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Southbound Pachyderm Tab

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Primus
Southbound Pachyderm

Intro:(distortion)
bass starts out and then:

e----------------------------------------------|
b-------------5=-5/4==-------------------------|
g-------------5=-5/4==-------------------------|
d-------------5=-5/4==-------------------------|
a-----0/2-3=------------0/2-3-2p0--------------|
e----------------------------------3/5---------|

e----------------------------------------------|
b------------5/4----5p4------------------------|
g------------5/4---4---4==---------------------|
d------------5/4--4----------------------------|
a----0/2-3------------------0/2-3-2p0----------|
e-------------------------------------3/5------|

e--------------------------------------------|
b-------9========----------------------------|
g-------9========----------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g----4----------8-----7777-8-9----------------7777-8-9----------------|
d------5---5/7--------7777-8-9----------------7777-8-9----------------|
a--------7------------5555-6-7----------------5555-6-7----------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------|


verses:
the bass has most of the melody here. the guitar only plays muted 
8th notes like so:

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------------|
gxxxxx-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus:

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g--------4--------8===-----7777-8-9--------------------------7777-8-9-|
d----------5---7-----------7777-8-9--------------------------7777-8-9-|
a-----7------7-------------5555-6-7--------------------------5555-6-7-|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
they take to the skys                  southbound pachyderm
repeat that.

lyrics & solo

what an ingenious device
bordem encompasses my time
I don't know what I should do_______

Indulging a moment of your time
seldom the breeder of lies
you won't believe that it's true

Chorus:
they take to the sky
southbound pachyderm

s-s-s-s southbound pachyderm

southbound pachyderm_____________________

1st solo:


e-------------------------------------------------------------|
b----/10-10-10--------------8-8-8-----------------------------|
g--------------10-9-9-9-----------7-5-5-5-7-------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------5-5-5-7-3--------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------|

e-----------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------|
g--------5--------------------------|
d-------5-5-------------------------|
a----3-3---3-5^7=====---------------|
e-----------------------------------|

pinholes through cardboard at the sun
passing the bucks by one by one
leaving nothing in return

watching the majest blow past
speculating which will be the last
and now there is no reprise

Chorus:

they're filling the sky
southbound pachyderm
southbound pachyderm
southbound pachyderm
southbound pachyderm

Southbound Pachyderm Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture austin Rhythm Player	#1 by austin ballard at Nov 22, 2006 at 1:46 AM EST
	I think that this, like many Primus songs, has the potential to be about drugs. A lot of folks try drugs due to boredom, pinholes in cardboard... pinhole pupils due to drug use... spending money on drugs (passings the bucks one by one) and leaving nothing behind except memories. "Watching Majesty blow past, speculating which will be the last, savoring my piece of the pie" - Enjoying the high as you progress through it, hoping it doesn't end, yet enjoying it while it lasts. Most of primuses songs are a lot deeper than people seem to think, and it's not about what it says, its about what its telling you.

No Picture Gabe Average	#2 by Gabe Hawkins at Dec 4, 2006 at 8:43 PM EST
	A superb song. The video is on Yahoo Music. Check it out.

No Picture R.I.P Dimebag D Professional	#3 by R.I.P Dimebag Darrell at Mar 17, 2007 at 11:01 AM EST
	i luv it

No Picture Crystal Average	#4 by Crystal at May 1, 2007 at 7:08 AM EST
	Don't decipher it, just experience it. Probably the best Primus song out there. The video is freaktastic, so is the instrumentation. It reminds of a Pink Floyd composition only with quirk and oddity added in.