xPrimus
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:
e|--17--------------------------|
B|--14--------------------------|
G|--15--------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Push wah pedal all the way down as soon as you hit the chord, let it ring out for a
or two, then bring the wah pedal all the way up.
Main Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--4--------------------2--4--------------------2--4--2—-4/6--4--2--4----------------|
D|--2--4--4--2--4--2--4--2--2--4--4--2--4--2--4--2--2--4--2—-4/6--4--2--4----------------|
A|--0--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--0--2--4--2--4--2—-4—-2--0—-2—-0--2/4--2--0--2----------------|
E|--------2--0--2--0--2--0--------2--0--2--0--2--0---------------------------------------|
PM…………………………………… …………………………………………
Main Riff Cont.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--4--4--2--4--2--4--2--4-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2--0--2--0--2--0--2—----------------------------------------------------------|
PM………………………………………….
Pre-Verse Guitar Fill #1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse Guitar Fill #2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--/11~~~~~~~~~~~---11------9---------11---------11^12^11--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------10-----10--9------10---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------9----------------------------9------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------/2~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
Guitar Solo
e|--------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~------12~~----|
B|---/11-------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~------11~~---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~------14~~----|
B|---/13-------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~------13~~---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---/12-12-12-22------------------/14-14-14-14-14--------------------------------------|
B|---/11-11-11-11------------------/13-13-13-13-13--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Strum very quickly, use wah…………………………………………………
e|--------------17----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------14-------------------|
G|--14—16^(18)------(18)^16----14-16-14-13-14-13----13----13-14-16----16----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------16----16-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------14-16-17-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest is too fast to tell what he’s doing, but just mess around with random notes in
scale really fast and you’ll be close enough.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let this chord ring out as soon as the solo ends.
Riff Behind Bass Solo:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--4--2--4--2224--2224--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2--4--2--4--2224--2224--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--2--0--2--0002--0002--------------------------------------------------------------|
Ending Riff (Main Riff Up One Octave)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14—-16--------------------14--16---------------------14--16--14—-16/18--16--14--16----|
D|--14—-16--4--2--4--2--4--2--14--16---4--2--4--2--4--2--14--16--14—-16/18--16--14--16----|
A|--12—-14--4--2--4--2--4--2--12—-14--4--2--4--2--4--2--12--14--12—-14/16--14--12--14-----|
E|-----------2--0--2--0--2--0-----------2--0--2--0--2--0----------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14--16--------------------14--16----------------------------------------------------|
D|--14--16—-4--2--4--2--4--2--14--16----------------------------------------------------|
A|--12--14--4--2--4--2--4--2--12--14----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------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…)