Here Come the Bastards Primus
HERE COME THE BASTARDS
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1991 Album SAILING THE SEAS OF CHEESE)
Words by Les Claypool
Music by Primus
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'
Intro
Q=126(8=s8)
[E5] [F5] [E5] [F5]
[5/4] Gtr I
Wx4 e E e E e E e E e E 4x e E e E e E e E e E
|--------------||-----------------------||---------------------| |--------------||o---------------------o||---------------------| |--------------||-----------------------||-----1---1---1-1-2-2-| |--------------||-----------------------||-----2---2---2-2-3-3-| |--------------||o-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-o||-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-| |--------------||--0---0---0---0-0-1-1--||-0---0---0---0-0-1-1-|
[E]e E e E e E e E [F]e E 3x [E]e E [E5]e E e E e E [F5]e E [E5]e E e E e E e E [F5]e E 3x
||-----------------------||---------------------||-----------------------|| ||o---------------------o||---------------------||o---------------------o|| ||--1---1---1---1-1-2-2--||-1-------------------||-----------------------|| ||--2---2---2---2-2-3-3--||-2-------------------||-----------------------|| ||o-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-o||-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-||o-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-o|| ||--0---0---0---0-0-1-1--||-0---0---0---0-0-1-1-||--0---0---0---0-0-1-1--||
Verse 1
[E5]e E e E e E e E [F5]e E [E5]e E e E e E e E [F5E5]e E
||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| ||--0---0---0---0-0-1-1-|-0---0---0---0-0-1-0-|
[F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E [F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E
|---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------o|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-o|| |-1---1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-2--||
Verse 2
[E5]e E e E e E e E [F5]e E [E5]e E e E e E e E [F5E5]e E
||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| ||--0---0---0---0-0-1-1-|-0---0---0---0-0-1-0-|
[F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E [F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E
|---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------o|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-o|| |-1---1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-2--||
Chorus
[E5]e E e E e E e E [F5]e E [E5]e E e E e E e E [F5E5]e E
||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| ||--0---0---0---0-0-1-1-|-0---0---0---0-0-1-0-|
1.
[F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E [F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E
|---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------o|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-o|| |-1---1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-2--||
Guitar Solo
2.
[F5] [E] [E5F5] PM|
e E e E e E e E Q Q Q Q. E e E
|---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|-------0----------| |---------------------|-------1----------| |---------------------|----2-------------| |-3---3---3---3-3-----|----2-------2-3-3-| |-1---1---1---1-1-x\--|-0----------0-1-1-|
[E5] [E] [F] [E] |-3--|
Q Q Q. E E E Q E S S Q Q E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------| |-------0----9-10-10-|-9--9-9h10-12--9-----------| |-------1----9-10-10-|-9--9-9--------9--9-12-----| |--------------------|---------------------------| |-2------------------|---------------------------| |-0--0---------------|---------------------------|
[Dsus2]H Q Q Q [B] E [G#]E E [F]E Q [A] E [G#A]E S [G#]S S [G#]S
|---------------|----------------------------| |-5-------------|-12s9-9s6-6--/10-9s10s9---9-| |-7----7--7--5--|----------------------------| |---------------|--9s6-6s3-3---/7-6s=7s6-0-6-| |---------------|----------------------------| |---------------|----------------------------|
[A] [G#] [A] |-[G#F#G#]3-|
S S E S S S S S S S S E E E E E
|------------------------------------------| |-9-9-9---9-9-10-10s9---9s10s9-7-9/--------| |------------------------------------------| |-6-6-6-0-6-6--7--7s6-0-6s=7s6-4-6/-(14)/--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|
N.C. E
~~ ~~ ~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q Q E E Q E E E E Q a Q E E E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------16-16-16----------| |-----------------------18-|-17-17-17--17s16--17-17-17-18-18-18-| |-------------17-17--17----|------------------------------------| |-/18--18--18--------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------------|
[E5F5] PM| [E5] [F5]PM|
H.. E e E H.. E e E 3x
|-----------------||--------------------|| |-----------------||o------------------o|| |-----------------||--------------------|| |-----------------||--------------------|| |-----------2-3-3-||o-2---------2-3-3--o|| |-0---------0-1-1-||--0---------0-1-1---||
Out-Chorus
[E5]e E e E e E e E [F5]e E [E5]e E e E e E e E [F5E5]e E
||--0-------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| ||--0---0---0---0-0-1-1-|-0---0---0---0-0-1-0-|
[F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E [F5]e E e E e E e E [F#5]e E
|---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------o|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-o|| |-1---1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-2--||
[E5]e E [E]e E e E e E [F]e E [E]e E e E e E e E [F]e [E]E
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-----1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-1-| |-----2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| |-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| |-0---0---0---0-0-1-1-|-0---0---0---0-0-1-0-|
[F]e E e E e E e E [F#]e E [F]e E e E e E e E [F#]e E
|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------------------| |-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-3--| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4--| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4--| |-1---1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-2--|
[E]e E e E e E e E [F]e E [E]e E e E e E e E [F]e [E]E
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-1---1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-1-| |-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| |-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-2-| |-0---0---0---0-0-1-1-|-0---0---0---0-0-1-0-|
[F]e E e E e E e E [F#]e E [F]e E e E e E e E [F#]e E
|---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |-2---2---2---2-2-3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-3-3--|| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4--|| |-3---3---3---3-3-4-4-|-3---3---3---3-3-4-4--|| |-1---1---1---1-1-2-2-|-1---1---1---1-1-2-2--||
Outro
[E5] [F5]PM| [E5] [F5]PM| [E5] [F5]PM| [E5] [F5]PM|
H.. E e E H.. E e E H.. E e E H.. E e E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |-2---------2-3-3-|-2---------2-3-3-|-2---------2-3-3-|-2---------2-3-3--*| |-0---------0-1-1-|-0---------0-1-1-|-0---------0-1-1-|-0---------0-1-1--*|
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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