Primus - Those Damned Blue-collar Tweakers guitar tab
Primus
Those ***ed Blue-Collar Tweakers, as written by Larry LaLonde of Primus
Standard Tuning: E, A, D, G, B, E (low to high)
Intro/Outro Chord:
|--17--------------------------|
|--14--------------------------|
|--15--------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Push wah pedal all the way down as soon as you hit the chord, let it ring out for a second or two, then bring the wah pedal all the way up.
Main Riff:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--4--------------------2--4--------------------2--4--2?-4/6--4--2--4----------------|
|--2--4--4--2--4--2--4--2--2--4--4--2--4--2--4--2--2--4--2?-4/6--4--2--4----------------|
|--0--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--0--2--4--2--4--2?-4?-2--0?-2?-0--2/4--2--0--2----------------|
|--------2--0--2--0--2--0--------2--0--2--0--2--0---------------------------------------|
PM?????????????? ????????????????
Main Riff Cont.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--4--4--2--4--2--4--2--4-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2--0--2--0--2--0--2?----------------------------------------------------------|
PM????????????????.
Pre-Verse Guitar Fill #1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse Guitar Fill #2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/11~~~~~~~~~~~---11------9---------11---------11^12^11\-----------------------------|
|-----------------------10-----10--9------10-------------------------------------------|
|----------------9----------------------------9----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------/2~~~~~~~~~~---------------|
Guitar Solo
|--------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~----|
|---/11-------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~----|
|---/13-------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---/12-12-12-22------------------/14-14-14-14-14--------------------------------------|
|---/11-11-11-11------------------/13-13-13-13-13--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Strum very quickly, use wah???????????????????
|--------------17----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------14-------------------|
|--14?16^(18)------(18)^16----14-16-14-13-14-13----13----13-14-16----16----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------16----16-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------14-16-17-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest is too fast to tell what he?s doing, but just mess around with random notes in this scale really fast and you?ll be close enough.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let this chord ring out as soon as the solo ends.
Riff Behind Bass Solo:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--4--2--4--2224--2224--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--4--2--4--2224--2224--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--2--0--2--0002--0002--------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending Riff (Main Riff Up One Octave)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14?-16\--------------------14--16---------------------14--16--14?-16/18--16--14--16-|
|--14?-16\--4--2--4--2--4--2--14--16---4--2--4--2--4--2--14--16--14?-16/18--16--14--16-|
|--12?-14\--4--2--4--2--4--2--12?-14\--4--2--4--2--4--2--12--14--12?-14/16--14--12--14-|
|-----------2--0--2--0--2--0-----------2--0--2--0--2--0--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14--16--------------------14--16----------------------------------------------------|
|--14--16?-4--2--4--2--4--2--14--16----------------------------------------------------|
|--12--14--4--2--4--2--4--2--12--14----------------------------------------------------|
|----------2--0--2--0--2--0------------------------------------------------------------|
The order goes something like this:
Intro/Outro Chord x16
Main Riff x2
Pre-Verse Guitar Fill #1 x1
Main Riff x3
Pre-Verse Guitar Fill #2 x1
Main Riff x2
Guitar Solo
Riff Behind Bass Solo x8
Main Riff x2
Ending Riff x2
Intro/Outro Chord x4 (Fade out?)
