Artist: Primus
Song: The Carpenter and the Dainty Bride
Album: Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People EP (2003)
Tuning: B-E-A-D-G-C
Notes: — Played on a fretless 6-string
— These are the basic riffs you need to add your own
variations and figure out where they go and for
how long on your own
R — Right Hand Tap
L — Left Hand Tap
/ — Slide Up
— Slide Down
Intro/Chorus: — This part has some kind of delay
— You can recreate this without
delay by playing it twice fast
C|———————-|
G|-9-9—-9—9-9——-|
D|——10———10—-|
A|———————-|
E|———————-|
B|———————-|
C|————————|
G|-9-9—-9-12-9-9-9——|
D|——10————10—|
A|————————|
E|————————|
B|————————|
C|———————|
G|-9-9—-96/9-9——|
D|——10———10—|
A|———————|
E|———————|
B|———————|
Pluck as you slide
C|-17—|
G|—————|
D|—————|
A|—————|
E|—————|
B|—————|
Verse: — There are alot a variations during the parts
when the guitar plays
— The right hand taps are up by the 19th fret
— The two C# left hand taps are played by tapping
with your index finger then pulling off to your
middle finger on the same fret
C|-x-x-x-x——|
G|-x-x-x-x——|
D|-x-x-x-x——|
A|-x-x-x-x——|
E|————-|
B|———2-2-|
R R R R L L
Variations-
C|-x-x-x-x——|-x———|-xxx——-|-x22———|
G|-x-x-x-x——|—x——-|—-18——|—-21——-|
D|-x-x-x-x——|—x——|————|——20——|
A|-x-x-x-x——|—-x——|————|————-|
E|————-|———-|————|————-|
B|———5-5-|——2-2—|——-5-5-|———5-2-|
R R R R L L RRRRL L RRRR L L RR R R L L
Guitar Solo: — Use the middle and index fingers of
your left hand to tap the high B’s
— Tap the chord with your right index
and middle fingers
C|——————————————————-|
G|——————————————————-|
D|——————————————————-|
A|——————————————————-|
E|——————————————————-|
B|-12—12-12—12-12-12—12-12-12—12-12—12-12-12—12-12-|
L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2
C|——————————————————-|
G|——————————————————-|
D|——————————————————-|
A|———-14//18———————14//18————|
E|———-14//18———————14//18————|
B|-12—12-12—12-12-12—12-12-12—12-12—12-12-12—12-12-|
L1 L2 L1R1L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1R1L2 L1 L2 L1 L2
C|—————————————————————|
G|—————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————|
A|—————————————————————|
E|—————————————————————|
B|-12—12-12—11-11-11—10-10-10—9—9—9—8-8—8-8-9-9-10-11-12-|
L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1L2 L1L2L1L2L1 L2 L1
End: Heavy Distortion
C|———-|
G|———-|
D|-9///~~—|
A|-9///~~—|
E|-0~~~~~—|
B|-0~~~~~—|