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Send "My Friend Fats" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Artist: Primus
Song: My Friend Fats
Album: Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People EP (2003)
Tuning: E-A-D-G
Notes: Played on a 4-string

/ - Slide Up
 - Slide Down
h - Hammer-On
p - Pull-Off
                                             
                                                    Les whammys this note
Verse 1:                                         / but you can do this.  It 
G|------------------------------|---------------------------| sounds better 
D|------------------------------|---------------------------| popped
A|------------------------------|----------------106/------|
E|-/2213~~---------------------|-/13~~~-------------------|



Chorus:  Distortion and other weird effects
G|--13h17----17----17----17p13------13h17----17----17--------|
D|--------13----12----13------------------13----12----13-15--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| (x4)



Verse 2:
G|------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------106/----|
E|---//13~~------------/13~~~--|----1//13-----------------|



Chorus:
G|--13h17----17----17----17p13------13h17----17----17--------|
D|--------13----12----13------------------13----12----13-15--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| (x3)

G|--13h17----17----17----17p13------13h17-17-13h17-17-13h17-17-13h17-17--|
D|--------13----12----13-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| (x1)

G|--13h17----17----17----17p13------13h17----17----17--------|
D|--------13----12----13------------------13----12----13-15--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------| (x1)

G|--13h17----17----17----17p13-13h17-17-13h17-17-13h17-17-13h17-17-13h17-17-|
D|--------13----12----13----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x1)


Verse 3:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--/13~~------------/13~~------------/13~~------------/13~~-|
  "...chemical dependency.."
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|--/13--------------------|
  "...ends simultaneous"
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|----------------------106/--|
E|-----------------------------|

I'll finish this later but this is to give you the idea

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Send "My Friend Fats" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Marcus19 Rhythm Player	#1 by Marcus19 Doug at Jul 25, 1971 at 1:56 AM EST
	It seems that in this song, Les is trying to defend his Fats and convince people that he is a good man, despite his alcoholism, rudeness, and generally reckless lifestyle. This is most evident in the final stanza, "Fats, he's a hell of a man. Can't y'all understand? Him taunting his mortality, He's unnerved by sobriety." At this point, les is desperately trying to defend Fats, but even Les cannot keep from revealing his behavioral flaws.

No Picture Dimebag Cris Average	#2 by Dimebag Cris at Nov 16, 1974 at 3:26 AM EST
	could be about a guy who might appear to be the life and soul of the party and complealty easy going but who is getting fucked up by drugs and drink. I suspect this song is steeped in irony!!

No Picture ZENacheived Average	#3 by ZENacheived at Apr 8, 1976 at 11:30 AM EST
	This is one of my most favorite primus songs. The effects les puts on his base and the way hes playing is just makes an incredibly orgasmic sound. I fucking love this song, and this band.

No Picture Dan Wanna Be	#4 by Dan DeSantis at Oct 31, 1983 at 6:09 PM EST
	This song has THE COOLEST bass line ever concieved. The live DVD version is intence

No Picture Token Rhythm Player	#5 by Token at Sep 19, 1984 at 6:03 AM EST
	I think the song is about a jazz pianist named Fats Waller. He played stride piano and became famous. He weighed over 300 lbs (hence the name), and he loved to eat and drink. Since people expect that fat be generally happy and jovial, he played the part. He would wake up and have three fingers of scotch for breakfast (His 'liquid ham and eggs' as he put it). He had a booming personality, which made him fun to be around. He died at 39 from drinking. I'm not sure whether or not he did drugs though. Anyways thats my take on the song.