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Primus - John The Fisherman guitar tab

Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:21:33 -0500

From: "Sam Meadley"

From: "C A M E R O N"

Subject: p/primus/john_the_fisherman.tab

Artist: Primus

Album: Frizzle Fry

Song: John The Fisherman

Guitar transcribed by CAM.

This is a fairly easy song to learn, and a fun one to play.

Here's the basic structure. Play it with the song to get

the rhythm and strumming pattern down nice.

h =hammer on

/ =slide up

\ =slide down

v =vibrato

Intro:

e------------------------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------------------------

G--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6----4-5/7-6-------

D--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6--4-5-6----4-5/7-6-------

A--2-3-4--2-3-4--2-3-4--2-3-4--2-3-4--2-3-4----2-3/5-4-------

E------------------------------------------------------------

The verses of the song all follow this basic structure. There

are a few different variations you can listen for, but in

general, they are played like this a couple times with a

slight change at the end before the song moves to a chorus.

Verse: v

e----------------------------------------------13--10--------

B--/9--/9---/9--/9---/6--/9--/9---/9--/12--/12---------------

G--/10-/10--/10-/10--/7--/10-/10--/10-/13--------------------

D---------------------0--------------------------------------

A------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------

This is the basic chorus line. Repeat a couple times adding

subtle differences here and there, like sliding up to the

9th fret on the B and e strings and down again. Listen to

the song to see what I mean.

Chorus:

e-----------------9--------------------9--------------------9

B-----------------9--------------------9--------------------9

G--4-5/7-6---------------------------------------------------

D--4-5/7-6--4-5-6---4-5-6--5/7-6-4-5-6---4-5-6--5/7-6-4-5-6--

A--2-3/5-4--2-3-4---2-3-4--3/5-4-2-3-4---2-3-4--3/5-4-2-3-4--

E-0----------------------------------------------------------

e---------------------9--------------------------------------

B---------------------9--------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------------------

D--4-5-6--5/7-6-4-5-6---4-5-6--------------------------------

A--2-3-4--3/5-4-2-3-4---2-3-4--------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge/Solo:

e------------------------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------------------------

G--4-5-7-6--6-6--------------7--7-6--6-6------------7---2----

D--4-5-7-6--6-6------------0-5--7-6--6-6------------4-7-2----

A--2-3-5-4--0-4-------0h2h3-----5-4--0-4-------0h3h5--5-0----

E----------------0h2h3--------------------0h2h3---------0----

v

e------------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------7---7-----6---6-----------------9----------

G--4-5-7-6--4-6-7---7---7-6---6---6--/10\------10------------

D--4-5-7-6---------------------------/11\--------------------

A--2-3-5-4---------------------------------/11---------------

E------------------------------------------------------------

The rest of the song uses the same riffs as described above.

Again, listen to the song to piece it together. Nice!

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