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Tommy the Cat by Primus 
Tabbed by Jim Wade 
  
This tab is set up for the 6 string version on Sailing the Seas of Cheese, but besides some of the transitional fills, most of it can be played on a four (Suck on This and Rhinoplasty) Please keep in mind that these are just two of the versions of the main riff, and feel free to bastardize it at will. 
VERSE 
          P      P   P 
C --------------------------| 
G -4------------------------| 
D -4------3\5h---5---5------| 
A -2-------------------5/4h-| 
E ---3\5h------X---X--------| 
B --------------------------| 
     S         S   S   S 
  
VARIENT 
          P      P   P   P 
C -------------------------| 
G -4-----------------------| 
D -4------3\5h---5---5---0-| 
A -2-----------------------| 
E ---3\5h------X---X-------| 
B -------------------------| 
     S         S   S 
  
About halfway through the guitar solo, Les moves the riff up an octave and adds a slide like this 
             P        P    P                     P 
C -----------------------------------|---------------------14\ 
G -16--------------------------------|-16------------------14\ 
D -16--------15\17h---17---17--------|-16--------15\17h----12\ 
A -14-------------------------17/16h-|-14-------------------- 
E ----15\17h--------X----X-----------|----15\17h------------- 
B -----------------------------------|----------------------- 
      S             S    S    S           S       
The final chord in that bar represents the first chrord of the slide/rundown. Maintain that power chord and slide it down the neck while fan strumming the string furiously. 
The version of this song that is on Rhinoplasty features “The Awakening” by the Reddings, which Les recorded for the Holy Mackerel album.  

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