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Dirty Drowning Man

Primus
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DIRTY DROWNING MAN (Bassline)

As recorded by Primus

(From the 1999 Album ANTIPOP)

Transcribed by James Stewart

Words by Les Claypool Music by Primus

Arranged by James Stewart

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Slap'

Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Finger'

Intro

Q=140

4/4

Gtr I

S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E

|-------------14-------------15-|-------------14-------------12-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----0--------0-----0--------|-0-----0--------0-----0--------|
|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x----|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x----|

S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E

|-------------14-------------15-|-------------12-------------17--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-----0--------0-----0--------|-0-----0--------0-----0---------|
|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x----|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x-----|

S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E

|-------------14-------------15-|-------------14-------------12--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-----0--------0-----0--------|-0-----0--------0-----0---------|
|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x----|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x-----|

S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E

|-------------14-------------14-|-------------14-------------12--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-----0--------0-----0--------|-0-----0--------0-----0---------|
|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x----|---x-x---x-x------x-x---x-x-----|

Pre-Verse

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2-----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7-----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x-------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3---|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|--------------|
|---------------------|--------------|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-3--5---------|
|---------------------|-------3--4---|

Verse

Gtr II

e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q 3x

||--------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||--5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3--|-5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3----||

Pre-Chorus

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------|
|-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15--------------------|
|-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21--|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19--------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Gtr I

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2-----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7-----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x-------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3---|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q q H. W

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|------------|------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|------------|------|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|------------|------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|-5----------|------|

Verse

Gtr II

e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q 4x

||--------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||--5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3--|-5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3----||

Pre-Chorus

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------|
|-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15--------------------|
|-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21--|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19--------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2-----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7-----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x-------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3---|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q q H. W

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|------------|------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|------------|------|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|------------|------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|-5----------|------|

Interlude

Gtr I

e S S E E S S E Q e S S E E S S E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|

e S S E E S S E Q e S S E E S S E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|

e S S E E S S E Q e S S E E S S E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|

Gtr II

e S S E E S S E Q E E E E S S E q

|------------------------|---15-14-12-------12------|
|------------------------|------------12h14----14---|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|--------------------------|

Pre-Verse

e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q

||--------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||--5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3--|-5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3----||

Verse

e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q e Q S S e Q S S e Q S S Q Q 3x

||--------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||o-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------o||
||--5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3--|-5------5-5------5-|-5------5-6--3----||

Pre-Chorus

   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------|
|-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15--------------------|
|-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21--|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19--------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Gtr I

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2-----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7-----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x-------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3---|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q q H. W

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|------------|------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|------------|------|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|------------|------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|-5----------|------|

Interlude

e S S E E S S E Q e S S E E S S E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|

e S S E E S S E Q e S S E E S S E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|

e S S E E S S E Q e S S E E S S E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|

e S S E E S S E Q e S S E E S S E Q

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|-0---x-4b4.5-3-0-0------|

Chorus

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

||----2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
||o---------------------|-------------------7----|
||o-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
||----------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2-----------||
|---------------------|-------------------7----o||
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------o||
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3---||

Pre-Chorus

Gtr II

     |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||--------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------|
||o-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-|
||o-15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------|
|-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20---------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21-------------------21-21-21-21-21-21--o||
|-19-19-19-19-19-19---------------------------------------------------------||

Chorus

Gtr I

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

||----2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
||o---------------------|-------------------7----|
||o-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
||----------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q 12x

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2-----------||
|---------------------|-------------------7----o||
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------o||
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3---||

Out-Chorus

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3--|

E S S S S S S Q Q E S S S S S S S E S Q

|---2-----2---2-3--0--|---2-----2---2-----------|
|---------------------|-------------------7-----|
|-0---x-x---x---------|-0---x-x---x-------------|
|---------------------|---------------3s5---3---|

S S S S S S E S S S S S S E

|-------------9-------------9-|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-----0-------0-----0-------|
|---x-x---x-x-----x-x---x-x---|

S S S S S S E S S S S S S E W +W

|-------------9-------------9-|----------|--------*|
|-----------------------------|----------|--------*|
|-0-----0-------0-----0-------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|---x-x---x-x-----x-x---x-x---|----------|--------*|

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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