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BACK TO THE PRIMITIVE

As recorded by Soulfly

(From the 2000 Album BACK TO THE PRIMATIVE)

Transcribed by Ben Jones (www.grungehead.com)

Words and Music by Max Cavalera

D5

0 0 0 x x x

E5

2 2 2 x x x

F5

3 3 3 x x x

C#5

x 4 6 6 x x

Eb5

1 1 1 x x x

Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Max'

Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Other Dude'

Intro

Moderate Rock Q=112

D

4/4 4/4

Gtr I

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

|----------||----------------------------------------------|
|----------||o---------------------------------------------|
|----------||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|----------||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------||o---------------------------------------------|
|----------||----------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| W W

|----------||----------------------------------------------|
|----------||o---------------------------------------------|
|----------||----------------------------------------------|
|----------||---0------------------------------------------|
|----------||o--0------------------------------------------|
|----------||---0------------------------------------------|

S S S S E S S S S E S S E 8x

|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11h13-------13p11------||
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12----12-12-------12---||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||

|

| +W 8x

|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-(0)---------------------------------------||
|-(0)--------------------------------------o||
|-(0)---------------------------------------||

1st and 2nd Verses

E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5

Gtr II

S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q

||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6---|
||o-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--------------|

E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5

S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q

|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------------|

Interlude

D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5

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

|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-o||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1--||

D5 E5Eb5 E5Eb5

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

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|

S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E

||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1----o||
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-----||

Chorus

S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E

||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1-o||
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1--||

|

| Gtr I

| W W

||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||

e E Q H

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------------|

|

| S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

Gtr I

S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11----|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

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

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

Gtr I

S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| S E. +H.

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--1p=0--------(0)------------------------------|
|--1--0--------(0)------------------------------|
|--1p=0--------(0)------------------------------|

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

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11-----|
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|

| +W

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------|

D

4/4

S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S

||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|

|

| W

||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||---0------------------------------------------|
||o--0------------------------------------------|
||---0------------------------------------------|

S S S S E S S S S E S S E 3x

|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11h=13--------13p11-----||
|-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-------12--||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||

|

| +W 3x

|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-(0)----------------------------------------||
|-(0)---------------------------------------o||
|-(0)----------------------------------------||

3rd Verse

E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5

S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q

||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6---|
||o-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4---|
||--2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--------------|

E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 E5F5D5 C#5

S S E H. S S E H. S S E H. S S E E. S +E E Q

|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0--6-(6)-6-6--|
|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0-------|-2s3-0-0--4-(4)-4-4--|
|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------|-2s3p0-0-------------|

Interlude

D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5

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

|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-o||
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1--||

D5 E5Eb5 E5Eb5

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

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2-1-|-------------------------2-1-|
|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-0-0-2-1-|

D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5

S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E

||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1----o||
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-----||

Chorus Interlude

D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5 D5

S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E e E Q H

||----------------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||-------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1-o||-0-----------|
||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1--||-0-----------|

Out-Chorus

D5 E5Eb5 D5 E5Eb5

Wx3 S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E 6x

|------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------||o---------------------------|----------------------------o||
|------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------||o-----------------------2-1-|-----------------------2-1--o||
|------------||--1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1-|-1p0-0-1p0-1p0-(0)-1p0-2-1---||

D5

e E Q H W Wx4

|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|----------|--------*|
|-0-----------|----------|--------*|
|-0-----------|----------|--------*|

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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