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American Life

Primus

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AMERICAN LIFE (Bassline)
As recorded by Primus
(From the 2003 Album SAILING THE SEAS OF CHEESE)

Transcribed by Jeff Jacobson
	

Words by Les Claypool Music by Primus

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Les Claypool'

 Intro
  Moderately Slow Q=92
  Gm
 4/4
  Gtr I
    |--3--|    |------6-------|    |-3-|
  E S  S  S  a S  S  S  S  S  S  a S S S e e e
|---0-(0)(0)---0-(0)(0)-0-(0)(0)---0h3p0-x-x-x-|
|---0h=3h=5----5p=3h=5--0h=3h=5----------5-5-5-|
|------------x-------------------x-------------|
|-3--------------------------------------------|


    |--3--|    |------6-------|    |--3--|
  E S  S  S  a S  S  S  S  S  S  a S  S  S  e e e
|---0-(0)(0)---0-(0)(0)-0-(0)(0)---0-(0)(0)-x-x-x-|
|---0h=3h=5----5p=3h=5--0h=3h=5----0h=3h=5--5-5-5-|
|------------x-------------------x----------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------|


    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------------------|---------------------0h3p0-------||
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------||


   1st, 3rd Verses
    $
    Gm
      |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e  3x
||----------------------0h3p0-------|----------------------------------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--3-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------||


                                               To Coda
                    Eb
 2/4               4/4
    |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S E   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---0h3h5-0h3h5-0-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-3---------------|-----------------|------------------|


    Gm
      |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e  4x
||----------------------0h3p0-------|----------------------------------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--3-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------||


   2nd Verse
    Gm
      |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e  3x
||----------------------0h3p0-------|----------------------------------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--3-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------||


                    Eb
 2/4               4/4
    |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S E   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---0h3h5-0h3h5-0-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-3---------------|-----------------|------------------|


      |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e
||----------------------0h3p0-------|----------------------------------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--3-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  Gm
    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------0h3p0-------|---------------------------------|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|


    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------0h3p0-------|-------------------5-5-5-----|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h5-7-7-7-7-6-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3---------------------------|


    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------0h3p0-------|-------------------------3-3-3--|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3------------------------------|


      |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S e e e
||----------------------0h3p0-------|-------------------5-5-5-------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h5-7-7-7-7-6--o||
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--3-------------------------------|-3-----------------------------||


      |-3-| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S e e e  3x
||--------------------5-5-5------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h5-7-7-7-7-6-o||
||o-----------------------------o||
||--3----------------------------||


      |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e  3x
||----------------------0h3p0-------|----------------------------------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--3-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------||


                                                        D.S. al Coda
    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------0h3p0-------|----------------------------------|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------|


  &
  Gm
    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------0h3p0-------|---------------------------------|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|


    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S e S E.
|---------------------0h3p0-------|-----------------3p0--------|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-0h5-0h5-----5-5s7--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3--------------------------|


    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------0h3p0-------|---------------------------------|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|


    |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S e e e
|---------------------0h3p0-------|-------------------5-5-5-----|
|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h5-7-7-7-7-6-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3---------------------------|


   Outro Solo
    G5
      |-3-| |----6----| |-3-|           |-3-| |-3-|
    E S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e   E S S S S S S S S S S e e e   6x
||----------------------0h3p0-------|-------------------5-5-5-------||
||o---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h3h5-------5-5-5-|---0h3h5-5p3h5-0h5-7-7-7-7-6--o||
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--3-------------------------------|-3-----------------------------||


    Eb5         D5    Eb5     F5    G5
    e e e e e e e e   e e e e  e  e  e  e
||------------------|----------------------||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12-o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8-10-10-o||
||------------------|----------------------||


   Double Time!
    Eb5         D5    Eb5     F5    G5
    e e e e e e e e   e e e e  e  e  e  e
||------------------|----------------------||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12-o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8-10-10-o||
||------------------|----------------------||


  Eb5   D5  Eb5   D5    Eb5       Gm    G5
  e e e S S e e e S S   e e e S S  e  e  e  e
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-8-8-8-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12-|
|-6-6-6-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6--8--8-10-10-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


  Eb5   D5  Eb5   D5    Eb5     F5    G5
  e e e s s e e e s s   e e e e  e  e  e  e
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8-8-8-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12-|
|-6-6-6-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8-10-10-|
|---------------------|---------------------|


  Eb5   D5        D5    Eb5     F5    G5
  e e e s s e e e s s   e e e e  e  e  e  e
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8-8-8-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12-|
|-6-6-6-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-6-6--8--8-10-10-|
|---------------------|---------------------|


  Eb5   D5        D5    Eb5       F5       G5
  e e e s s e e e s s   e e e e S  S  s  s  e  e
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-8-8-8-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-10-12-12-|
|-6-6-6-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-x--8--8--8-10-10-|
|---------------------|--------------------------|


  Eb5     D5      D5    Eb5       F5    G5
  e e s E S e e e S S   e e e S S  e  e  e  e
|---------------------|-----------------------*|
|-8-8-8---7-8-8-8-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12-*|
|-6-6-6---5-6-6-6-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6--8--8-10-10-*|
|---------------------|-----------------------*|



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
-----------
 |  - 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