THOSE DAMNED BLUE-COLLAR TWEEKERS
By: Primus
Album: Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Bassist: Les Claypool
S slap
P pop
F flam (flamenco strum, articulate as you will)
-5h7- hammer on
-7p5- pull off
-5/7- slide up (above string also!)
-7\5- slide down
3
-[333]- triplet
3 3
-[333|333]- two sets of triplets (sextuplet)
-5~- hold note
-0b- finger bend
-0d- bend down (w/tremolo bar)
-0u- bend up (w/tremolo bar)
|----------------| time signature
+ + + +
Can be lengthened to this
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+ - + - + - + -
+ major beats (1,2,3,4)
- ands (1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &)
OR THIS (for the solo)
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1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
INTRO
|------------REST|
|--------REST----|
|----REST--------|
|REST------------| 3x
+ + + +
(mute all notes)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------------0-2-|
+ + + +
VERSE
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| 11x
+ + + +
F
|--------------2-|
|--------------2-|
|----------------|
|0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|
+ + + +
CHORUS
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
F S SSS SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-012-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/14\\\\2-|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
VERSE
CHORUS
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
F S SSS SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S S
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-012-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/8///14\\|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS S S S
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|(last 3
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| notes are
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-131312\\| 13 13 12)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
VERSE (palm mute all notes)
CHORUS
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---| 2x
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
GUITAR SOLO (with distortion)
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
(I do the 46464 part in the last measure on the E and A strings)
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S S S S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------464-2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------46----2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/--------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
(its incredibly hard to hear this part, but it sounds like this)
F S SSS SSS S S S S SSS S S S S S S S S SSS S S S S SSS SSS S
|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-012-012-0-2-|0-2-012-0-2-0-2-|0-2-0-2-012-0-2-|0-2-012-012-0---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
BASS SOLO (distortion off sorry for unevenness, trips are hard to tab)
3 3 3
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[1616-16|1616-16|1616-16]16--------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
3 3 3
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[1616-16|1616-16|1515-15]14--------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
3
|------------------------16h-17--16h-17--16h-17-?16h-17--16------|
[1616-15]14------14----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|17--17--14------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------15------14----------14------------------14------|
|----------------------------15--------------15--14h-15----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------14------------------14----------|
|15----------------------15--15----------15--14h-15------15--14--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------14b-----------------14------14----------14----------14--|
|15--------------15----------------------15----------15----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
3
|--------14--------------14//16-[1717-14]----------------14------|
|----16----------16------------------------------17--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
H
|--------19--16------16------------------------------------------|
|1619------------17------17--16------16--------------------------|
|--------------------------------19------17--16----------15------|
|------------------------------------------------17--------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
3 F F
[1615---]------------------------2-------4-----------------------|
[-----17]16------14--------------2-------4-----------------------|
|--------------------17------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------2-------0-------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Wow. That was hard work. PLEASE TELL ME IF ANY NUMBERS ARE WRONG
CONTINUING ON
VERSE (MY eyes are growing weary as I finalize this tab...)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| 14x
+ + + +
release
|----------------|--------------2-|
|----------------|--------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|
|1d~-------------|----------//----|
+ + + + + + + +
CHORUS
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F F SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-0-----------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-0-----------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--0-------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|----012-012-0---|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
DISTORTION!
F S S S S S S S S F F S S S S S S S S F
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -
F F F F F F F F F S S S S S S S S F
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -
F S S S S S S S S F F S S S S S S S S F
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -
F F F F F F F F F S S S S S S S S F
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -
HOLD FOR THE REST OF THESE MEASURES
|16~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|16~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
AAAAAAAAAAND done! Any corrections? Email me at cfstevens@comcast.net
I seriously worked my ass off to make this. Like, literally, I have no ass now. See
what extents i go to to make good tabs?
Cal
