Groundhog's Day Primus
GROUND HOG'S DAY
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1989 Album FRIZZLE FRY)
Transcribed by Jeff Jacobson
Words by Les Claypool Music by Les Claypool, Tim Alexander and Todd Huth
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Larry LaLonde'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Double'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=120(8=s8)
[C7] [BBmaj7]
[4/4] Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|--------| |----------|----------|--------| |----------|----------|--------| |----------|----------|--------| |----------|----------|--------| |----------|----------|--------|
[C7]Q [E5]Q [C7]H H [Bb]Q [Bmaj7]Q [C7]Q. +E H
|------------|-------------|---------------| |------------|-------------|---------------| |----9-------|-------------|---------------| |----9-------|-------------|---------------| |----7-------|-------------|---------------| |----0-------|---------x\--|-3----(3)S6----|
[BBmaj7] [C7] [Bb] ~~~~
+W Q. +E H +H +Q Q
|------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------|-------------------|------------------| |------------|-------------------|------------------| |-(6)--------|-8----(8)S11b12----|-(11)----(11)-----|
[C7]|-3-| |-3--|[BBmaj7] [C7]
E E E E E E E +Q. +W a a a a E +E E E +H
||-----------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------| ||o------------11-11b13r(11)---|-(11)--------|---------10b11r(10)------------| ||-----------9-----------------|-------------|-------x------------9s7-(7)----| ||------8s10-------------------|-------------|-----x-------------------------| ||o---7------------------------|-------------|---x---------------------------| ||--8--------------------------|-------------|-x-----------------------------|
+W a a a a E +E E E +H
|------------|-------------------------------| |------------|---------10b11r(10)------------| |-(7)--------|-------x------------9s7-(7)----| |------------|-----x-------------------------| |------------|---x---------------------------| |------------|-x-----------------------------|
[Bb] [Bmaj7] [C7] ~~ ~~[Bb]
+H. a a a Q +Q. +E Q. +E H. E E
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------|| |----------------------|--------------------|--------------|| |-(7)------------7b8===|=(7)r==(7)-5----(5)S|=7-------7\---|| |--------------x-------|--------------------|--------------|| |------------x---------|--------------------|--------------|| |----------x-----------|--------------------|--------------||
1st & 2nd Verse
[C7sus4] Q Q H +H +E E E E [C7]H +Q. E +W
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------| |---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------| |---------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|--------| |--8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)----| |-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------| |---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
[C7sus4] Q Q H +H +E E E E [C7]H +Q. E +W
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------| |---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------| |---------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|--------| |--8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)----| |-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------| |---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
1.
[A7] PM| PM ~ [G#7] ~~~~ [A7] PM| ~ [G#7] ~~~~~
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q. +S S Q E E E E E E Q E E H
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |----------2---2-2-|--------------------|---------2-------|------------------o|| |----------2---2-2-|----2-0-7b9r==(7)p5-|---------2---2-2-|----2/---12b14-----|| |-14\------2---2-2-|----2---------------|-7\------2-0-2-2-|----2/-------------|| |-12\--0-0---0-----|----0---------------|-----0-0---0-0-0-|----0-------------o|| |------------------|-3------------------|-----------------|-3-----------------||
2.
~ [G#7] ~~~~~~~ [A7] PM| PM ~ [G#7]~~~~~
Q E E Q. +S S Q E E E E E E Q E E Q. +S S
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|----------2---2-2-|---------------------| |----2-0-12pb14r==(12)p10-|----------2---2-2-|----2-0-7pb9r==(7)p5-| |----2-0------------------|----------2---2-2-|----2----------------| |----0--------------------|-12\--0-0---0-----|----0----------------| |-3-----------------------|------------------|-3-------------------|
[A7] PM| ~ [G#7] ~~~~~
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q +Q
|-----------------|-----------------------|| |---------2-------|-----------------------|| |---------2---2-2-|----------19b21--(19)--|| |-7\------2-0-2-2-|-----------------------|| |-----0-0---0-0-0-|----/19----------------|| |-----------------|-3---------------------||
[C7] |-3-| |-3--|[BBmaj7]
E E E E E E E +Q. +W
|-----------------------------|-------------| |-------------11-11b13r(11)---|-(11)--------| |-----------9-----------------|-------------| |------8s10-------------------|-------------| |----7------------------------|-------------| |-/8--------------------------|-------------|
[C7] [Bb] ~~~~~~~~~
a a a a H. +Q +Q E E Q E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------10b11=======(10)--|-(10)--10-10-10--[10]r-10-| |-------x-------------------|--------------------------| |-----x---------------------|--------------------------| |---x-----------------------|--------------------------| |-x-------------------------|--------------------------|
[C7] Q +Q E +E E E +H. [Bb] [Bmaj7]Q
|---------------------------|----------------| |-10b11===(10)--10r(10)-----|----------------| |-----------------------9s7-|-(7)------7b8===| |---------------------------|----------------| |---------------------------|----------------| |---------------------------|----------------|
[C7] ~~[Bb]
+Q. +E Q. +E H +E +E Q
|--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |-(7)r==(7)-5----(5)s|=7----(7)-(7)\----|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------||
3rd Verse
[C7sus4] Q Q H +H +E E E E [C7]H +Q. E +W
||----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------|| ||o---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------o|| ||----------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|---------|| ||---8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)-----|| ||o-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------o|| ||----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------||
[C7] W +W
|-----------|---------|| |-----------|---------|| |--9--------|--(9)----|| |--8--------|--(8)----|| |-10--------|-(10)----|| |-----------|---------||
Straight Eighths & Faster. Q=132
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---| |-----------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |---------------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |---------------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |---------------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |---------------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |-11\-----------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------|
Bridge
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------------------| ||o-17-(17)S12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---| ||--------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S +S S E
|--------------------------------------------| |------/12-0s19-------------12---------------| |---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----| |-11\-------------------------------------14-| |-11\----------------------------------------| |--9\----------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---| |-----------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S +S S E
|--------------------------------------------| |------/12-0s19-------------12---------------| |---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----| |-11\-------------------------------------14-| |-11\----------------------------------------| |--9\----------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---| |-----------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S +S S E
|--------------------------------------------| |------/12-0s19-------------12---------------| |---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----| |-11\-------------------------------------14-| |-11\----------------------------------------| |--9\----------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------| |------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---| |-----------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |-11\-------------------------------------| |--9\-----------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |----------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |----------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------0-|
1.
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------|| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-o|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-11\-------------------------------------|| |-11\------------------------------------o|| |--9\-------------------------------------||
2.
C#5 E5 D#5 G5 F#5A5 C#5 N.C.
E S S +S S E S E S E E Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---| |---------------------12---11-14-|------------------------------------------| |-11---14-(14)---13---12---11-14-|-11\--------------------------------------| |-11---14-(14)---13---10----9-12-|-11\--------------------------------------| |--9---12-(12)---11--------------|--9\------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |----------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------0-|
[C#5] [E5] [D#5] [G5] [F#]
[3/4] E S S +S S E S E S [4/4] S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|| |--------------------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--|| |---------------------12---|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--|| |-11---14-(14)---13---12---|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--|| |-11---14-(14)---13---10---|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\--|| |--9---12-(12)---11--------|------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.(C#5)
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S T T S S S S S S T T S S S S S S T T
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p| |-------11-------10-------11-------11-------11-----| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S T T S S S S S S T T S S S S
|------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9s8----8s9---| |---11-------11-------11-------11-------10-------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
T T E S +H S S S S +H +E E S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------| |-8h9p8---------------------|----------------------| |-------11-(11)----9h11-9-8-|-(8)----(8)-8-8h9p8-6-| |---------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------|
+E E S S S a S +E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------9-12p9----9---------------| |---------------------------9----9-|-11p9----9-11h12--------12---12p11-9-------| |-(6)s8-8h9p8-10s11-(11)-11---11---|------11-----------------------------11-11-| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
<
|-3-|
S S S S E E E E E E E +H +Q. S S
|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------6-| |-11p9-/9-9-9-8-8s6-8-8-8-|-(8)b9----(8)---/8---| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------|
E Q E E. S E +E +Q +E E Q E S S
|---9--8-8--6-----------|---------------------| |-------------9b11==(9)-|-(9)r=(9)-6-6--6-6-6-| |-6---------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------|
C#°7/E
Gtrs I, II
Q S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|--------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|| |--------------------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|| |-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|| |------------------------0-|----------------------------------------------|| |----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|----------------------------------------------|| |--------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
Outro
C#5 N.C.
Gtr I
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---| |------------------------------------------| |-11\--------------------------------------| |-11\--------------------------------------| |--9\------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |----------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |--9\------------------------------------|
C# N.C. C#5 E5 D#5 G5 F#5A5
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E E S S +S S E S E S E E
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------12---11-14-| |-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13---12---11-14-| |-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13---10----9-12-| |-----------------------------------------0-|--9---12-(12)---11--------------|
C#5 N.C.
Q S S S S +S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---| |------------------------------------------| |-11\--------------------------------------| |-11\--------------------------------------| |--9\------------------------------------0-|
C#5 N.C.
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------| |------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-| |----------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |-11\------------------------------------| |--9\------------------------------------|
C#5 N.C. C#5 E5 D#5
[2/4] Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~~~
E +E S S S S +S S S S S S E E S S +S S E
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|| |-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13-|| |-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13-|| |-----------------------------------------0-|--9---12-(12)---11-||
[C#5] [E5] [D#5]
[4/4] +E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E. S +E E
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|----------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------|-----------------------------|| ||--(13)-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-|-13-x-x-13---11--14-(14)-13--|| ||o-(13)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-13-x-x-13---11--14-(14)-13-o|| ||--(11)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-11-x-x-11-0--9--12-(12)-11--||
+E S S E S S E S S E S S [2/4] E S S E E
|-------------------------------|------------| |-------------------------------|------------| |-------------------------------|------------| |-(13)-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-|-13-x-x-x---| |-(13)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-13-x-x-x---| |-(11)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-11-x-x-x-0-|
9[C#5]/8[E5] [C#5] [E5] [D#5] [G5]
E S S +S S E S E S E S S +S S
|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------12-(12)\---| |-11---14-(14)---11---14---13---12-(12)\---| |-11---14-(14)---11---14---13---10-(10)\---| |--9---12-(12)----9---12---11--------------|
[F#]
[4/4] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------| |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-| |-------------------------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------| |-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| |--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-| |-----------------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S E [C#5] S +Q +Q H
|--------------------------------------|-------------------| |-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|-------------------| |-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|-------------------| |-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-(11)--(11)\-------| |--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-|-(11)--(11)\-------| |------------------------------------9-|--(9)---(9)\-------|
W [A7]W W
|----------|----------|------*| |----------|----------|------*| |----------|----------|------*| |----------|----------|------*| |----------|----------|------*| |----------|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- 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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.guitaretab.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
