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Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers

Primus
Bass Tab
★4.9(20)

2 versions

Bass2

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

G|------------REST|
D|--------REST----|
A|----REST--------|
E|REST------------| (3x)

+ + + +

(mute all notes)

G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|------------0-2-|

+ + + +

Verse

G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| (11x)

+ + + +

F

G|--------------2-|
D|--------------2-|
A|----------------|
E|0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|

+ + + +

Chorus

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS SSS S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

F S SSS SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-012-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/14\\\\2-|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Verse

G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| (11x)

+ + + +

F

G|--------------2-|
D|--------------2-|
A|----------------|
E|0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|

+ + + +

Chorus

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS SSS S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

F S SSS SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S S

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-012-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/8///14\\|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS S S S

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|(last 3
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| notes are
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-131312\\| 13 13 12)

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Verse

(palm mute all notes)

G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| (11x)

+ + + +

F

G|--------------2-|
D|--------------2-|
A|----------------|
E|0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|

+ + + +

Chorus

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S SSS S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---| (2x)

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Solo

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S SSS S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

(I do the 46464 part in the last measure on the E and A strings)

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S S S S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------464-2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------46----2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/--------|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S S S SSS S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

(its incredibly hard to hear this part, but it sounds like this)

F S SSS SSS S S S S SSS S S S S S S S S SSS S S S S SSS SSS S

G|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-012-012-0-2-|0-2-012-0-2-0-2-|0-2-0-2-012-0-2-|0-2-012-012-0---|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Bass solo

(distortion off sorry for unevenness, trips are hard to tab)

3 3 3

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|[1616-16|1616-16|1616-16]16-------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

3 3 3

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|[1616-16|1616-16|1515-15]14-------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

3

G|------------------------16h-17--16h-17--16h-17-—16h-17--16------|
D|[1616-15]14------14---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

G|17--17--14------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------15------14----------14------------------14------|
A|----------------------------15--------------15--14h-15----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------14------------------14----------|
A|15----------------------15--15----------15--14h-15------15--14--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------14b-----------------14------14----------14----------14--|
A|15--------------15----------------------15----------15----------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

3

G|--------14--------------14//16-[1717-14]----------------14------|
D|----16----------16------------------------------17--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

H

G|--------19--16------16------------------------------------------|
D|1619------------17------17--16------16--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------19------17--16----------15------|
E|------------------------------------------------17--------------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

3 F F

G|[1615---]------------------------2-------4----------------------|
D|[-----17]16------14--------------2-------4----------------------|
A|--------------------17------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------2-------0-------|

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

Verse

(MY eyes are growing weary as I finalize this tab...)

G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| (14x)

+ + + +

release

G|----------------|--------------2-|
D|----------------|--------------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|1d~-------------|----------//----|

+ + + + + + + +

Chorus

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F S SSS SSS S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

F S S S SSS S F F S S S SSS S F F F F F F F F F F F SSS SSS S F

G|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-0-----------2-|
D|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-0-----------2-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--0-------------|
E|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|----012-012-0---|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Distortion

F S S S S S S S S F F S S S S S S S S F

G|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
D|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|

+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -

F F F F F F F F F S S S S S S S S F

G|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
D|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|

+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -

F S S S S S S S S F F S S S S S S S S F

G|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
D|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|

+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -

F F F F F F F F F S S S S S S S S F

G|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
D|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|

+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - + -

HOLD FOR THE REST OF THESE MEASURES

G|16~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|16~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

************************************

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| h Hammer-on

| b Bend

| ~ Vibrato

************************************

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