PRIMUS - John the Fisherman

Tabbed by Cam Joyce (djoyce@axionet.com). *


This song sounds alot harder to play than it is, but it will cramp
your hands the first few times you play it. The following icons are
the ones I use:

V-Down stroke for chords (flamenco)
^-Up stroke for chords (flamenco)
s-slap

That's about it.

Intro
         V  ^  V  ^
G--------4--5--6--0-- Then just the Chords G--4--5--7--6---
D--------4--5--6--0-- played x6            D--4--5--7--6---
A-2/9\2--2--3--4--0--                      A--2--3--5--4---  
E-----------------0--                      E---------------

Verse/Chorus
   V  ^  V
G--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
D--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
A--2--3--4---------2s-3s--2--3--4----------2s--5--4---
E-----------4s-5s--------------------4s-5s------------

That's it, except for a few variants, which are easy to pick up.

PRIMUS - John the Fisherman

Correction by Boogada (boogada2@hotmail.com).


G--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
D--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
A--2--3--4---------2s-3s--2--3--4----------2s--5--4---
E-----------4s-5s--------------------4s-5s------------

As far as I know, the above tab should look like this:

G--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
D--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
A------------------2--3--------------------2----------
E-----------4--5---------------------4--5-------------

The notes between the chords aren't slapped and the chords consist of
only two strings as they are shown.

PRIMUS - John the Fisherman

Correction by Mr. Krinkle (krinkle@ultranet.com).


The last part of the verse should read

g-----------7-6--
d-----------7-6--
a------2-3-------
e----3-----------

And the notes not strummed are, OF COURSE, not slapped!  He uses his
famous full hand pluck near the bridge, like pluckin with all his
fingers (3, i-m-r), to get a harder sound.