-------------------------------------http://fly.to/primus------------------------------------ -------------------------------------brazilian PRIMUS page----------------------------------- -------------------------------------gbonna@starmedia.com------------------------------------ Primus - Jerry was a Race Car Driver Submitted by Jeffrey Swing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes on notation: Since flamenco style strumming is a big part of Les Claypool's style, I will denote a down-stroke strum (played by strumming with your picking hand fingernails) with a "V", and an up-stroke strum (you can use your thumbnail, or the pads of your fingertips) with a "^". I will try to stick to the faq for the rest of the notation, (or at least make it understandable). Also, I will indicate vibrato by writing "/\/\/\/\/\/\/" above the staff. Triplets will be indicated by "|-3-|" also above the staff, the triplets shoud be played with three fingers, starting with your ring finger (that's the easiest way I've found to play them). From Guitar School Magazine six string fretless bass arranged for four string fretless. t = right hand tap h = right hand tap (hammer on) main riff G-|--23t---------24t-------------23t---23t---23t--------------|- D-|*-22t---------23t-------------22t---22t---22t-------------*|- A-|*---------------------------------------------15h-16h-18h-*|- E-|------16h-15h-----18h-17h-16h------------------------------|- main riff variant G-|--25t---------25t-------------25t---25t---25t---------|- D-|*-24t---------24t-------------24t---24t---24t--------*|- A-|*----------------------------------------------19h\--*|- E-|------16h-15h-----18h-17h-16h------------------19h\---|- Note: about 99.9% of the basses in existance do not have a 25th fret. My fretless has only 24, but I hit the G-string at the very end of the fingerboard, which sounds about right. You could raise your G-string to a G# if you wanted to. Ahh yes, the chorus. This section requires slapping and strumming. It also requires some big ol' distortion. All of the pedals that I have tried gives me the sound that Cliff Burton got on "Anestasia, Pulling Teeth". But I still have no clue to get the "motorcycle" tone that Claypool gets. Any suggestions? E-mail me or post anything that might help all of us Primus fans. I know that he has an ADA bass preamp, that runs about $600. There has to be a less-expensive solution. Back to the chorus, it requires that you play a low D during one part. I guess that if you had a Hipshot detuner, you could change the string down to a D, and back up. I just play a low E and hope that I don't offend anybody. I will write the D on a B string as if you were playing a five string bass. I will write down the variants, listen to the tape to figure out the order that you play them. main chorus riff V ^ V G-|---------------------------------------17-18-20--|- D-|*--------------------------------------17-18-20--|- A-|*------------------------------------------------|- E-|--0S-3S-2p-0p-0S-5S-3p-2p-0p--0S---0S------------|- variant one V ^ V ^ V ^ G-|-----------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20\---|- D-|*----------------------------------20-20-20-20-20-20\--*|- A-|*------------------------------------------------------*|- E-|--0S-3S-2p-0p-0S-5S-3p-2p-0p--0S------------------------|- variant two G-|----------------------------------------------|- D-|*--------------------------------------------*|- A-|*--------------------------------------------*|- E-|--0S-3S-2p-0p-0S-5S-3p-2p-0p--0S--------------|- B-|------------------------------------3S-4S-----|- For the interlude at the end between two of the chorus sections, you could just tap anywhere on the fretboard (hitting at least two of the strings) for three measures, do some swooping slides, and then do the final chorus, or you could make up your own part. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primus - Jerry was a Race Car Driver Comment by Sean O'Reilly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You said you wanted someone to mail you if they knew how Les achieved the sound he gets during the chorus of Jerry, and in several interviews I have heard the man himself say that it is pure overdrive. All he does is overdrive his amp(s) to get that sound. I guess a guy like Les can afford that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primus - Jerry was a Race Car Driver Tabbed by Nathan Coners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I tend to disagree with what it is said about the main riff on the "cheesy primus page". From listening to the song and doing my own translations I have found it to be as follows, G-|12t-----12t---------12t-12t-12t----------| D-|10t-----12t---------10t-10t-10t----------| A-|------------------------------3h-4h-6h---| E-|---4h-3h---6h-4h-3h----------------------| I have only been playing for about three years so don't feel offended by me e-mailing you this, for all I know I may be wrong but it is just a suggestion for you to play around with. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primus - Jerry was a Race Car Driver Comment by Matt Carlone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was reading through your tabs and I noticed that in the Jerry Was a Racecar Driver, and you said you didn't know how to play the motorcycle sounding part towards the end of the song. When you use it when a 6 string fretless, Les does a slapping motion with his four fingers back and forth on the middle of the fretboard really fast. Since Les is superhuman, no mere mortal can accomplish this sound quite the same, so what I do, is I stick my fingernails underneath the E string in between the 7th and 9th fret with my three main fingers. Then slap it as fast as you can with your thumb. This makes a dull pulsating sound when slapped up and down the string near the pickups. This is just how I do it, I may be wrong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primus - Jerry was a Race Car Driver Tabbed by Erk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riff 1: e|----------11----11----------10---10------------11----11----------14-14\-| B|-10-10-10----10----10-9-9-9----9----9-10-10-10----10----10-9-9-9-13-13\-| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff 2: e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------| G|-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8---9---7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8---9---| D|-----------------------8-------------------------8---| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Heavy Part: Amazing but true, all Ler is doing here (I think) is scratching palm-muted strings, that lazy bastard! What you should do is lightly mute the strings just enough to get a good chunky sound, and add lots of bass-heavy distortion. e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|-x---x-x-x---x-x---x--------| A|-x---x-x-x---x-x---x--------| E|-x---x-x-x---x-x---x--------| The Solo: I'm not going to TAB that out. No way, just improvise ... play what you like best. Ler plays so seemingly randomly that it's useless not to just improvise. But you should definitely put the beginning in: e|---------------------------------------10h12h14-| B|------------------------------10h12h13----------| G|-12------------------10h12h13-------------------| (play super-fast) D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| Jerry was a Race Car Driver by Primus Tabbed by Jim Wade VERSE (tapped) C -18-------19-------18-18-18----------| G -17-------19-------17-17-17----------| D ----------------------------10-11-12-| A ----12\11----12\11-------------------| E -------------------------------------| B -------------------------------------| VERSE VARIENT (also tapped) C -18-------19-------18-18-18--------| G -17-------19-------17-17-17--------| D ----------------------------13\(8)-| A ----12\11----12\11----------13\(8)-| E -----------------------------------| B -----------------------------------| -------------------------------------http://fly.to/primus------------------------------------ -------------------------------------brazilian PRIMUS page----------------------------------- -------------------------------------gbonna@starmedia.com------------------------------------