Primus

Primus - The Pressman Ver 2 bass tab

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Song Title: The Pressman
Artist:     Primus
Album:      Suck on This/Pork Soda
tabbed by:  jerrymustbeslaughtered@hotmail.com


Intro/Verse 1
4 string bass with delay
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By the light of the lamp I sit to type
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        my notes on tab   at   my   side.
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    I don't see the sun   much these days
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        Fluorescent tan      covers my                    hide
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Pre-Chorus
      How much      impact  shall I       have this time?
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          My goal today    is to         reach the dead - line
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Chorus
    I  write   be - tween the lines       I deal with     fan   -   tasy
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    I report  the   facts give them to   me               please
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Verse 2 (note the change in rhythm)
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        Ham and egg salad on white bread
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      Keeps me company on nights like                     this
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    A pack of mentholated cigarettes
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           Keeps my air nice and thick
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Pre-chorus
      When I write words flow like       coins from a candy box
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      Get out of my way    I've got     something   to    say
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Chorus
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Verse 3
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The pulse is beating louder now
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The pulse is beating louder now
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   The cramps in my hands  grow        more             intense with each
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            tik tik tap tap tap tap                       tap on the keys
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  My social life is at an end
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              So it seems to be
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Pre-Chorus
      Why   don't   I  trample  on  your lawn today?
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      I'll take skies of blue,      turn over old skies of grey
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Chorus
    I  write   be - tween the lines       I deal with     fan   -   tasy
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    I    am   the   pressman           acknowledge        me!
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Guitar solo
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Verse 4
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                    Dyon dyon gideon
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                    (whistles)
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                    Dyon dyon gideon dyon
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                    (whistles)
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(gradually increasing in strength)
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Pre-Chorus
      Mother always told me never        stray too far from home
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      The little lady said "Boy, you'll never have to be alone, because..."
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Chorus
   You build with   fountain pen         You create the   memory stain
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   You  are   the   pressman             Stand up straight, boy
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