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/ Primus / Frizzle Fry (1990) / To Defy the Laws of Tradition guitar tab

Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:28:09 -0500
From: "C A M E R O N" 
Subject: p/primus/to_defy_the_laws_of_tradition.tab

Artist: Primus
Album: Frizzle Fry
Song: To Defy The Laws Of Tradition

Guitar transcribed by CAM.


I've looked through the guitar tabs for Primus and saw that
most of the songs are missing and the existing ones need some
corrections, both minor and major.

All the Primus tabs I'll do will just give you the basic
structure. Listen to the song to figure out the strumming
pattern: use a funky style. Basically, if you're searching for
Primus tab, you MUST have the albums.
Again, listen to the song and use this tab as basic structure.


h =hammer on
p =pull off
b =bend string up
r =release bend
/ =slide up
 =slide down
v =vibrato
t =tap with strumming hand
x =muted string strike
w =whammy


Intro:
Fade-in to first notes (v>)

   v>
e--15--------------<12>--------------------------------------
B--15p14-------<12>--------------------<7>-------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------13w-12-------------7---8---9-------------------
G---15w--------------------------7---8---9-------------------
D---14w----------------/9--------7---8---9-------------------
A---13w--------------------------5---6---7-------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


Basically, there are a few different sounding structures for
the verse. I'll give you the structures and you can put them
together by listening to the song. All the notes sound better
if you slide up and down between them, and use alot of muted
string strikes. Get funky.

#1: Play this first bar a few times, then before the singing
    starts, use bar#2.

e--12----10----9-10-9-----7-----9-10-9-----7-----9-10-9------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G--9-----7-----6-7--6-----4-----6-7--6-----4-----6-7--6------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


#2:
e--12----10----9-10-9-----7-----9-10-9-----------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G--9-----7-----6-7--6-----4-----6-7--6---4/6---6b--15t--6r---
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


During the singing, the verse is basically #3. Play it like it
is. After the pauses when Les sings, ("the child, or..."), etc.,
the first note back into the verse starts on the 12th fret,
[highlighted with a (!)] first on the G, then later on the D for
the next verse after he sings "would surely..."

#3:

e--x--x-x--10-9--10-9---7---9-10-9----7---9------------------
B--x--x-x----------------------------------------------------
G--x--x-x--7--6--7--6---4---6-7--6----4---6---6b--15t--6r----
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


e--x--x-x--10-9--10-9---7---9-10-9----7---9------------------
B--x--x-x----------------------------------------------------
G--x--x-x--7--6--7--6---4---6-7--6----4---6---6b--15t--6r----
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

                                                        Pause
e--x--x-x--10-9--10-9---7---9-10-9----7---9---10--9----------
B--x--x-x----------------------------------------------------
G--x--x-x--7--6--7--6---4---6-7--6----4---6---7---6----------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


  (!)
e-------10--9--10--9---7---9---10--9---7---9---10--9---------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G--12---7---6--7---6---4---6---7---6---4---6---7---6---------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


e---12--10--9---10--9---7---9---10--9---7---9---10--9--------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G---9---7---6---7---6---4---6---7---6---4---6---7---6--------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


Note: when moving into the chorus, substitute the last couple
notes with the beginning of the chorus. Use random guitar
sounds with lots of whammy.

Chorus:
e------------------------19---------19b-r---15bw-------------
B--/12------/8---/16-------18------18b-r---14bw-------------
G--/12------/7---/15----------16---16b-r---13bw-------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


The song repeats parts of the intro, the verse and chorus with
a few minor changes that you can figure out.

The solo uses a fast picking pattern, but again, I'll only
give you the basic notes to hit.

Solo:
e------------------------------------------------------------
B---7--6-----7--6------/12--11------10--9----------------9---
G---------6--------6b-----------10---------8---6w------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

                                          start a verse.....
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------10------9---------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------5--6--7--8---------------------
D--/8------/7-----6--7--8--9---------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

That's basically the structure of the song. Play it with the
song to get it down nice.
ENJOY!

Comments? groundwurk@hotmail.com


Primus albums
2003 Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People
1999 Antipop
1998 Rhinoplasty
1997 The Brown Album
1995 Tales From the Punchbowl
1993 Pork Soda
1992 Miscellaneous Debris
1991 Sailing the Seas of Cheese
1990 Frizzle Fry
1990 Suck on This
Frizzle Fry tabs
01To Defy the Laws of Tradition tabbass tab
02Ground Hog's Day tabbass tab
03Too Many Puppies tabbass tab
04Mr. Knowitall tabbass tab
05Frizzle Fry tabbass tab
06John the Fisherman tabbass tab
08The Toys Go Winding Down tabbass tab
09Pudding Time tabbass tab
11Spagetti Western tabbass tab
12Harold of the Rocks tabbass tab

 

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