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GREET THE SACRED COW (Bassline)
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1999 Album ANTIPOP)
Transcribed by James Stewart
Words and Music by Primus
Arranged by James Stewart
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Slap'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
E S S E S E E E S E E S S E S E E E S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E E S S E S E E E S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E E S S E S E E E S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Gtr II
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S E S
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q. Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
|----5-7-------------|----5-7----------|----5-7-------------|----5-7-----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5------|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5-------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
|----5-7-------------|----5-7----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e E S S S S E
|----5-7-------------|----5-7---(7)p(5)--------------|
|--------------------|------------------(7)p(5)h(7)--|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
Verse
Gtr I
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-----7-8-----7-8---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-7-5-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------5-7-5-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------8-5-6-5---------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------7-6-5-3-|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-----7-8-----7-8---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-5-6-5---5-6-5---5-6-5--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-----7-8-----7-8---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E E S S S S S S H
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
Chorus
Gtr II
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q. Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
|----5-7-------------|----5-7----------|----5-7-------------|----5-7-----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5------|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5-------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
|----5-7-------------|----5-7----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e E S S S S E
|----5-7-------------|----5-7---(7)p(5)--------------|
|--------------------|------------------(7)p(5)h(7)--|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5-----------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
Pre-Verse
Gtr I
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-----7-8-----7-8---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-8-10-8---8-10-8---8-10-8--|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Verse
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-----7-8-----7-8---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-----7-8-----7-8----|
|-----------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-----7-8-----7-8---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E E S S S S S S H
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
Chorus
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
||-----5-7-------------|----5-7----------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||o-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5------|
||---------------------|-----------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
|----5-7-------------|----5-7-----------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5-------|
|--------------------|------------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
|----5-7-------------|----5-7----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
|----5-7-------------|----5-7------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5-------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
Interlude
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||--------------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-------x---x-------x---x-------|-------x---x-------x---x----|
||o-------------------------------|----------------------------|
||--0-1---------1-2---------0-1-2-|-0-1---------1-2------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------x---x-------x---x-------|-------x---x-------x---x-----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0-1---------1-2---------0-1-2-|-0-1---------1-2-------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------x---x-------x---x-------|-------x---x-------x---x----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-1---------1-2---------0-1-2-|-0-1---------1-2------------|
6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-------x---x-------x---x-------|-------x---x--------------------o||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-0-1---------1-2---------0-1-2-|-0-1---------1-2-/5--4--3--2-----||
Pre-Chorus
4/4
E S S E S E E E S E E S S E S E E E S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E E S S E S E E E S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q.
||-----5-7-------------|----5-7----------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||o-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5------|
||---------------------|-----------------|
Q e e S S E S S E Q e e S S Q. 8x
|----5-7-------------|----5-7------------||
|--------------------|------------------o||
|-5------5-5---5-5---|-5------5-5-------o||
|--------------------|-------------------||
Out-Chorus
H.. S S Q e. e. e. e. H.. S S Q e. e. e. e.
||------------5h7-|----7--6--5--4--|-----------5h7-|----7--6--5--4---||
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o-5-------------|-5--------------|-5-------------|-5--------------o||
||----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
Outro
E S S E S E E E S E E S S E S E E E S E
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S E S
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S E S
||--<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-|
||o-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E S S E S E E E S E S E S E S E S E S E S 3x
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-|-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7--||
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
