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American Life  Primus

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 B E) - 'Larry Lalonde'
Intro
Moderately Slow Q=92
[4/4] Gtr I
Wx4
 
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 |--------|
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1st, 3rd Verses
$
Wx6
 
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 |--------|
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To Coda
[Eb]  
[2/4] [4/4] <
W E. S +H. Q +Q +Q Q
 
 |------|---------------|------------------------------|
 |------|----8-(8)------|--(8)----(8)----(8)----(8)\---|
 |------|----8-(8)------|--(8)----(8)----(8)----(8)\---|
 |------|----8-(8)------|--(8)----(8)----(8)----(8)\---|
 |------|----6-(6)------|-([6])--([6])--([6])--([6])\--|
 |------|---------------|------------------------------|

[Gm] <
E E Q H H +Q. E E E Q H E E Q H
 
 |-------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|
 |-------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|
 |-------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|
 |-------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|
 |-4-----------|-10----(10)---(10)\-|-4-----------|-4-----------|
 |-3-----------|--------------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|

\1/
E S S E S S E E Q Q. E E S S E E
 
 |-------------------------|------------------------|
 |-----------------11-/14--|-13----13-12------------|
 |-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---------|------------------12\-0-|
 |------------------8-/11--|-10----10--9----9-------|
 |-------------------------|-------------10---------|
 |-------------------------|------------------------|

Q. S S S E. Q Q. E E S S E E
 
 |---------------------|-------------------------||
 |----------8s11--/14--|-13----13-12-------------||
 |-0----0-0------------|------------------12\-0--||
 |----------5s=8--/11--|-10----10--9----9--------||
 |---------------------|-------------10----------||
 |---------------------|-------------------------||

2nd Verse
[Gm]W +W +W W
 
 |----------|------------|------------|------|
 |----------|------------|------------|------|
 |-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------|
 |----------|------------|------------|------|
 |----------|------------|------------|------|
 |----------|------------|------------|------|

>
[E] [E] [E] [E] [+B] [+B] [B]  
 
 |----------------|-------------|
 |---3---6-(6)----|-(6)---------|
 |---3---6-(6)----|-(6)---------|
 |----------------|-------------|
 |----------------|-------------|
 |----------------|-------------|

[Eb]  
[2/4] [4/4] <
W E. S +H. Q +Q +Q Q
 
 |------|---------------|----------------------------|
 |------|----8-(8)------|--(8)----(8)----(8)---(8)\--|
 |------|----8-(8)------|--(8)----(8)----(8)---(8)\--|
 |------|----8-(8)------|--(8)----(8)----(8)---(8)\--|
 |------|----6-(6)------|-([6])--([6])--([6])--(6)\--|
 |------|---------------|----------------------------|

[Gm]E S S E S S +E Q. +H E S S +S E.
 
 |-----------------------------|---------------------------|
 |---------15----15-(15)-------|-----------------------17--|
 |------16----18---------18----|-(18)----15-15-15-(15)-----|
 |---17------------------------|---------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|---------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|---------------------------|

[Gm] <
\1.5
+E S S E S S +E Q. +Q +Q Q E +E
 
 |--------------------------------|-------------------------||
 |-(17)-------15----15-(15)-------|-------------------------||
 |---------16----18---------18----|-(18)-(18)------0----(0)-||
 |------17------------------------|-------------------------||
 |--------------------------------|-------------------------||
 |--------------------------------|-------------------------||

Guitar Solo
H +Q. E +Q. E E E Q
 
 |-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|---------5s6-6-6s==|
 |-------------------|---------------6s==|
 |-/5----(5)---([5])-|-([5])-------------|
 |-/5----(5)---([5])-|-([5])-------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|

H. E E Q. E S S Q E
 
 |---------------|--------------------|
 |-3-------------|--------------------|
 |-3-------3-(3)-|-(3)s==5-5-5-5--15s=|
 |------------3--|-(3)s==5--------15s=|
 |---------------|--------------------|
 |---------------|--------------------|

~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Q Q +E E S E. +Q +E E S S Q.
 
 |--------------17--------|-----------------------------|
 |--------------------17--|-(17)--(17)\-/17-17----------|
 |-17--17--(17)----17-----|--------------------17s15----|
 |-17---------------------|-----------------------------|
 |------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |------------------------|-----------------------------|

~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
T T E. +H E E +E E E E E E E E
 
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-15-15s14--(14)----14s15-|-(15)-15-15s17-18-17s0---|
 |----15s14--(14)----------|------15-----------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |------6-------| |---------6---------| |------6-------| |------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
 
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-15----15----15----15---------15----15----15----15----15----15----15----15----|
 |----18----18----18----18pb19=====18----18----18----18----18----18----18----18-|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |-------6-------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
 
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-15----15----15----15----15----15----18----18----19----19----18-----18p15--|
 |----18----18----18----18----18----18----18----18----18----18----18r--------|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~
Q +E. S S S Q S S S E. S S S S S S S S E E
 
 |---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
 |-18--(18)-15-x-x--------15-|-17-----------------------------------|
 |----------15-x-x-15--17----|--------------15----------------------|
 |---------------------------|----15--16-17----17-16p15-16p15----15-|
 |---------------------------|--------------------------------18----|

<
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
E Q. E S S E E +H +Q. +E S S S S Q Q E E
 
 |-----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
 |-----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
 |-----------------------------|----------------------|---7-----------------|
 |-----------------------------|----------------------|-x---x-x-------------|
 |-16p15----17-15p13-----------|----------------------|-x---x-x---------10--|
 |-------------------15b18==15r|=(15)----(15)---(15)\-|-x---x-x-------------|

D.S. al Coda
+H +Q. +E E E Q H Wx3 W
 
 |----------------------|-------------|------------|-------||
 |----------------------|-x-----------|------------|-------||
 |----------------------|-x-----------|------------|-------||
 |----------------------|-x-----------|------------|-------||
 |-(10)----(10)---(10)\-|-------------|------------|-------||
 |----------------------|-------------|------------|-------||

&
[Gm]E S S E S S +E Q. +H E S S +S S E
 
 |-----------------------------|---------------18-(18)-------|
 |---------15----15-(15)-------|------------17---------17----|
 |------18----18---------18----|-(18)----15---------------15-|
 |---17------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

E S S E S S E Q. +H E S S +S S E
 
 |----------------------------|---------------18-(18)-------|
 |----------15----15-15-------|------------17---------17----|
 |-15----18----18-------18----|-(18)----15---------------15-|
 |----17----------------------|-----------------------------|
 |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |----------------------------|-----------------------------|

+E S S E S S +E Q. +H E S S +S S E
 
 |--------------------------------|---------------18-(18)-------|
 |------------15----15-(15)-------|------------17---------17----|
 |-(15)----18----18---------18----|-(18)----15---------------15-|
 |------17------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|

E S S E S S +E Q. +H E E E E
 
 |------------------------------|-----------------||
 |----------15----15-(15)-------|-----------------||
 |-15----18----18---------18----|-(18)------------||
 |----17------------------------|-----------------||
 |------------------------------|-------------1-3-||
 |------------------------------|-----------3-----||

Outro Solo
[Gm]  
[E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [B] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E]  
 
 |-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
 |-4-5-4-3-(3)-1-----|------------1-3-|-4-5-4-3-(3)-1-----|
 |---------------3-1-|-3----(3)-3-----|---------------3-1-|

[B] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B] [+E] [E] [E] [E]  
 
 |--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
 |--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
 |--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
 |-/5----(5)-----8-10-|-11-12-11-10-10-8------|---------------8-10-|
 |-----------/10------|------------------10-8-|-10----(10)-10------|
 |--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|

E E E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E
 
 |-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
 |-------------------------|----------------------|----15---------------------|
 |-------------------------|----------------15-17-|-18----18-17-(17)-15-------|
 |-11-12-11-10-(10)-8------|-/17--17--17-17-------|---------------------17-15-|
 |--------------------10-8-|----------------------|---------------------------|
 |-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~
H +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q
 
 |---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 |---------------------|----15---------------------|-/20-20-20-20-(20)-20-20\--|
 |---------------15-17-|-18----18-17-(17)-15-------|---------------------------|
 |-17----(17)-17-------|---------------------17-15-|---------------------------|
 |---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 |---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

[Eb5]E S S E S S +Q [D5]E E [Eb5]Q E S S [F5]+Q [G5]E E
 
 |-5-5-5-5--------------|-5--5--------------|
 |-8-8-8-8-8----------8-|------8-8-(8)----8-|
 |-8-8-8-8---8-(8)--8---|------8-8-(8)--8---|
 |----------------------|-------------------|
 |----------------------|-------------------|
 |----------------------|-------------------|

[Eb5]S S S S +S S S S +S S S S [D5]+S S E [Eb5]E E E S S +S [F5]S S S +S S E
 
 |-5-----5-(5)-----5-(5)-----5-(5)-----|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-----5-(5)-----|
 |-----8---------8---------8---------8-|-8-8-8-8-8-(8)---8-------8---|
 |---8---------8---------8---------8---|-8-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-----------8-|
 |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Double Time!
[Eb5] E S S E S S E S S [D5] E S S [Eb5] E S S E S S [F5] E S S [G5] E S S
 
 |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
 |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
 |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

[Eb5] E S S +S S S S E S S [D5] +S S S S
 
 |-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|
 |--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|
 |--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|
 |-----------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------|

[Eb5] E S S +S S S S [F5] E S S [G5] +S S S S
 
 |-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11--|
 |--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--|
 |--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--|
 |------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------|

[Eb5] E S S S S [D5] S S [Eb5] S S S S S S [D5] S S
 
 |-11---17-------17----------17----------17----|
 |--8---------16----16----16----16----16----16-|
 |--8------14----------14----------16----------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------|

[Eb5] S S S S S S S S [F5] S S S S [G5] S S S S
 
 |-------17----------17----------17----------17-----|
 |----16----16----16----16----16----16----16----16--|
 |-14----------14----------14----------14-----------|
 |--------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------|

[Eb5] S S S S S S [D5] S S [Eb5] S S S S S [D5] S S S
 
 |-------17----------17----------17----------17----|
 |----16----16----16----16----16----16----16----16-|
 |-14----------14----------14----------14----------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|

[Eb5] S S S S S S S S [F5] S S S S [G5] S S S S
 
 |-------17----------17----------17----------17----|
 |----16----16----16----16----16----16----16----16-|
 |-14----------14----------14----------14----------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------|

[Eb5] [D5] [Eb5] [D5] [Eb5]TP [F5] TP [G5] TP
S S S S S S S S S S S S e S S H Q Q
 
 |-17----------16-------17-------17----16-9-9-|-9S===17--/20--|
 |-------16-------16-------16-------16----8-8-|-8S===16--/19--|
 |----14----14-------14-------14--------------|---------------|
 |--------------------------------------------|---------------|
 |--------------------------------------------|---------------|
 |--------------------------------------------|---------------|

[Eb5] S S Q. [DEb5] E S S S [D5] S S S
 
 |-17-17-----------17-12-------------|
 |-------16----/16-------16-16-16-13-|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|

[Eb5] a S E S S T T S S [F5] S S S S [G5] S S S S
 
 |-------------------------------12---10-------------|
 |----------------------------11------------------13-|
 |-11h12----14p11-16p13-15-10------------12-11-12----|
 |-------13------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------|

[Eb5] S S S S S S [D5] E [Eb5]E. S S S [D5] S S [Eb5] E S S Q [F5]H[G5]
 
 |-15-------------------------------------|------------------*|
 |----13----11----------------------------|-16-16------------*|
 |-------11----11----12----16----14-------|-------14---------*|
 |----------------10----------15----15-13-|------------------*|
 |----------------------------------------|------------------*|
 |----------------------------------------|------------------*|

Duration Legend
 
 ---------------
 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
 
 ----------------

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

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