Artist: Primus
Song: Hamburger Train
Album: Pork Soda (1993)
Tuning: B-E-A-D-G
Notes:
— These are just the basic outlines of the riffs
— Add alot of fills (pops, chords, mutes, taps, hammer-ons etc.)
— Played on a 6-string but can be played on a 5
— Played on a fretless (I think) so the notes aren’t perfect
— Use medium distortion
— This is played pretty fast
— Add alot of variations!!!
v — Downstroke with fingernails
^ — Upstroke
S — Slap
P — Pop
Riff 1:
G|———————————|
D|———————————|
A|————x5———5-x5h7—-|
E|—5-xxh5-x—-xx7-5-5————|
B|———————————|
S SS S S SS SSS S S S SS
Variation 1 v ^ v^ v^
G|————5-5———77-88—|
D|————5-5———77-88—|
A|——————————|
E|—5-xxh7-x—-55x-5-5———|
B|——————————|
S SS S S SSS S S
Variation 2 v ^ vv v
G|————5-5/———-55h6—|
D|————5-5/———-55h6—|
A|——————————-|
E|—5-xxh7-x——55x-5-5———|
B|——————————-|
S SS S S SSS S S
Riff 2:
The open G’s can be replaced with mutes to make that click sound
The slaps are often muted
G|————0——————0—|
D|———————————|
A|———————————|
E|———————————|
B|—2h4-4x2h4—-4-2xx-0h2-0h2h4—|
S SSS P S SSS S S P
Riff 3:
G|————————————-|
D|————————————-|
A|————————————-|
E|————————————-|
B|—5-5p3-5x5p4p3-5x5xx5p3—6-(20///)—|
S S SSS S S SSSSSS S S S SSS ()=last time only
Order: Riff 1 is variated heavily with chords throughout the song
Riff 1 0:03-0:31
Riff 2 0:31-0:37
Riff 1 0:37-1:00
Riff 2 1:00-1:06
Riff 1 1:06-1:34 With variation 1 and 2
Riff 2 1:34-1:46 Palm muted
Riff 1 1:46-2:22
Riff 2 2:22-2:33
Riff 1 2:33-2:57 With variation 2
Riff 2 2:57-3:19 Palm muted
Riff 1 3:19-4:07 With variation 2
Riff 2 4:07-4:18 Played without rests
Riff 1 4:18-5:14 Becomes muted about half way through
Riff 3 5:14-5:28
Riff 1 5:28-6:17 Into tap/chord solo
Riff 1 6:17-6:27 Muted
Riff 2 6:27-7:18 Muted at first
Riff 1 7:18-8:00
Improv tapping 8:00-8:05