SHAKE HANDS WITH BEEF
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1997 Album THE BROWN ALBUM)
Words by Les Claypool
Music by Les Claypool, Larry Londale & 'Herb'
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro - Bass Intro Q=95 4/4 Gtr I Wx2|--------||--------||--------||--------||--------||--------|
Guitar Joins E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5 4/4 Gtr I PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E S. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 3x||--------------------------|---------------------------||||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||||--------------------------|---------------------------||||--------------------------|---------------------------||||o-2--5----0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o||||--2--5----0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Verse - Singing Enters E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 4x||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o------------------------|--------------------------o||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o||||--2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Bb5A5 Bb5A5 E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM-----| PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 5x|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------||o------------------------|--------------------------o|||-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-8--7--8--7--||o-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o|||-8--7--8--7--||--2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Pre-Chorus Bb5A5 Bb5A5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 D5 C/B G5 PM PM PM PM |-3-| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +S Q Q Q +E. Q|-------------|-------------|----------|-----0--------------||-------------|-------------|----------|---------1-(1)------||-------------|-------------|----------|-------4------------||-------------|-------------|----------|--------------------||-8--7--8--7--|-5--4--5--4--|-0--------|-(0)-----------5\---||-8--7--8--7--|-5--4--5--4--|-0--------|-(0)-----------5\---|
Chorus E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 E5D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 4x||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o------------------------|--------------------------o||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o||||--2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Verse E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 E5D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 4x||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o------------------------|--------------------------o||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o||||--2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Bb5A5 Bb5A5 E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM-----| PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 5x|-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------||o------------------------|--------------------------o|||-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-8--7--8--7--||o-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o|||-8--7--8--7--||--2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Pre-Chorus Bb5A5 Bb5A5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 D5 C/B G5 PM PM PM PM |-3-| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +S Q Q Q +E. Q|-------------|-------------|----------|-----0--------------||-------------|-------------|----------|---------1-(1)------||-------------|-------------|----------|-------4------------||-------------|-------------|----------|--------------------||-8--7--8--7--|-5--4--5--4--|-0--------|-(0)-----------5\---||-8--7--8--7--|-5--4--5--4--|-0--------|-(0)-----------5\---|
Chorus E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 E5D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 4x||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o------------------------|--------------------------o||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o||||--2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Guitar Solo
|3| |3| |--3---| |3|
S +S E S E S +S S +E S E S E S E|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------6p5---5-----||-7pb8r(7)-------------7-(7)-----7---6h7-||----------6-----6-(6)-------------------||------------8-8-------------------------|
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|3| |3| |3| |3-| |3| |--3--|
+E E S E S E S +E S E S E S E|----------------------------------------||-----------8-7-7-(7)-7----7-10b12r10-10-||-----6-7-8-------------10---------------||-(7)------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|3-| |3| |3| |3-| |3-| |3-| |----3----| |3|
E S E S E S E S +E S E S S +S S E S E S S S S S S S E T T E E|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||------8-9-9-9------------------10b12r(10)p8----8-|-7-7-------6---7---6p5------||---10---------8-10-(10)-8-------------------10---|-----8-7-7---7---7-----7-7--||--------------------------8-10-------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-| |3| |3-|
e E S E S +E S E S E S E|-------10----13-(13)----10-9-9-12-15-||----11----11---------11--------------||-12----------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
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|---3----| |-3-|
E S +S E S E S +E S E E E|---13b15r(13)-15-14------------------------||--------------------13-11-(11)-11h12-11-11-||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
Gtr II Gtr I < ~~ |3-| E E E S S E a E S e E W H. Q|--------------------------14-15-|-17--------|-^(0)----------||-----------------------12-------|-----------|-^(0)----------||---12s14---12s14-12s14----------|-----------|-^(5)----------||---11s13---11s13-11s13----------|-----------|-----------5\--||--------------------------------|-----------|-----------5\--||--------------------------------|-----------|-----------5\--|
Chorus E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5 Gtr I PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S 4x||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o------------------------|--------------------------o||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||-------------------------|---------------------------||||o-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------o||||--2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0--------||
Fade Out E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 E5D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S|------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------||-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------||-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------|
E5 G5 D5E5 D5 E5 D5G5 D5E5 D5 PM PM----| PM----| |-3-| |-3-|
Q e.. T S S S E S e S S E S e. T S S S E E.. S|------------------------|--------------------------*||------------------------|--------------------------*||------------------------|--------------------------*||------------------------|--------------------------*||-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------*||-2--5---0-2-2-2-0---2-2-|---2-0-5--0-2-2-2-0-------*|
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
