Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Bass Tab

Transcribed by James Godbold

Gtr I (B E A D G C) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=128
 4/4
  Gtr I
              T        T           T    T    T
  W           S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|----------|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|----------|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|----------|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----------|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|----------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17-----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--|
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  a  E  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17-----------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----11p10----13p11s10--------------10s14s10--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

     T        T           T    T    T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E  4x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||

   Verse
     T        T           T    T    T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E  4x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||

     T        T           T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  Q
||--18-------20----------20---20---20------|
||o-17-------19----------19---19---19-13\--|
||------------------------------------13\--|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|

   T        T           T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  Q
|-18-------20----------20---20---20------||
|-17-------19----------19---19---19-13\-o||
|-----------------------------------13\--||
|----11p10----13p11s10-------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||

     T        T           T    T    T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||

   Verse 2
     T        T           T    T    T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E  4x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||

   T        T           T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  Q
|-18-------20----------20---20---20------|
|-17-------19----------19---19---19-13\--|
|-----------------------------------13\--|
|----11p10----13p11s10-------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

   T        T           T                   T        T           T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  Q      S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  Q
|-18-------20----------20---20---20------|-18-------20----------20---20---20-------|
|-17-------19----------19---19---19-13\--|-17-------19----------19---19---19-13\---|
|-----------------------------------13\--|-----------------------------------13\---|
|----11p10----13p11s10-------------------|----11p10----13p11s10--------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-20-------21----------20---20---20----------|
|-19-------20----------19---19---19----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T             T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T             T        T           T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S H
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|-18-------20----------18------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|-17-------19----------17------||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|------------------------------||
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|----11p10----13p11s10---------||
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------||

  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E   S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E
|-----------------------x-12-13-15----|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  S  S  E    S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E
|-------------------15-15-15-15-15-15\-|-----------------------x-12-13-15---|
|-------------------15-15-15-15-15-15\-|-----------------------x-12-13-15---|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0----------------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0----------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S E +S  E.
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0----------|
|---------------------3-(3)-4--|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E   S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------|

               Guitar Solo
 5/4           4/4
                 T        T           T    T    T
  W              S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|------------||-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|------------||-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|------------||-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|------------||----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|------------||--------------------------------------------|
|------------||--------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T             T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T             T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  a  E  E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|-18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------10h11h13-|
|----11p10----13p11s10--------------10s14s10-|----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
|-18-------20----------18---18---18------------|
|-17-------19----------17---17---17------------|
|-----------------------------------10h11h13---|
|----11p10----13p11s10-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

     T        T           T    T    T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E  3x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||

     T        T           T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  Q
||--18-------20----------20---20---20------|
||o-17-------19----------19---19---19-13\--|
||------------------------------------13\--|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|

   T        T           T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  Q
|-18-------20----------20---20---20--------||
|-17-------19----------19---19---19-13\---o||
|-----------------------------------13\----||
|----11p10----13p11s10---------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||

     T        T           T    T    T
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E
||--18-------20----------18---18---18----------|
||o-17-------19----------17---17---17----------|
||------------------------------------10h11h13-|
||-----11p10----13p11s10-----------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------|

   T        T           T    T    T
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E  4x
|-18-------20----------18---18---18-----------||
|-17-------19----------17---17---17----------o||
|-----------------------------------10h11h13--||
|----11p10----13p11s10------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------||

 Outro
  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E   S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E
|-----------------------x-12-13-15----|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S E +S  E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E
|------------------------------|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0----------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|
|---------------------3-(3)-4--|----------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|-------------------15-15-15-13\-x-11\---|
|-------------------15-15-15-------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E   S S S S S S S S S S E  Q
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------------|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------3s12\--|

     T  T  T  T    T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
  E  S  S  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---18-18-21-21---18-18-18-18-21-21-21-18-|
|---17-17-20-20---17-17-17-17-20-20-20-17-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------|
  W

   T   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
   S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-18--18-18-18-21-21-21-18-18-18-18-18-21-21-21-18-|
|-17--17-17-17-20-20-20-17-17-17-17-17-20-20-20-17-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------------|
  +W

   T   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
   S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  e  E    E Q.   Q   Q
|-18--18-18-18-21-21-21-18-18-18-18-18-21-----|----------------|
|-17--17-17-17-20-20-20-17-17-17-17-17-20-----|----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------------------12\-|-0-2s==12--12\--|
|-(0)-----------------------------------------|----------------|
  +W

  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E   S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  E   S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------*|
|-----------------------x-12-13-15-|----------------------*|
|----------------------------------|----------------------*|
|----------------------------------|----------------------*|
|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0---0--------------|-0-3p2-0-5p3s2-0------*|
|----------------------------------|----------------------*|

Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Bass Tabs
Title	Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
Artist	Primus
Tablature Type	ASCII Tab
YouTube ID	LBQ2305fLeA

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How to Read Bass Tab: A Beginner's Guide

1. Understanding the Basics

a. Strings:

Bass tab consists of horizontal lines representing the strings of the bass guitar. The lowest-pitched string (usually the E string) is at the bottom, and the highest-pitched string (usually the G string) is at the top.

b. Numbers:

Numbers on the lines indicate which fret to play on a specific string. For example, if you see "3" on the E string, it means you should press down the third fret on the lowest string.

2. Reading Bass Tab Example

In this tab:

Play the note on the 1st fret of the E string.
Play the open E string.
Play the 3rd fret on the A string.
Play the 1st fret on the A string.

        G|-----------------|
        D|-----------------|
        A|---------3-------|
        E|---1-1---1---3---|

3. Playing Techniques

a. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs:

Hammer-ons are represented by an "h" (e.g., 5h7 means play the 5th fret and hammer onto the 7th fret). Pull-offs are represented by a "p" (e.g., 7p5 means play the 7th fret and pull off to the 5th fret).

b. Slides:

Slides are often indicated by an "/" or "\\" between two numbers (e.g., 5/7 means slide from the 5th fret to the 7th fret).

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