Primus - Jerry was a race car driver
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JERRY WAS A RACE CAR DRIVER (Bassline)
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1991 Album SAILING THE SEAS OF CHEESE)
Words by Les Claypool Music by Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Tim Alexander
Gtr I (B E A D G C) - 'Standard'
Gtr II (B E A D G C) - 'Standard'
Gtr III (B E A D G C) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
T T T T T
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x
|----------||--18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|----------||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|----------||------------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----------||-----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|----------||o--------------------------------------------o||
|----------||----------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S a E E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|----11p10----13p11s10--------------10s14s10-||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||
Verse
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17-----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--|
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17-----------||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
Verse
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-------21----------20---20---20------|
|-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--|
|-----------------------------------13--|
|----11p10----12p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17-----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--|
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S H
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|-18-------20----------18------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|-17-------19----------17------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|------------------------------|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|----11p10----13p11s10---------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr II Gtr III Gtr II Gtr III
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 S S E
||------------------------x-12-13-15--||-------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-|
||o-----------------------x-12-13-15-o||-------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-|
||------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||o-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------o||-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0----------------------|
||------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
Gtr II Gtr III 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 E +S E.
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|------------------------------|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0----------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------3-(3)-4--|
Gtr III 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 H
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------||
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------||
|----------------------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------------------|----------------------||
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0------||
|----------------------------------|----------------------||
5/4 4/4
Gtr I
T T T T T
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x
|------------||--18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|------------||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|------------||------------------------------------10h11h13--||
|------------||-----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|------------||o--------------------------------------------o||
|------------||----------------------------------------------||
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 8x
||--18-------20----------18---18---18------------||
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17-----------o||
||------------------------------------10h11h13---||
||-----11p10----13p11s10-------------------------||
||o---------------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------------------||
T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q 4x
||--20-------20----------20---20---20-------||-|
||o-19-------19----------19---19---19-13--o||-|
||------------------------------------13---||-|
||-----11p10----12p11s10--------------------||-|
||o----------------------------------------o||-|
||------------------------------------------||-|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
||--18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
||------------------------------------10h11h13--||
||-----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------||
Verse
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||
Outro
Gtr II Gtr III Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S S S E +S E.
||------------------------x-12-13-15--||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------x-12-13-15-o||------------------------------|
||------------------------------------||------------------------------|
||------------------------------------||------------------------------|
||o-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------o||-0h3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0----------|
||------------------------------------||---------------------3-(3)-4--|
Gtr III Gtr II Gtr III 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 S S E
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-------------------15-15-15-13Sx-11--|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-------------------15-15-15-----------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0----------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Gtr III 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 E Q
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------------|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------3s12--|
T T T T T T T T T T T T
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|---18-18-21-21---18-18-18-18-21-21-21-18-|
|---17-17-20-20---17-17-17-17-20-20-20-17-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----0------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-18--18-18-18-21-21-21-18-18-18-18-18-21-21-21-18--|
|-17--17-17-17-20-20-20-17-17-17-17-17-20-20-20-17--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E Q. Q Q
|-18--18-18-18-21-21-21-18-18-18-18-18-21-----|----------------||
|-17--17-17-17-20-20-20-17-17-17-17-17-20-----|----------------||
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------------------12-|-0-2s==12--12--||
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|
| +W W
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|---------------------------------------------|----------------||
|-(0)-----------------------------------------|----------------||
Gtr III Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 3x S S S S S S S S H
||------------------------x-12-13-15--||----------------------*|
||o-----------------------x-12-13-15-o||----------------------*|
||------------------------------------||----------------------*|
||------------------------------------||----------------------*|
||o-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------o||-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0------*|
||------------------------------------||----------------------*|
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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