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JERRY WAS A RACE CAR DRIVER
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1991 Album SAILING THE SEAS OF CHEESE)
Transcribed by James Godbold
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro Q=128 4/4 Gtr I Wx3|--------||--------||--------||--------||--------||--------|
Q E E H Q E E Q E E|-------------|------------------||-------------|------------------||-1s=5--------|-7s=5------/19-19-||-1s=5--------|-7s=5------/18-18-||-------------|------------------||-------------|------------------|
~~~ ~~~ Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E|------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----||-20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----||-19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~~ Q. S S +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E|---------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----||-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----||-19----19---------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-||---------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------|---------------------------|
~~ ~~ Q E S S +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|----------------20-------||-20--20----20-(20)----20----|-19--19---------19----19-||-19-----19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-(18)----18-18-||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~ ~~ Q E S S +E E E E Q E S S +E +Q.|----------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|-20--------20-(20)-(20)\---||-20--------20-(20)----20----|-19--19-19-19-(19)-(19)\---||-19--19-19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-----------------||----------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
Verse < < H Q E E +W W Q. a E +H|----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------||----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------||-----------<12>-|-(<12>)------|----------|-11----(11)s10-(10)----||----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------||----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------||----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|
+H H W W W|--------------|----------|----------|------||--------------|----------|----------|------||-(10)---------|----------|----------|------||--------------|----------|----------|------||--------------|----------|----------|------||--------------|----------|----------|------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-||-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-||-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~ Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E|-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----||-/20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----||-/19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~ Q. S S +E E E E Q E S S +E +Q.|---------------------------|---------------------------|||---------------------------|-20--------20-(20)-(20)\---|||-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19--19-19-19-(19)-(19)\---|||-19----19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-----------------|||---------------------------|---------------------------|||---------------------------|---------------------------||
Verse 2 < < ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H Q Q +W +Q Q Q Q +H H|------------|------------|----------------|---------------||------------|------------|----------------|---------------||---------9--|-(9)--------|-(9)--------13--|-(13)\---------||------------|------------|----------------|---------------||------------|------------|----------------|---------------||------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
< < W +Q Q E E +E. S +Q Q H W|-----------|-----------------------|---------------|------||-----------|-----------------------|---------------|------||-11--------|-(11)------------------|---------------|------||-10--------|-(10)------------------|---------------|------||-----------|-----------------------|---------------|------||-----------|------------11-(11)s10-|-(10)----------|------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-||-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-||-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~ Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E|-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----||-/20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----||-/19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ Q. S S +E E E E E S S S S S S H|---------------------------|---------------------------|||---------------------------|----20-20-20-20-20-20------|||-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19------|||-19----19---------19----19-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18------|||---------------------------|---------------------------|||---------------------------|---------------------------||
PM------------| PM PM------------| PM
S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|
PM------------| PM
S S S S S S S S S S E Q|----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--------|
PM------------| PM PM------------| PM
S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|
PM------------| PM PM------------| PM PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S H|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
Guitar Solo
5/4 4/4
~~~ ~~
|--3--|
W T T E. H. E S S S S S E S S S S Q|------------||--------------------|------------11h13h15---15p14p12-14--||------------||-14p12p10--10-------|---10h12h14-------------------------||------------||--------------------|------------------------------------||------------||--------------------|------------------------------------||------------||--------------------|------------------------------------||------------||--------------------|------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---14-13-11----11-------------------------------||------------14----14-13-11-13-11----11----------||---------------------------------14----12-14----||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ S E. +E S S +Q. E|------------------------------||----------------13-(13)-------||-11-11--(11)-11---------------||--------------------------11\-||------------------------------||------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|-3-| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q. S S +Q Q|-----------------------------5-7-8-8-|-(8)---8-7-(7)--7--||---5h7p5p4h5h7p5h7p5p4h5h7s8---------|-------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-10-8-------11-10-8----9-12-11-9----10-13-12-10----10-||------12-10---------12-----------12-------------13----||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |------6-------| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---12-13-13-13-13-10----13p10----14-14-14p11----------14----15--||---------------------13-------13-14-14-14----14-14-14----14-----||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|-3--| |-3--|
H. Q E S S E E E E E E Q|-15------------|-----------------14s20---21--||-15-------15\--|-13\--------9s13-------------||---------------|-------8\--------------------||---------------|-----------------------------||---------------|-----------------------------||---------------|-----------------------------|
|--3--|
E S S S S S S S S E. +Q Q +Q H|---17p15p13----13----------------------|---------------------|||------------17----17p13-15-15b16-(15)--|-15pb17--(15)\-------|||---------------------------------------|---------------------|||---------------------------------------|---------------------|||---------------------------------------|---------------------|||---------------------------------------|---------------------||
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-||-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-||-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~ Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E|-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----||-/20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----||-/19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~ Q. S S +E E E E Q E S S +E +Q.|---------------------------|---------------------------|||---------------------------|-20--------20-(20)-(20)\---|||-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19--19-19-19-(19)-(19)\---|||-19----19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-----------------|||---------------------------|---------------------------|||---------------------------|---------------------------||
\1 \3.5 W W a H. +E. +S +E. S +Q H|----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------|||----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------|||----------|-14--------|-(14)s7-------(7)-(7)-|-(7)----------------|||----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------|||----------|-----------|----------------------|-----0----(0)-------|||----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------||
Outro
PM------------| PM PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E Q 11x S S S S S S S S S E.S S E||----------------------------||------------------------------|||o--------------------------o||------------------------------|||----------------------------||------------------------------|||----------------------------||------------------------------|||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---17sx-9-9\--|
PM------------| PM PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E Q 3x S S S S S S S S H||----------------------------||---------------------*|||o--------------------------o||---------------------*|||----------------------------||---------------------*|||----------------------------||---------------------*|||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----*|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
