Artist: Primus
Album: Pork Soda
Song: Nature Boy
Another fun song to play. Here's the basic structure for it.
There are parts when the volume is turned up after the
strings are hit. This will be marked as v>.
Use a crybaby for the intro.
h =hammer on
p =pull off
/ =slide up
=slide down
w =whammy
Intro:
| e |
| B |
| G |
| D |
| A 7 6 4/7 7 6 |
| E 6h7h9 7 6 2h4/7 7 6 6/9 7 6 2h3h4/7 6 |
Chorus:
| e |
| B 11 |
| G 8 7 73 3 8 7 73 3 8 7 73 3 8 7 7/8 |
| D 6 5 51 1 6 5 71 1 6 5 51 1 6 5 5/8 |
| A |
| E |
Bridge#1:
| e | |
| B | |
| G 9 8 8 | |
| D 8 8/11 9 8 86 6 6 6/9 8 /13 12 | 5h8p5 |
| A 4/7 6 | | h6 |
| E | |
Play Chorus.
Bridge#2:
| e 11 |
| B 12 12 10 |
| G 9 8 8w 8w/12 |
| D |
| A 4/6 6/10 |
| E |
| e |
| B 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 |
| G |
| D |
| A |
| E |
| e |
| B 12 12 12 12 9 |
| G 9 8 9 8 |
| D 8 8 |
| A 7 6 |
| E |
| e |
| B 8 8 11 11 10 10 9 9 9h10 10 11 |
| G 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 |
| D |
| A |
| E |
Play chorus and bridge#1.
The song then enters a faster, heavier section before the solo:
v>
| e g n |
| B u o 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| G 8 i i 8 |
| D 8 t s 5 |
| A 6 a e |
| E r s |
Solo:
| e 12w 11w/17w 16w 22bw 21 21 21 21 |
| B |
| G 128w 8w 10w/12 |
| D |
| A |
| E |
| e 21p19h21p19 17w 19w 15 15w |
| B 20w 18 18 19w |
| G |
| D |
| A |
| E |
| e 18w 16 22bw 17w 22w 21 19 19 18 18 16 16 14 14w |
| B 17 17 16 |
| G |
| D |
| A |
| E |
| e 12 |
| B 12 |
| G 11 9 8w |
| D |
| A 6 6 5 4 |
| E |
Repeat this riff as necessary.
Fast part:
| e |
| B 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8 |
| G 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8 |
| D 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8/9 8 8 8 8 8 |
| A 6 6 6 6 6/7 6 6 6 6 6/7 6 6 6 6 6/7 6 6 6 6 6 |
| E 5 |
Ending:
| e 10w 11w 11w 10w |
| B 11w 9 8 9 8 9 8 8 |
| G 12w 12h13 12h13 8 7 8 7 8 7 |
| D 12w 13 12w 6 5 6 5 6 5 8 |
| A 10w 61 |
| E 10w |
That's it. Play along with the music to get it down nice.