Guitar Tabs
Southbound Pachyderm - Primus
Intro:(distortion) bass starts out and then: e----------------------------------------------| b-------------5=-5/4==-------------------------| g-------------5=-5/4==-------------------------| d-------------5=-5/4==-------------------------| a-----0/2-3=------------0/2-3-2p0--------------| e----------------------------------3/5---------| e----------------------------------------------| b------------5/4----5p4------------------------| g------------5/4---4---4==---------------------| d------------5/4--4----------------------------| a----0/2-3------------------0/2-3-2p0----------| e-------------------------------------3/5------| e--------------------------------------------| b-------9========----------------------------| g-------9========----------------------------| d--------------------------------------------| a--------------------------------------------| e--------------------------------------------| e---------------------------------------------------------------------| b---------------------------------------------------------------------| g----4----------8-----7777-8-9----------------7777-8-9----------------| d------5---5/7--------7777-8-9----------------7777-8-9----------------| a--------7------------5555-6-7----------------5555-6-7----------------| e---------------------------------------------------------------------| verses: the bass has most of the melody here. the guitar only plays muted 8th notes like so: [ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/primus/southbound_pachyderm_tab.html ] e---------------------------------------------------------------------| b---------------------------------------------------------------------| gxxxxx-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-------------------------| d---------------------------------------------------------------------| a---------------------------------------------------------------------| e---------------------------------------------------------------------| chorus: e---------------------------------------------------------------------| b---------------------------------------------------------------------| g--------4--------8===-----7777-8-9--------------------------7777-8-9-| d----------5---7-----------7777-8-9--------------------------7777-8-9-| a-----7------7-------------5555-6-7--------------------------5555-6-7-| e---------------------------------------------------------------------| they take to the skys southbound pachyderm repeat that. lyrics & solo what an ingenious device bordem encompasses my time I don't know what I should do_______ Indulging a moment of your time seldom the breeder of lies you won't believe that it's true Chorus: they take to the sky southbound pachyderm s-s-s-s southbound pachyderm southbound pachyderm_____________________ 1st solo: e-------------------------------------------------------------| b----/10-10-10--------------8-8-8-----------------------------| g--------------10-9-9-9-----------7-5-5-5-7-------------------| d-------------------------------------------------------------| a--------------------------------------------5-5-5-7-3--------| e-------------------------------------------------------------| e-----------------------------------| b-----------------------------------| g--------5--------------------------| d-------5-5-------------------------| a----3-3---3-5^7=====---------------| e-----------------------------------| pinholes through cardboard at the sun passing the bucks by one by one leaving nothing in return watching the majest blow past speculating which will be the last and now there is no reprise Chorus: they're filling the sky southbound pachyderm southbound pachyderm southbound pachyderm southbound pachyderm
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.
