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BACK TO THE PRIMITIVE
As recorded by Soulfly
(From the 2000 Album BACK TO THE PRIMATIVE)
Transcribed by Ben Jones (www.grungehead.com)
Words and Music by Max Cavalera
D5
0 0 0 x x x
E5
2 2 2 x x x
F5
3 3 3 x x x
C#5
x 4 6 6 x x
Eb5
1 1 1 x x x
Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Max'
Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Other Dude'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=112
D
4/4 4/4
Gtr I
W S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S
|----------||----------------------------------------------|
|----------||o---------------------------------------------|
|----------||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|----------||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------||o---------------------------------------------|
|----------||----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|----------||----------------------------------------------|
|----------||o---------------------------------------------|
|----------||----------------------------------------------|
|----------||---0------------------------------------------|
|----------||o--0------------------------------------------|
|----------||---0------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E 8x
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11h13-------13p11------||
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12----12-12-------12---||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|
| +W 8x
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-(0)---------------------------------------||
|-(0)--------------------------------------o||
|-(0)---------------------------------------||
1st and 2nd Verses
E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5
Gtr II
S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6---|
||o-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--------------|
E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5
S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------------|
Interlude
D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-o||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1--||
D5 E5Eb5 E5Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|
S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1----o||
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-----||
Chorus
S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1-o||
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1--||
|
| Gtr I
| W W
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
e E Q H
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11----|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S E. +H.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--1p=0--------(0)------------------------------|
|--1--0--------(0)------------------------------|
|--1p=0--------(0)------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11-----|
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
D
4/4
S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S
||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
|
| W
||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---0------------------------------------------|
||o--0------------------------------------------|
||---0------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S E 3x
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11-----||
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12--||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|
| +W 3x
|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-(0)----------------------------------------||
|-(0)---------------------------------------o||
|-(0)----------------------------------------||
3rd Verse
E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5
S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6---|
||o-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--------------|
E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5
S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------------|
Interlude
D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-o||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1--||
D5 E5Eb5 E5Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|
D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5
S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1----o||
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-----||
Chorus Interlude
D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5 D5
S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E e E Q H
||----------------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||-------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1-o||-0-----------|
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1--||-0-----------|
Out-Chorus
D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5
Wx3 S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E 6x
|------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
|------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1--o||
|------------||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1---||
D5
e E Q H W Wx4
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-0-----------|----------|--------*|
|-0-----------|----------|--------*|
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 - 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
