Artist: Primus
Song: Mrs. Blaileen
Album: Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Bassist: Les Claypool
Notes: - Played on a 6-String fretted
- I tabbed after watching this being performed on Conan O'Brien
v - Flamenco downstroke
^ - Flamenco upstroke
S - Slap
P - Pop
\ - Slide down
h - Hammer-On
p - Pull-Off
x - Mute note
Verse 1:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8p6--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Last time before Chorus
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pre-Chorus: "Oh, What a lonely boy"
C|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
B|--6---5--4---|
S S S
Chorus:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ v
C|----5-5-5---------x---5-5-5-------------5-5-5----x---x----5-5-5-5-5--|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-5-5--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------6\\--------------3h5----------------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5----3h5-------3h5-----3h5------------|
S S S PS S S S S PS PS
Verse 2:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8p6--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Last time before Chorus
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pre-Chorus: "Oh, What a lonely boy"
C|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
B|--6---5--4---|
S S S
Chorus:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-----x---x----5-5-5-------------5-5-5----x---x----5-5-5-5-5--|
G|----5-5-5--------------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-5-5--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5----------------6\\--------------3h5----------------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----33h5-------3h5----3h5-------3h5-----3h5------------|
S S PS PSS S S S S PS PS
C|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--9-8-7--------------------------------|
A|--------9-8-7--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|--------------9-8-7-8-7-6-7-6-5-6-5-4--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Guitar Solo:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8p6--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Live Funk interlude: -Use Wah-Wah Pedal
-Improv with the main riff an octave higher with
lots of mute pops and slaps
-This is an idea of it
v ^ v v ^
C|-------x--x-x---------x------------------------x---------------------x-x--|
G|-------x--x-x------x-------------------------x-------------------x-x-x-x--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------x---x--------15h17p15-17h18------17h18-----17h18---------|
B|-15h17--------15--------15h17-----------------x-x------20p18------x-------|
S S S P S PS S S PSPS S S S PSP
Interlude: Play quietly and partially muted, thumb the low notes
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8p6--|
Verse 3:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8p6--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Last time before Chorus
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
G|----5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------8-8-8-------------8-8-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5---------------3h5-5h6-------5h6-----5h6-------5h6------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----3h5-------3h5-------------------8p6---------------8----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
Pre-Chorus: "Oh, What a lonely boy"
C|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
B|--6---5--4---|
S S S
Chorus:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ v
C|----5-5-5-----x---x----5-5-5-------------5-5-5----x---x----5-5-5-5-5--|
G|----5-5-5--------------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-5-5--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3h5----------------6\\--------------3h5----------------|
B|-3h5-------3h5-----33h5-------3h5----3h5-------3h5-----3h5------------|
S S PS PSS S S S S PS PS
Outro: v ^ v ^ v
C|------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-|
G|------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-|
D|--9-8-7---------------------------------------------|
A|--------9-8-7---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------9-8-7-8-7-6-7-6-5-6-5-4-3h5-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
