Year Of The Parrot
Primus
Tales From The Punchbowl

Bass Tab

Maxo




Alritey.. This song's verse in 7, and its chorus is in 3.  This is quite bizarre.  (Not
compared Zappa, but hey...)

", '" These little critters are the beats.  The ","s are the one of each measure, and the
"'"s are the 2 to 7 or 2 to 3 in this case.

Drop D

Intro:
7/4
8x

  1       2       3       4       5       6       7

  ,       '       '       '       '       '       '
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------9\--------------9\--------------9\--------------|

Verse

  ,       '       '       '       '       '       '
G---------------------------------------------------------|   Les improvises a lot on
D---------------------------------------------------------|   this riff. So why don't
A---------------------------------------------------------|   you do the same.
D---------9\------------------------------9\--------------|  4x

3/4
  ,       '       '       ,       '       '
G-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
D-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D---------5\3-----3---------------5\3-----3-------|  1x



  ,       '       '       '       '       '       '
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------9\------------------------------9\--------------|  8x

3/4
  ,       '       '       ,       '       '
G-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
D-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D---------5\3-----3---------------5\3-----3-------|  1x

  ,       '       '       '       '       '       '
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------9\------------------------------9\--------------|  8x

3/4
  ,       '       '       ,       '       '
G-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
D-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D---------5\3-----3---------------5\3-----3-------|  1x

  ,       '       '       '       '       '       '
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------9\------------------------------9\--------------|  8x

Chorus:

3/4
  ,       '       '       ,       '       '
G-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
D-3-----------------------3-----------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D---------5\3-----3---------------5\3-----3-------|  1x

3/4
  ,       '       '       ,       '       '
G-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
D-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D---------2\0-----0---------------2\0-----0-------|  3x

Solo:
3/4
  ,       '       '       ,       '       '
G-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
D-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
D---------2\0-----0---------------2\0-----0-------|  3x


Thats pretty much everything in the song.  It just repeats after the first verse chorus and solo