Motley Crue
Primal Scream
From the album "Decade of decadence" 1991 Elektra Entertainmet
Posted by Juan Sjobohm, [email protected]
Standard Tuning
This song uses a lot of slide guitar. Guitar 2 is usually slide
, unless indicated
This is a fairly detailed transcription of the song. If anybody finds
any
faults, please email me and i'll correct it.
INTRO w/bass
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Guitar 1
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-|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3---------------|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------------------|
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| Guitar 2 (slide guitar) |
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-|--5-----------------5-5-5-5--5---|--5--------------------2---3p0----------|
-|--5-----------------3-3-3-3--5---|--5------------------2---2-----1h2------|
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Broke dick dog, my head slung low tail knocked in the dirt
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Time and time of being told trash is all im worth
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When I was just a young boy had to take a little greif
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Now that i'm much older dont put your shit on me No!
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-|-5------5-5-5---0-|-5--------------------5-5--3--------------1---3--------|
-|-5------3-3-3-----|-5--------------------5-5--1---------------------------|
-|-3------3-3-3-----|-3--------------------3-3------------------------------|
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Grab it and shake it
Reach
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-|----8v-------6-6----/10-----------------------10\-9\-8\-7\-6\-5\-2\-0-----|
-|-8-----------6-6----------------------------------------------------------|
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down and scrape it You just got to
Guitar 1
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-|--5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5---------------|--5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5------------------|
-|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3---------------|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------------------|
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| Guitar 2 (slide guitar) |
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-|-------------------8-\-7--\-6-\-5--|-------------------5--6-\5-\4-\3------|
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Scream and shout rip that mother out
(scream)
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-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----|
You just gotta say Primal
(hey)
Guitar 1
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-|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3---------------|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------------------|-
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| Guitar 2 (slide guitar) |
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-|-------------------8-\-7--\-6-\-5--|-------------------5--6-\5-\4-\3------|-
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Scream and shout ooh lets tear it out
(scream)
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-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----|
You just gotta say get it
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-|-3--2--0h2p0--------0h2p0--3---2--0h2p0--------------|
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-|-7--5--3h5p3--------------5--7-5--3h5p3--------------|
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(*play top line once, then bring in second guitar)
2nd verse
Janou said that the meters are red, gonna blow a neurotic fuse
If you show a little, a little pain, unlock a whole lot of truth
was a young man, his home was livin hell
Mama tried to be so perfect now her minds a padded cell
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-|-5-------3--3--3--3---5------------------5--5--1-1-1-1------1------------|--
-|-3-------3--3--3--3---3------------------3--3----------------------------|--
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Yeah grab it and shake it
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Reach down and scrape it
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you just got to
Guitar 1
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-|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3---------------|--3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------------------|-
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Scream and shout tear that sucker down
(scream)
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-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----|
You just gotta say Primal
(hey)
Guitar 1
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-|--5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5---------------|--5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5------------------|-
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Scream and shout shut that tower down
(scream)
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-|-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1----|
You just gotta say kick it
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-|-3--2--0h2p0--------0h2p0--3---2--0h2p0--------------|
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-|-7--5--3h5p3--------------5--7-5--3h5p3--------------|
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(*play top line once, then bring in second guitar)
SOLO: slide guitar
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*take off slide
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-|----------15-17b--15-17p15----17----15-15--15-15-15----------------------|--
-|-18-13-17------------------17----17-----------------10b--8---10---8------|--
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-|-7--9--7-----------------------------------------------------------------|--
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-|----------------------15----18-14----18-------------------20v------------|--
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-|-20b--18-20-20b-18-20-20b-18-20-20b-18-20-20b-18-20-20b------------------|--
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-|-17----17\15-15----15\13-13----13\12-12----12----13----13-20b-20--20-18--|--
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-|-20\-------11-11-13-----|
-|-----12-12----------12--|
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These are the two overdubbed solos in the ending. The song basically
ends
strumming G and F till the end.
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-|-17----17----17----17----15\---10\----|-7b--5--7--5----7b--5--7-----------|-
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