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MR. KRINKLE (Bassline)
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1993 Album PORK SODA)
Words by Les Claypool
Music by Primus
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Upright Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Background Bow Noise'
Intro Q=125 4/4 Gtr I H Q Q e e e e e e e e W e e e e e e e e|------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------||------------|-----------------|----------|-----------------||------------|-------1---------|----------|-------1---------||---------1S=|=3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|-1S=======|=3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|
H Q Q e e e e e e e e W|------------|-----------------|-------||------------|-----------------|-------||------------|-------1---------|-------||---------1S=|=3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|-1S====|
e e e e e e q e e e e e q. 3x e e e e e e q e e H.||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------||||o----------------|----------------o||-----------------|-----------||||o-------1--------|-------1--------o||--------1--------|-----------||||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---3-------||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-1S====||
Verse e e e e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e e H||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------|||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|---------------|||o-------1--------|-------1---------o||--------1--------|--------1------|||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---x-x-x-x--||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---1----|
+W +Q Q H +W e e e e e e q e e e e e q.|------------|--------------|------------|----------------|----------------||------------|--------------|------------|----------------|----------------||------------|------1-------|------------|-------1--------|-------1--------||-(1)--------|-(1)-----3----|-(3)--------|-3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---3------|
e e e e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e e e q.|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------||o----------------|----------------o|||--------1--------|-------1-2-3-2---||o-------1--------|-------1--------o|||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3-----------||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---3-------||
Verse $ e e e e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e e H||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------|||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|---------------|||o-------1--------|-------1---------o||--------1--------|--------1------|||--3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3---x-x-x-x--||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---1----|
To Coda +W +Q Q H +W +Q Q H +W|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|----------|||------------|--------------|------------|--------------|----------|||------------|------1-------|------------|------1-------|----------|||-(1)--------|-(1)-----3----|-(3)--------|-(3)-----1----|-(1)\-----||
Chorus 4/4 Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 3x W||----------------|----------------||----------|||o---------------|---------------o||----------|||o---------------|---------------o||----------|||-----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----x-x--||-1--------|
+H. Q W +H. +Q|-------------|----------|------------------|||-------------|----------|------------------|||----------1--|----------|------------------|||-(1)---------|-3--------|-(3)------(3)\----||
Guitar Solo e e e e e e e e W e e e e e e e e H Q Q||------------------|-----------||------------------|--------------|||o-----------------|----------o||------------------|--------------|||o-------1---------|----------o||--------1---------|--------------|||--3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|-----------||-/3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|---------1S===|
Chorus D.S. al Coda & e e e e e e e e W Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x|-----------------|----------||----------------|----------------|||-----------------|----------||o---------------|---------------o|||-------1---------|----------||o---------------|---------------o|||-3-1-3---3-1-2-3-|----------||-----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----x-x--||
Guitar Solo 2 1.,2.,3. 4. e e e e e e q e e e e e q. 4x e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|||o-------1--------|--------1--------o||-------1-2-3-2---|--------1---------|||--3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3-------||-3-1-3---------1-|-/3-1-3---3-1-----|
1.,2. 3. e e e e h e e e e e e q e e e e e q. 3x e e e e e e e e|----------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------||----------------||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||--------1-------||o-------1--------|--------1--------o||-------1-2-3-2---||-/3-1-3---3\----||--3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3-------||-3-1-3---------1-|
W +H. Q W|----------|-------------|----------||----------|-------------|----------||----------|----------1--|----------||-1--------|-(1)---------|-3--------|
\2____/ +H. Q W +Q +Q +Q. +E|-------------|----------|-----------------------|||-------------|----------|-----------------------|||----------1--|----------|-----------------------|||-(3)---------|-1--------|-(1)--(1)---(1)---(1)--||
Chorus Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E 4x Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q||----------------|----------------||---------------|----------------||||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|----------------||||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|----------------||||-----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----x-x--||----x-x----x-x-|----x-x----1S===||
Outro e e e e e e q e e e e e q. 3x e e e e e e q e e e e e e e E||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|||o----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-------------------|||o-------1--------|--------1--------o||--------1--------|--------1-2-3-2----|||--3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3-------||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3------------|
e e e e e e q e e e e e q. e e e e e e q e e e e e e e E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------1--------|--------1--------|--------1--------|-------1-2-3-2---||-/3-1-3---3-1----|-/3-1-3---3------|-/3-1-3---3-1----|-3-1-3-----------|
e e e e e e Q e e e e e Q.||-------------------|-------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|||o--------1---------|--------1----------|||--/3-1-3---3-1-----|-/3-1-3---3--------|
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| Gtr II| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e||---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-|||o--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-|||o--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-|||---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-|
e e e e e e Q e e e e e e e E 8x|------------------|--------------------|||------------------|-------------------o|||--------1---------|--------1-2-3-2----o|||-/3-1-3---3-1-----|-/3-1-3-------------||
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| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e 8x|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--o|||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--o|||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---||
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
