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 v v C|--4//9~~~--------------------------4//9~~~--| 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 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 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 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 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