Song Title: The Pressman
Artist: Primus
Album: Suck on This/Pork Soda
tabbed by: jerrymustbeslaughtered@hotmail.com
Intro/Verse 1
4 string bass with delay
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By the light of the lamp I sit to type
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my notes on tab at my side.
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I don't see the sun much these days
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Fluorescent tan covers my hide
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Pre-Chorus
How much impact shall I have this time?
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My goal today is to reach the dead - line
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Chorus
I write be - tween the lines I deal with fan - tasy
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I report the facts give them to me please
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Verse 2 (note the change in rhythm)
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Ham and egg salad on white bread
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Keeps me company on nights like this
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A pack of mentholated cigarettes
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Keeps my air nice and thick
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Pre-chorus
When I write words flow like coins from a candy box
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Get out of my way I've got something to say
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Chorus
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Verse 3
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The pulse is beating louder now
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The pulse is beating louder now
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The cramps in my hands grow more intense with each
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tik tik tap tap tap tap tap on the keys
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My social life is at an end
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So it seems to be
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Pre-Chorus
Why don't I trample on your lawn today?
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I'll take skies of blue, turn over old skies of grey
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Chorus
I write be - tween the lines I deal with fan - tasy
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I am the pressman acknowledge me!
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Guitar solo
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Verse 4
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Dyon dyon gideon
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(whistles)
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Dyon dyon gideon dyon
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(whistles)
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(gradually increasing in strength)
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Pre-Chorus
Mother always told me never stray too far from home
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The little lady said "Boy, you'll never have to be alone, because..."
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Chorus
You build with fountain pen You create the memory stain
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You are the pressman Stand up straight, boy
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