Primus - Those Damn Blue Collar Tweekers Chords & Tabs

THOSE DAMNED BLUE-COLLAR TWEEKERS
By: Primus
Album: Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Bassist: Les Claypool

S slap
P pop
F flam (flamenco strum, articulate as you will)
-5h7- hammer on
-7p5- pull off
-5/7- slide up (above string also!)
-7\5- slide down
   3
-[333]- triplet
   3   3
-[333|333]- two sets of triplets (sextuplet)
-5~- hold note
-0b- finger bend
-0d- bend down (w/tremolo bar)
-0u- bend up (w/tremolo bar)

|----------------| time signature
 +   +   +   +
Can be lengthened to this
|--------------------------------|
 +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -
+ major beats (1,2,3,4)
- ands (1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &)
OR THIS (for the solo)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

INTRO

|------------REST|
|--------REST----|
|----REST--------|
|REST------------| 3x
 +   +   +   +

(mute all notes)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------------0-2-|
 +   +   +   +

VERSE

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| 11x
 +   +   +   +
               F
|--------------2-|
|--------------2-|
|----------------|
|0-2-0-2-0-2-0---|
 +   +   +   +

CHORUS

 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

 F S SSS SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S S S
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-012-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/14\\\\2-|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

VERSE

CHORUS

 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

 F S SSS SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S S S S
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-012-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/8///14\\|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S SSS S S S
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------------|(last 3
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| notes are
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-131312\\| 13 13 12)
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

VERSE (palm mute all notes)

CHORUS

 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S S S SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---| 2x
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

GUITAR SOLO (with distortion)

 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S S S SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

(I do the 46464 part in the last measure on the E and A strings)

 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S S S S S S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4---------464-2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------46----2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-0-2-012-0---|----------------|--2-0-2/--------|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +


 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S S S SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

(its incredibly hard to hear this part, but it sounds like this)

 F S SSS SSS S S  S S SSS S S S S  S S S S SSS S S  S S SSS SSS S
|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-012-012-0-2-|0-2-012-0-2-0-2-|0-2-0-2-012-0-2-|0-2-012-012-0---|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +


BASS SOLO (distortion off sorry for unevenness, trips are hard to tab)

    3       3       3
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[1616-16|1616-16|1616-16]16--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/primus/those_damn_blue_collar_tweekers_btab.html ]
    3       3       3
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[1616-16|1616-16|1515-15]14--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

    3
|------------------------16h-17--16h-17--16h-17-—16h-17--16------|
[1616-15]14------14----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

|17--17--14------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------15------14----------14------------------14------|
|----------------------------15--------------15--14h-15----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------14------------------14----------|
|15----------------------15--15----------15--14h-15------15--14--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------14b-----------------14------14----------14----------14--|
|15--------------15----------------------15----------15----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

                                    3
|--------14--------------14//16-[1717-14]----------------14------|
|----16----------16------------------------------17--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

   H
|--------19--16------16------------------------------------------|
|1619------------17------17--16------16--------------------------|
|--------------------------------19------17--16----------15------|
|------------------------------------------------17--------------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

    3                            F       F
[1615---]------------------------2-------4-----------------------|
[-----17]16------14--------------2-------4-----------------------|
|--------------------17------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------2-------0-------|
 1   e   &   a   2   e   &   a   3   e   &   a   4   e   &   a

Wow. That was hard work. PLEASE TELL ME IF ANY NUMBERS ARE WRONG

CONTINUING ON

VERSE (MY eyes are growing weary as I finalize this tab...)

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| 14x
 +   +   +   +
                          release
|----------------|--------------2-|
|----------------|--------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|
|1d~-------------|----------//----|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

CHORUS

 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F S SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-------------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|--2-012-012-0---|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +



 F S S S SSS S F  F S S S SSS S F  F F F F F F F F  F F SSS SSS S F
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-0-----------2-|
|4-------------2-|4-------------2-|4-2/6-4-2-4-0-2-|4-0-----------2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--0-------------|
|--2-0-2-012-0---|--2-012-012-0---|----------------|----012-012-0---|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

DISTORTION!

 F   S   S S S   S S S   S   F    F   S   S S S   S S S   S   F
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
 +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -    +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -

 F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F    F   S   S S S   S S S   S   F
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
 +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -    +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -

 F   S   S S S   S S S   S   F    F   S   S S S   S S S   S   F
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|4---------------------------14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
 +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -    +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -

 F   F   F   F   F   F   F   F    F   S   S S S   S S S   S   F
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|16--14//18--16--14--16--0---14--|16--------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----2---0-1-2---0-1-2---0-------|
 +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -    +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -

HOLD FOR THE REST OF THESE MEASURES
|16~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|16~-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

AAAAAAAAAAND done! Any corrections? Email me at cfstevens@comcast.net


I seriously worked my ass off to make this. Like, literally, I have no ass now. See
what extents i go to to make good tabs?

Cal