'Jerry Was A Race Car Driver' by Primus - Guitar Tutorial

            Artist: Primus
Album: Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Song: Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

Guitar transcribed by CAM.


Like in American Life, this song uses volume alot for the
car sounds. I'll mark increased volume like this: v>
Play along with the song to know when to play verse,
chorus and intro riff. Good luck with the solo!


h =hammer on
p =pull off
b =bend string up
/ =slide up
 =slide down
v =vibrato
x =muted string strike
w =whammy


Intro:
e------------------------------------------------------------
B---x-------------x------------------------------------------
G---x-6/7--5-----x-6/7--5----------------------------------
D---x-6/7--5-----x-6/7--5----------------------------------
A---x-------------x------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


Repeat this riff as necessary: (intro riff)
e------------------------------------------------------------
B----------16----16--------15----15----15--------------------
G--/14--14----14----14--13----13----13----13-----------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


For car sounds, increase volume, then use your whammy bar to
decrease the pitch.

Car Sounds:
    v>        v>        v>        v>        v>
e---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------
B---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------
G---17w---|---13w---|---16w---|---------|---14w---|----------
D---16w---|---14w---|---15w---|---13w---|---13w---|----------
A---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------
E---------|---------|---------|---14w---|---------|----------


Repeat chorus riff as many times necessary.
Chorus:
e------------------------------------------------------------
B--------x---------------------------------------------------
G--8p7---x--------8-8p7---8p7------------8--7---------------
D------7-x--7-0h7-------0-----7-7-7--0-7----7---------------
A------0-x--------------------0------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

Intro riff, then car sounds, then chorus, then intro riff.

Repeat as necessary.
Bridge:
e------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------x--x-x-x------------------x--x-------------------
G-----------x--x-x-x------8-----------x--x--8-8-8-8-8-------
D--/6-/6--x--x-x-x--0h6-7--/6-/6--x--x--7-7-7-7-7-------
A--/6-/6--x--x-x-x---------/6-/6--x--x-------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


Fast fingers are a must.
Solo:
          v                                v
e-----------------------------15--15p14p12h14----------------
B---------------------14h15h17-------------------------------
G---18p16p14--14h15h17---------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

                                  v     v
e--14p12-----------------------------------------------------
B-------1514h15p14p12---------------------------------------
G---------------------14p12p11h12-11--11---------------------
D---------------------------------------10-------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

                                        v     v
e------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------/13-13-12-------------
G--8h9h10h11p10p9p8h9h10h11p10p9p8h9h11----------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


e------------------------------------------------------------
B--15p13-----16p14-----------13h14h15p14-----14h15h16--------
G-------15p14-----16p15-14h15-----------15p14--------16p15---
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------

                  v
e--12h13-13-13-14-15--15-------------------21b(22)----------
B--12-------12----15-------------------17/20-----------------
G---------------------------------12/17----------------------
D-------------------------15--13---------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


e--17-----15-------------------------------------------------
B----15h16--16---15b----------------------------------------
G-------------17-14b----------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


Then to a chorus, an intro riff, car sounds, a bridge, then
play this to the drum beat 4 times:

e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--4---------------------------------------
D--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3---------------------------------------
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2---------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


Finally, a bridge to end the song.
That's about it.

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