Nature Boy Tab by Primus


Artist: Primus
Album: Pork Soda
Song: Nature Boy

Another fun song to play. Here's the basic structure for it.
There are parts when the volume is turned up after the
strings are hit. This will be marked as  v>.
Use a crybaby for the intro.


h =hammer on
p =pull off
/ =slide up
 =slide down
w =whammy


Intro:
e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A--7-6------------------------4/7-7-6------------------------|
E-------6h7h9-7-6--2h4/7-7-6-----------6/9-7-6--2h3h4/7-6----|

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A--4-4-4-4/7-6-----------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:
e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------11---------------|
G--8-7-73-3---8-7-73-3---8-7-73-3---8-7-7/8-------------------|
D--6-5-51-1---6-5-71-1---6-5-51-1---6-5-5/8-------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge#1:
e----------------------------------------------------|--------|
B----------------------------------------------------|--------|
G--9-8--------------------------------------------8--|--------|
D-------8-8/11-9-8---86-6-6-6/9-8---/13-12---------|-5h8p5----|
A---------------------------------------------4/7-6--|--------|h6
E----------------------------------------------------|--------|

Play Chorus.

Bridge#2:
e----------------------------11------------------------------|
B-------------------------12-12-10---------------------------|
G--9-8-----------8w-8w/12------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------4/6--6/10--------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B--9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12---|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B--12-12-12-12-9---------------------------------------------|
G----------------9-8--9-8------------------------------------|
D---------------------8-8------------------------------------|
A--------------------------7---6-----------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------8-8-11-11-10-10-9-9---9h10----10-11------|
G--8-8-9-9-8-8--8-9---------------------9-------8----8-------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

Play chorus and bridge#1.

The song then enters a faster, heavier section before the solo:

           v>
e-----g-n-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----u-o--8--8-8-8-8-8---------------------------------------|
G--8--i-i--8--------------------------------------------------|
D--8--t-s--5--------------------------------------------------|
A--6--a-e-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----r-s-----------------------------------------------------|

Solo:
e--------------------12w-11w/17w-16w-22bw-21-21-21-21---------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G--128w--8w--10w/12-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|


e--21p19h21p19-17w-19w------------15-15w---------------------|
B------------------20w--18-18-19w----------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|


e--18w-16-22bw-------17w----22w-21-19-19-18-18-16-16-14-14w--|
B--------------17-17-----16----------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|


e--12---------------------------------------------------------|
B--12---------------------------------------------------------|
G-----11-9-8w-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------6-6-5-4---------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat this riff as necessary.
Fast part:
e------------------------------------------------------------|
B--8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8-------------|
G--8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8-------------|
D--8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8/9-8-8-8-8-8-------------|
A--6-6-6-6-6/7-6-6-6-6-6/7-6-6-6-6-6/7-6-6-6-6-6-------------|
E------------------------------------------------5-----------|


Ending:
e--10w----------------11w-------11w-----------------10w-------|
B--11w-------------------------------9-8--9-8--9-8-8----------|
G--12w----------12h13-----12h13------8-7--8-7--8-7------------|
D--12w--13-12w-----------------------6-5--6-5--6-5-------8----|
A--10w---------------------------------------------------61---|
E--10w--------------------------------------------------------|

That's it. Play along with the music to get it down nice.
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