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Intro (cleane)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|---3-4-4-4-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|-------------------------------------|
PM...................................|
Rhy. Fig. 1(wah off)
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--5--5--6--6--7------------------|---5--5--6--6--7------------------|
A|--3--3--4--4--5--4--5--4--5--4---|---3--3--4--4--5--4--5--4--6--4---|
E|-----------------2--3--2--3--2---|------------------2--3--2--4--2---|
PM...............| PM...............|
3rd time play
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|---7---|
E|---5---|
instead of last F#5
Solo
e|------------------17-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---15-----15---15-----15--15---15---15--17---|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
let ring....................................|
hold bend and let ring throughout for measure
e|----------------------18-----------------|
B|-------------15-----------15-------------|
G|---17b------------17------------17--17---|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
1/2
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---15-------------------17-----------------------|
G|---15-----15---17--17------17--17--17---17--15---|
D|---15--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
hold bar bend
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---15---15---15-13-13-11------------|
G|---15---15---15-13-13-11------0//---|
D|--------------------------------0//---|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|----------------16t--------------------16t------------|
B|------------16t--------------------14t-------13--15---|
G|---/13t--------------------/13t-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------17v~---------------16-----------|
B|--------------15-----(15)------------14---------------|
G|----15b--------------------------13------------136---|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
1/2-full
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---/16t-----16v~-----/16t-------16--16--16--17---|
G|---/17t-----17v~-----/17t-------17--17--17-------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------17----17---18b-----|
G|------18---(18)v~---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
grad.
(w/Fill 1) (wah off)
e|--------------------------------|
B|---16b------------0-----------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
full slack bar
Rhy. Fill 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---5--5--6--6--7-----------------------|
A|---3--3--4--4--5---4---5---4---6---7---|
E|-------------------2---3---2---4---5---|
PM.....................|
Fill 1(Gtr. 2)
*1 5 4 5 4 slack (wah off)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|---
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No Picture
h4c|< Average |
#1 by h4c|< ☺ at Jul 22, 2006 at 11:25 PM EST |
| It's about the Gulf War. "So that we may maintain our oil fields." It's a protest against the complete pointlessness of sending our young soldiers to Saudi Arabia just to get a bit more shite to ruin the world. | |
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Brian Average |
#2 by Brian Dempsey at Sep 21, 2006 at 11:03 PM EST |
| I think the song is about young men that have their whole life ahead of them and then getting sent to war and dying. Maybe about Vietnam. | |
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everett Wanna Be |
#3 by everett at Oct 16, 2006 at 5:50 AM EST |
| A quick note, this is the first song Les wrote for Primus back in 1984, so this song is not about the Gulf War, as Python thought. This was before he got any of his super-nice Carl Thompson basses also. The lyric "On the command of men wearing money belts/to buy mistresses sleek animal pelts" I believe alludes to how the rich corporations/aristocrats and politicians are separated from the theatre of war and send in the next crop of clueless youth to fight wars. "Dressed up sharp in suits of green and placed upon the war machine" has got to be the most powerful of Claypool's lyrics cause it's got real punch to it. | |
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amy Average |
#4 by amy at Oct 28, 2006 at 11:10 PM EST |
| definetly about war of some kind. | |
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Dudey Average |
#5 by Dudey at Jan 11, 2007 at 10:49 PM EST |
| Now that I've read the lyrics I can see the politial meaning...before I was like uh...what the fuck? puppies? | |
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Ŧøn¥ Average |
#6 by Ŧøn¥ PiNeDa at Mar 4, 2007 at 11:09 PM EST |
| greatest song ever! | |
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Alex Lead Player |
#7 by Alex at Jun 27, 2007 at 7:37 AM EST |
| About young men in the military. "Dressed up sharp is suits of green and placed upon the war machine." | |
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jacob Average |
#8 by jacob ap at Aug 22, 2007 at 4:36 AM EST |
| Now that I've read the lyrics I can see the politial meaning...before I was like uh...what the fuck? puppies? | |