EQ (022100@1) E (022100@1) +Q Q EQ. (022100@1) Q Q EQ (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q Q Q Q
|---------5S=3-|-(3)-----------|----------5--5s|=8--8S=12--12s=|
|-------5------|------3s=5-----|--------5----5s|=8-------------|
|----5---------|-----------5S==|=2--/5---------|---------------|
|-7------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1) Q Q E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1) +Q Q E (022100@1)Q.
|-17--17--17--------|-------------------|
|------------17S=15-|-(15)--15S=17------|
|-------------------|--------------17S==|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
A5 (x022xx@1) N.C.
Q Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) H +Q Q
|-------------17----17-|-/20----(20)---------|
|----------17----17----|-/20----(20)---------|
|-14--/17--------------|---------------(16)s==|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
>
W +H H W +H H
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|-4--------|-(4)---------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-4--------|-(4)---------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4--------|-(4)----||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
Bass Solo
Straight Eighths Q=184
N.C.
2/4
Wx67 W
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
|-------------|------||
And back Again Q=120(8=s8)
A5 (x022xx@1) G5 (355xxx@1)4/4
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
Outro
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1) H H +Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q Q
||-------------|---------------------|
||o------13----|-(13)--11----11------|
||-------------|----------13-----13--|
||-------------|---------------------|
||o------------|---------------------|
||-------------|---------------------|
Amb5 N.C. G5 (355xxx@1) +H E (022100@1)Q. +Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q
|---------11-------|----------11-11----11---|
|------------13----|-(13)--13-------13------|
|-(13)-------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
Amb5 G5 (355xxx@1) +H Q Q +Q. E (022100@1)+Q. E|-(11)----11------|------------------11-| (022100@1)|-------------13--|-(13)---13-(13)------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
Amb5 N.C.
+Q Q E (022100@1)Q. +Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q Q 3x
|-(11)------12-11----|-(11)-----11-11-------||
|-------13-----------|-------13--------15--o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b (x24432@1) - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
