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From: Primus8@aol.com
Music by Primus, Words by Les Claypool

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"John The Fisherman" from "Frizzle Fry"
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Tabbed by Jeffrey Swing/Christopher Preston

	Right after the drum intro, Les turns on some tone and crunch filled
distortion (Anybody know what kind of pedal he uses? I think it's his good
'ol ADA $600+ pre amp) and strums all open strings.  With them ringing, he 
uses his whammy bar, which I haven't found a way to duplicate this on a 
non whammy bass, because he uses all four strings to equal decibal 
proportion.


Intro:                                               6 times
|-----|-0/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|---4-5-6---|--4-5-7-6--|
|Drum-|-0/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|*--4-5-6--*|--4-5-7-6--|
|Intro|-0/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|*-0-------*|-0---------|
|-----|-0/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|-----------|-----------|


Cnt'd Intro + Verse + Chorus:

   
|--4-5-6--------------|-4-5-6----------7-6--|
|*-4-5-6--------------|-4-5-6----------7-6-*|
|*--------------2S-3S-|----------2S-3S-----*|
|---------4S-5S-------|-------5S------------|


From: "'Big Swifty' B. Timpe" 
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 14:27:55 -0700
Subject: John The Fisherman


While we're on the subject of those cheesy guys, how 'bout this old favorite?
Done the way Primus plays it live, with the YYZ intro.  Enjoy.


G|-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-0-0-5-0-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-0-0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------| repeat 4 times

G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3-0--|
E|---3-------3---------3-3--------------------|

G|-4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6----             --4-5-|
D|-4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6---4-5-6----             --4-5-|
A|-2-3-4-0-2-3-4-0-2-3-4-0-2-3-4-0-2-3-4-0-2-3-4---- (DRUM FILL) --2-3-|
E|--------------------------------------------------             ------|

G|-7-6-4-5-6----------4-5-6--------|
D|-7-6-4-5-6----------4-5-6--------| (this is the main line for the rest
A|-5-4-2-3-4-----2-3--2-3-4---2-3--|  of the song, it keeps repeating, 
E|-----------4-5------------3------|  over and over and over...)

the break before the first verse goes like this:

G|-7-6----0--0--0--0---------------
D|-7-6----0--0--0--0---------------
A|-5-4----------------------------
E|-------------------/21\----------
                    ^^^^^^^
                  slide from roughly 9 up to 21 then back down

the break before the second verse is something like this:

G|-7-6---------------------7-6-------------------7-6-----|
D|-7-6----4-6-4---------6--7-6--6-4-------4------7-6-----|
A|-5-4----------6-4--------5-4------6-4-----4----5-4-----|
E|------------------6-4-----------------6-----4----------|


Primus kicks ass, I know a bunch more of their shit if anyone is 
interested.

-Muddy