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GROUND HOG'S DAY
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1989 Album FRIZZLE FRY)
Transcribed by Jeff Jacobson
Words by Les Claypool Music by Les Claypool, Tim Alexander and Todd Huth
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Larry LaLonde'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Double'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=120(8=s8)
C7 BBmaj7
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
C7 E5 C7 Bb Bmaj7 C7
Q Q H H Q Q Q. +E H
|------------|-------------|---------------|
|------------|-------------|---------------|
|----9-------|-------------|---------------|
|----9-------|-------------|---------------|
|----7-------|-------------|---------------|
|----0-------|---------x\--|-3----(3)S6----|
BBmaj7 C7 Bb
~~~~
+W Q. +E H +H +Q Q
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-(6)--------|-8----(8)S11b12----|-(11)----(11)-----|
C7 BBmaj7 C7
|-3-| |-3--|
E E E E E E E +Q. +W a a a a E +E E E +H
||-----------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
||o------------11-11b13r(11)---|-(11)--------|---------10b11r(10)------------|
||-----------9-----------------|-------------|-------x------------9s7-(7)----|
||------8s10-------------------|-------------|-----x-------------------------|
||o---7------------------------|-------------|---x---------------------------|
||--8--------------------------|-------------|-x-----------------------------|
+W a a a a E +E E E +H
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|---------10b11r(10)------------|
|-(7)--------|-------x------------9s7-(7)----|
|------------|-----x-------------------------|
|------------|---x---------------------------|
|------------|-x-----------------------------|
Bb Bmaj7 C7 Bb
~~ ~~
+H. a a a Q +Q. +E Q. +E H. E E
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------||
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------||
|-(7)------------7b8===|=(7)r==(7)-5----(5)S|=7-------7\---||
|--------------x-------|--------------------|--------------||
|------------x---------|--------------------|--------------||
|----------x-----------|--------------------|--------------||
1st & 2nd Verse
C7sus4 C7
Q Q H +H +E E E E H +Q. E +W
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|--------|
|--8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)----|
|-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
C7sus4 C7
Q Q H +H +E E E E H +Q. E +W
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|--------|
|--8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)----|
|-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
1.
A7 G#7 A7 G#7
PM| PM ~ ~~~~ PM| ~ ~~~~~
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q. +S S Q E E E E E E Q E E H
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|----------2---2-2-|--------------------|---------2-------|------------------o||
|----------2---2-2-|----2-0-7b9r==(7)p5-|---------2---2-2-|----2/---12b14-----||
|-14\------2---2-2-|----2---------------|-7\------2-0-2-2-|----2/-------------||
|-12\--0-0---0-----|----0---------------|-----0-0---0-0-0-|----0-------------o||
|------------------|-3------------------|-----------------|-3-----------------||
2.
G#7 A7 G#7
~ ~~~~~~~ PM| PM ~ ~~~~~
Q E E Q. +S S Q E E E E E E Q E E Q. +S S
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------2---2-2-|---------------------|
|----2-0-12pb14r==(12)p10-|----------2---2-2-|----2-0-7pb9r==(7)p5-|
|----2-0------------------|----------2---2-2-|----2----------------|
|----0--------------------|-12\--0-0---0-----|----0----------------|
|-3-----------------------|------------------|-3-------------------|
A7 G#7
PM| ~ ~~~~~
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q +Q
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|---------2-------|-----------------------||
|---------2---2-2-|----------19b21--(19)--||
|-7\------2-0-2-2-|-----------------------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0-|----/19----------------||
|-----------------|-3---------------------||
C7 BBmaj7
|-3-| |-3--|
E E E E E E E +Q. +W
|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-------------11-11b13r(11)---|-(11)--------|
|-----------9-----------------|-------------|
|------8s10-------------------|-------------|
|----7------------------------|-------------|
|-/8--------------------------|-------------|
C7 Bb
~~~~~~~~~
a a a a H. +Q +Q E E Q E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------10b11=======(10)--|-(10)--10-10-10--[10]r-10-|
|-------x-------------------|--------------------------|
|-----x---------------------|--------------------------|
|---x-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-------------------------|--------------------------|
C7 Bb Bmaj7
Q +Q E +E E E +H. Q
|---------------------------|----------------|
|-10b11===(10)--10r(10)-----|----------------|
|-----------------------9s7-|-(7)------7b8===|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
C7 Bb
~~
+Q. +E Q. +E H +E +E Q
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|-(7)r==(7)-5----(5)s|=7----(7)-(7)\----||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
3rd Verse
C7sus4 C7
Q Q H +H +E E E E H +Q. E +W
||----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------||
||o---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------o||
||----------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|---------||
||---8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)-----||
||o-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------o||
||----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------||
C7
W +W
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|--9--------|--(9)----||
|--8--------|--(8)----||
|-10--------|-(10)----||
|-----------|---------||
Straight Eighths & Faster. Q=132
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|
Bridge
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-17-(17)S12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S +S S E
|--------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0s19-------------12---------------|
|---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----|
|-11\-------------------------------------14-|
|-11\----------------------------------------|
|--9\----------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S +S S E
|--------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0s19-------------12---------------|
|---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----|
|-11\-------------------------------------14-|
|-11\----------------------------------------|
|--9\----------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S +S S E
|--------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0s19-------------12---------------|
|---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----|
|-11\-------------------------------------14-|
|-11\----------------------------------------|
|--9\----------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|
1.
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------||
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-11\-------------------------------------||
|-11\------------------------------------o||
|--9\-------------------------------------||
2.
C#5 E5 D#5 G5 F#5A5 C#5 N.C.
E S S +S S E S E S E E Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|---------------------12---11-14-|------------------------------------------|
|-11---14-(14)---13---12---11-14-|-11\--------------------------------------|
|-11---14-(14)---13---10----9-12-|-11\--------------------------------------|
|--9---12-(12)---11--------------|--9\------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 E5 D#5 G5 F#
3/4 4/4
E S S +S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--||
|---------------------12---|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--||
|-11---14-(14)---13---12---|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--||
|-11---14-(14)---13---10---|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\--||
|--9---12-(12)---11--------|------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.(C#5)
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S T T S S S S S S T T S S S S S S T T
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p|
|-------11-------10-------11-------11-------11-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S T T S S S S S S T T S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9s8----8s9---|
|---11-------11-------11-------11-------10-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
T T E S +H S S S S +H +E E S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-8h9p8---------------------|----------------------|
|-------11-(11)----9h11-9-8-|-(8)----(8)-8-8h9p8-6-|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
+E E S S S a S +E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------9-12p9----9---------------|
|---------------------------9----9-|-11p9----9-11h12--------12---12p11-9-------|
|-(6)s8-8h9p8-10s11-(11)-11---11---|------11-----------------------------11-11-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
<
|-3-|
S S S S E E E E E E E +H +Q. S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------6-|
|-11p9-/9-9-9-8-8s6-8-8-8-|-(8)b9----(8)---/8---|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
E Q E E. S E +E +Q +E E Q E S S
|---9--8-8--6-----------|---------------------|
|-------------9b11==(9)-|-(9)r=(9)-6-6--6-6-6-|
|-6---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
C#°7/E
Gtrs I, II
Q 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
|--------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|--------------------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||
|------------------------0-|----------------------------------------------||
|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|----------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
Outro
C#5 N.C.
Gtr I
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|------------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|
C# N.C. C#5 E5 D#5 G5 F#5A5
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E E S S +S S E S E S E E
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------12---11-14-|
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13---12---11-14-|
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13---10----9-12-|
|-----------------------------------------0-|--9---12-(12)---11--------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|------------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C. C#5 E5 D#5
2/4
Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E E S S +S S E
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13-||
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13-||
|-----------------------------------------0-|--9---12-(12)---11-||
C#5 E5 D#5
4/4
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E. S +E E
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||--(13)-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-|-13-x-x-13---11--14-(14)-13--||
||o-(13)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-13-x-x-13---11--14-(14)-13-o||
||--(11)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-11-x-x-11-0--9--12-(12)-11--||
2/4
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------|------------|
|-(13)-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-|-13-x-x-x---|
|-(13)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-13-x-x-x---|
|-(11)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-11-x-x-x-0-|
C#5 E5 C#5 E5 D#5 G5
9/8
E S S +S S E S E S E S S +S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-(12)\---|
|-11---14-(14)---11---14---13---12-(12)\---|
|-11---14-(14)---11---14---13---10-(10)\---|
|--9---12-(12)----9---12---11--------------|
F#
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-----------------------------------------|
C#5
Q S S S S S S S S S E S +Q +Q H
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|-------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|-------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-(11)--(11)\-------|
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-|-(11)--(11)\-------|
|------------------------------------9-|--(9)---(9)\-------|
A7
W W W
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
