Primus

Artist: Primus
Song: The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride
Album: Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People EP (2003)
Tuning: B-E-A-D-G-C
Notes: - Played on a fretless 6-string
- These are the basic riffs you need to add your own
variations and figure out where they go and for
how long on your own
R - Right Hand Tap
L - Left Hand Tap
/ - Slide Up
- Slide Down
Intro/Chorus: - This part has some kind of delay
- You can recreate this without
delay by playing it twice fast
C|----------------------|
G|-9-9----9---9-9-------|
D|-----10---------10----|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
C|-----------------------|
G|-9-9----9-12-9-9-9-----|
D|-----10------------10--|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
C|--------------------|
G|-9-9----96/9-9-----|
D|-----10---------10--|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
Pluck as you slide
C|-17--|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
B|---------------|
Verse: - There are alot a variations during the parts
when the guitar plays
- The right hand taps are up by the 19th fret
- The two C# left hand taps are played by tapping
with your index finger then pulling off to your
middle finger on the same fret
C|-x-x-x-x-----|
G|-x-x-x-x-----|
D|-x-x-x-x-----|
A|-x-x-x-x-----|
E|-------------|
B|---------2-2-|
R R R R L L
Variations-
C|-x-x-x-x-----|-x--------|-xxx-------|-x22---------|
G|-x-x-x-x-----|--x-------|----18-----|----21-------|
D|-x-x-x-x-----|---x------|-----------|------20-----|
A|-x-x-x-x-----|----x-----|-----------|-------------|
E|-------------|----------|-----------|-------------|
B|---------5-5-|-----2-2--|-------5-5-|---------5-2-|
R R R R L L RRRRL L RRRR L L RR R R L L
Guitar Solo: - Use the middle and index fingers of
your left hand to tap the high B's
- Tap the chord with your right index
and middle fingers
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12--12-12-12--12-12-|
L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------14//18---------------------14//18------------|
E|----------14//18---------------------14//18------------|
B|-12--12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12--12-12-12--12-12-|
L1 L2 L1R1L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1R1L2 L1 L2 L1 L2
C|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--12-12--11-11-11--10-10-10--9--9--9--8-8--8-8-9-9-10-11-12-|
L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1L2 L1L2L1L2L1 L2 L1
End: Heavy Distortion
C|----------|
G|----------|
D|-9///~~---|
A|-9///~~---|
E|-0~~~~~---|
B|-0~~~~~---|