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MR. KRINKLE (Bassline)
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1993 Album PORK SODA)
Words by Les Claypool
Music by 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: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/primus/57914.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
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
