Primus ? fish on (fisherman chronicles chapter 2)
Album ? Sailing the sea of cheese
Transcribed by James Lindsay
Tuning ? six string bass (low to high, B, E, A, D, G, C)
Notes: First thing: I do not own a six string bass, neither have I ever played one but I do understand them, so after ages of splitting this song into separate parts I put it together in six string form for you people lucky enough to own a six string. But also if you only have a 5 or 4 string please still read my tab; this is the whole song and I?ve looked on quite a few websites and its not there. I hope my tab is cool for you. Any questions contact me: Jimmygoodein@aol.com, or leave a comment! I?ve placed other notes around the tab to help you.
H = hammer on
P = pull off
= Slide down
/ = Slide up
r = right hand tap
L = left hand tap
F = nail flick
<> = Harmonic
T = Thumb slap
Bd = bend down
> = Strum fast
Intro
Notes: The intro is fairly easy. The ?nail flick? is used here; it?s the sharp sounding note you hear. To do it just ping the nail of your left hands index finger off the indicated string, it makes a sharp harmonic sound. To do the harmonics, you could either tap the directed fret with your right hand (remember to actually tap the fret it self) or do a proper harmonic with your left hand. In most cases let the A note ring while you play the rest of the tune.
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Distortion on
Notes: for this I set my distortion gain to about half of the way round. Its more volume rather that distortion, Experiment with different effects until you find what?s right for you. Keep the distortion on for the next section of the tab
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Verse
Lyrics:
Felt a pang late one afternoon, I was fishin? off muis beach, with Larry Le Londe, grabbed a tuna sandwich, and I started to chew, pretty soon Ler?s yellin, Fish on.
Chorus
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Verse
Lyrics: I was just a little pup, and it was derley day, was Dad and me and Darrell, sat in San Pablo Bay, Taco flavoured Doritos, and my orange life vest, Dad caught a hundred pound sturgeon, on a twenty pound test, Now?
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He fought that fish for about and hour and a half, Darrell said ?Jump ye sons a bitch!?, and he grabbed for the gaff, When we got him in the boat, he ,measured six feet long, I was so danged impressed I Had to write this song called Fish on.
Chorus
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Verse
Lyrics: Twas a Bright and sunny day, it was me and Todd Huth, fishin? shark and stingray, out of Bolimas Lagoon, Well hey, hey, hey, I?ll be screwed, Blued and Tattooed, Looks like I got me one of them fish on, Fish on.
Chorus
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T T T TTTT
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Bridge
Notes: bend the first note slowly, then slide down and bend each note faster the further down the neck you get. The part with the power chords is just a guide, slide the power chord shape up the neck while strumming fast
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T T T T T T
Notes: this part seems really fast, but play it with three fingers and it becomes easy. Play triplets with three fingers (ring, middle, index). A lot of this section was guessed; it may not be correct, use it as a guide and make up your own fills and stuff!
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Notes: there is a few things going in this next section, choose to do 1 unless you have 4 arms
Part 1: slide your hand up and down the fret board
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Part 2: do the three finger triplets
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Part 3: randomly slide chords up and down the high end of the neck, gradually getting higher
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Notes: now the next part of the song, use the three-finger technique here again and then absolutely nail all the strings with loads of distortion!
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End
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Notes: repeat the last part 3 times.
The last word: and that?s it!! Woo, I?m so glad that?s over, ha, I hope you enjoy my tab and it helps! Rate this please
jim
