Jerry Was a Race Car Driver Tabs & Lyrics by Primus
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
guitar tabs lyrics
JERRY WAS A RACE CAR DRIVER
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1991 Album SAILING THE SEAS OF CHEESE)
Transcribed by James Godbold
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=128
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Q E E H Q E E Q E E
|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|
|-1s=5--------|-7s=5------/19-19-|
|-1s=5--------|-7s=5------/18-18-|
|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|
~~~ ~~~
Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----|
|-20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----|
|-19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~~
Q. S S +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----|
|-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----|
|-19----19---------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
~~ ~~
Q E S S +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------20-------|
|-20--20----20-(20)----20----|-19--19---------19----19-|
|-19-----19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-(18)----18-18-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~ ~~
Q E S S +E E E E Q E S S +E +Q.
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-20--------20-(20)-(20)\---|
|-20--------20-(20)----20----|-19--19-19-19-(19)-(19)\---|
|-19--19-19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-----------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
Verse
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H Q E E +W W Q. a E +H
|----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|
|------------|-()------|----------|-11----(11)s10-(10)----|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-------------|----------|-----------------------|
+H H W W W
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
|-(10)---------|----------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-|
|-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-|
|-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~
Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----|
|-/20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----|
|-/19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~
Q. S S +E E E E Q E S S +E +Q.
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|-20--------20-(20)-(20)\---||
|-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19--19-19-19-(19)-(19)\---||
|-19----19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-----------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
Verse 2
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H Q Q +W +Q Q Q Q +H H
|------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------9--|-(9)--------|-(9)--------13--|-(13)\---------|
|------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------------|---------------|
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W +Q Q E E +E. S +Q Q H W
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------|------|
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------|------|
|-11--------|-(11)------------------|---------------|------|
|-10--------|-(10)------------------|---------------|------|
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------|------|
|-----------|------------11-(11)s10-|-(10)----------|------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-|
|-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-|
|-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~
Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----|
|-/20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----|
|-/19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~
Q. S S +E E E E E S S S S S S H
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|----20-20-20-20-20-20------||
|-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19------||
|-19----19---------19----19-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
PM------------| PM PM------------| PM
S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|
PM------------| PM
S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--------|
PM------------| PM PM------------| PM
S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|
PM------------| PM PM------------| PM PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S H
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
Guitar Solo
5/4 4/4
~~~ ~~
|--3--|
W T T E. H. E S S S S S E S S S S Q
|------------||--------------------|------------11h13h15---15p14p12-14--|
|------------||-14p12p10--10-------|---10h12h14-------------------------|
|------------||--------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------||--------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------||--------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------||--------------------|------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---14-13-11----11-------------------------------|
|------------14----14-13-11-13-11----11----------|
|---------------------------------14----12-14----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
S E. +E S S +Q. E
|------------------------------|
|----------------13-(13)-------|
|-11-11--(11)-11---------------|
|--------------------------11\-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|-3-| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q. S S +Q Q
|-----------------------------5-7-8-8-|-(8)---8-7-(7)--7--|
|---5h7p5p4h5h7p5h7p5p4h5h7s8---------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-8-------11-10-8----9-12-11-9----10-13-12-10----10-|
|------12-10---------12-----------12-------------13----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |------6-------| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---12-13-13-13-13-10----13p10----14-14-14p11----------14----15--|
|---------------------13-------13-14-14-14----14-14-14----14-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|-3--| |-3--|
H. Q E S S E E E E E E Q
|-15------------|-----------------14s20---21--|
|-15-------15\--|-13\--------9s13-------------|
|---------------|-------8\--------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--3--|
E S S S S S S S S E. +Q Q +Q H
|---17p15p13----13----------------------|---------------------||
|------------17----17p13-15-15b16-(15)--|-15pb17--(15)\-------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------------|---------------------||
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-|
|-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E +E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-|-7p0-8p0-7p0-8p0-x-11-(11)\-|
|-------------------------|-------------------10-(10)\-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~
Q. E +E E E E Q. S S +E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-20-------20-(20)----20----|
|-/20----20-(20)----20----|-19-------19-(19)----19----|
|-/19------------19----19-|-18----18---------18----18-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~
Q. S S +E E E E Q E S S +E +Q.
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|-20--------20-(20)-(20)\---||
|-20-------20-(20)----20----|-19--19-19-19-(19)-(19)\---||
|-19----19---------19----19-|-18--18-18-----------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
\1 \3.5
W W a H. +E. +S +E. S +Q H
|----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------|-14--------|-(14)s7-------(7)-(7)-|-(7)----------------||
|----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------|-----------|----------------------|-----0----(0)-------||
|----------|-----------|----------------------|--------------------||
Outro
PM------------| PM PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E Q 11x S S S S S S S S S E.S S E
||----------------------------||------------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||------------------------------|
||----------------------------||------------------------------|
||----------------------------||------------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---17sx-9-9\--|
PM------------| PM PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E Q 3x S S S S S S S S H
||----------------------------||---------------------*|
||o--------------------------o||---------------------*|
||----------------------------||---------------------*|
||----------------------------||---------------------*|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2------o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----*|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----*|
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
