Guitar Tabs
Mr. Krinkle - Primus
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Upright Bass' Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Background Bow Noise' Intro Q=125 4/4 Gtr I H Q Q E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E |------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------| |------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------| |------------|-------1---------|----------|-------1---------| |---------1S=|=3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|-1S=======|=3-1-3---3-1-2-3-| H Q Q E E E E E E E E W |------------|-----------------|-------| |------------|-----------------|-------| |------------|-------1---------|-------| |---------1S=|=3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|-1S====| E E E E E E q E E E E E q. 3x E E E E E E q E E H. ||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------|| ||o----------------|----------------o||-----------------|-----------|| ||o-------1--------|-------1--------o||--------1--------|-----------|| ||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---3-------||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-1S====|| Verse E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E H ||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------| ||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|---------------| ||o-------1--------|-------1---------o||--------1--------|--------1------| ||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---x-x-x-x--||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---1----| +W +Q Q H +W E E E E E E q E E E E E q. |------------|--------------|------------|----------------|----------------| |------------|--------------|------------|----------------|----------------| |------------|------1-------|------------|-------1--------|-------1--------| |-(1)--------|-(1)-----3----|-(3)--------|-3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---3------| E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E E q. |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------||o----------------|----------------o|| |--------1--------|-------1-2-3-2---||o-------1--------|-------1--------o|| |-/3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3-----------||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---3-------|| Verse $ E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E H ||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------| ||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|---------------| ||o-------1--------|-------1---------o||--------1--------|--------1------| ||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---x-x-x-x--||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---1----| To Coda +W +Q Q H +W +Q Q H +W |------------|--------------|------------|--------------|----------|| |------------|--------------|------------|--------------|----------|| |------------|------1-------|------------|------1-------|----------|| |-(1)--------|-(1)-----3----|-(3)--------|-(3)-----1----|-(1)\-----|| Chorus 4/4 Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 3x W ||----------------|----------------||----------| ||o---------------|---------------o||----------| ||o---------------|---------------o||----------| ||-----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----x-x--||-1--------| +H. Q W +H. +Q |-------------|----------|------------------|| |-------------|----------|------------------|| |----------1--|----------|------------------|| |-(1)---------|-3--------|-(3)------(3)\----|| Guitar Solo E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E H Q Q ||------------------|-----------||------------------|--------------| ||o-----------------|----------o||------------------|--------------| ||o-------1---------|----------o||--------1---------|--------------| ||--3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|-----------||-/3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|---------1S===| Chorus D.S. al Coda & E E E E E E E E W Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x |-----------------|----------||----------------|----------------|| |-----------------|----------||o---------------|---------------o|| |-------1---------|----------||o---------------|---------------o|| |-3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|----------||-----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----x-x--|| [ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/primus/mr_krinkle_tab.html ] Guitar Solo 2 1.,2.,3. 4. E E E E E E q E E E E E q. 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q ||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------| ||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------| ||o-------1--------|--------1--------o||-------1-2-3-2---|--------1---------| ||--3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3-------||-3-1-3---------1-|-/3-1-3---3-1-----| 1.,2. 3. E E E E H E E E E E E q E E E E E q. 3x E E E E E E E E |----------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------| |----------------||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------| |--------1-------||o-------1--------|--------1--------o||-------1-2-3-2---| |-/3-1-3---3\----||--3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3-------||-3-1-3---------1-| W +H. Q W |----------|-------------|----------| |----------|-------------|----------| |----------|----------1--|----------| |-1--------|-(1)---------|-3--------| \2____/ +H. Q W +Q +Q +Q. +E |-------------|----------|-----------------------|| |-------------|----------|-----------------------|| |----------1--|----------|-----------------------|| |-(3)---------|-1--------|-(1)--(1)---(1)---(1)--|| Chorus Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q ||----------------|----------------||---------------|----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|----------------|| ||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|----------------|| ||-----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----x-x--||----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----1S===|| Outro E E E E E E q E E E E E q. 3x E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E ||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------| ||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-------------------| ||o-------1--------|--------1--------o||--------1--------|--------1-2-3-2----| ||--3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3-------||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3------------| E E E E E E q E E E E E q. E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |--------1--------|--------1--------|--------1--------|-------1-2-3-2---| |-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3------|-/3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3-----------| E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q. ||-------------------|-------------------| ||o------------------|-------------------| ||o--------1---------|--------1----------| ||--/3-1-3---3-1-----|-/3-1-3---3--------| | | Gtr II | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-| ||o--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-| ||o--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-| ||---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E 8x |------------------|--------------------|| |------------------|-------------------o|| |--------1---------|--------1-2-3-2----o|| |-/3-1-3---3-1-----|-/3-1-3-------------|| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|| |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--o|| |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--o|| |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--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 - 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
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.
