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Tommy The Cat by Primus bass tab

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Tommy The Cat by Primus bass tab (text):

This is the version from Sailing the Seas of Cheese. Les plays 
this on his Carl Thompson six-string fretless bass, a.k.a. 
his "Rainbow Bass"

s: slap
p: pop
^: flamenco strum
t: tap
h: hammer on
p: pull
x: muted note
/: slide up
\: slide down

Intro:
   s
C:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-1/3/10\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Main riff:
   p s s s s p   s p s p s p s p p s s s s p   s p s p s p s p
C:-4-----------------------------4-------------------------------------------------------
G:-4-----------------------------4-------------------------------------------------------
D:-----------3h5---5---5---5---0-----------3h5---5---5---5---0---------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---0-3-3-x-----5---4---3---0-----0-3-3-x-----5---4---3---0-----------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He repeats this, but everytime he repeats it he applies slight 
ad libs and variations.

When he says "STOP!", he does this:
   p
C:-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro to verse/narration:
   s      s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s s s s s 
C:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-------19-19\17\15\14\12\11\10\8\7\5\3\------------------------------------------------
B:-2/------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the verse play the main riff.

For the guitar solo, play the main riff, then do this:
    p s s  s s  p     s  p  s  p  s  p s p  p s s  s s  s     ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
C:-11--------------------------------------11----------------14-14-13-13-13-12-12-12-----
G:-11--------------------------------------11----------------14-14-13-13-13-12-12-12-----
D:-------------10h12----12----12----12---0-------------10h12-----------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:----0-9-10-x-------12----11----10----0------0-9-10-x-----------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keep repeating until you get to this:

Bass Fill:
    ^  ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
C:-11-11-10-9-9-9-8-7-7-7-6--------------------------------------------------------------
G:-11-11-10-9-9-9-8-7-7-7-6--------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then do this:
   p s s s s p   s p s p s p s p p s s s s ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
C:-4-----------------------------4---------7-7-7-6-6-5-5---------------------------------
G:-4-----------------------------4---------7-7-7-6-6-5-5---------------------------------
D:-----------3h5---5---5---5---0---------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---0-3-3-x-----5---4---3---0-----0-3-3-x-----------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Transition from guitar solo to bass solo:
   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^  ^ ^  ^
C:-4-x-x-5-x-x-7-x-x-8-x-x-11-x-12-------------------------------------------------------
G:-4-x-x-5-x-x-7-x-x-8-x-x-11-x-12-------------------------------------------------------
D:-2-x-x-3-x-x-5-x-x-6-x-x--8-x--9-------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bass Solo (this is the hard part):
   s   s p s s  s   s p s s  s   s p s s  s   s p   s  t  t  t  t s   s s ^ ^ ^  ^ 
C:----------------------------------------------------16----18------------x-x-x-10/15----
G:-------------------------------------------------------16---------------x-x-x--9/14----
D:-------------------------------------------------------------13------------------------
A:-------7------------7------------7------------7----------------------------------------
E:-----7---7--------7---7--------7---7--------7---/12------------------------------------
B:-0h5-------5--0h5-------5--0h5-------5--0h5---------------------8\5-3-0----------------
   s ^ ^  ^  ^ t t t t t s
C:---x-x-10/15-x-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------------------------------
G:---x-x--9/14---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:-0---------------------2\1\0-----------------------------------------------------------

Post-Bass Solo:
   p s s s s p   s p s p s s p  s s s s p   s p s p s s p  s s s s p   s p s p s s    
C:-4-------------------------4--------------------------4--------------------------------
G:-4-------------------------4--------------------------4--------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A:-----------3h5---5---5----------------3h5---5---5----------------3h5---5---5-----------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:---0-3-3-x-----3---3---0-0----0-3-3-x-----3---3---0-0----0-3-3-x-----3---3---0-0-------

Bass fill transitioning into last chorus:
   s s s s s s s s   s
C:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------0h2-3-------------------------------------------------------------------
A:-----------0-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-------0-3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B:-2-3-4---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the outro just play the main riff.

If you have any comments or corrections, please tell me. I hope 
this helped, escpecially the bass solo. Thanks and enjoy!!!
Band namePrimus »
Song nameTommy The Cat »
Tab typeBass tab »
Added06/12/2008
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