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AMOS MOSES
As recorded by Primus
(From the 1998 Album RHINOPLASTY)
Transcribed by James Stewart
Words and Music by Jerry Reed (Hubbard)
Arranged by James Stewart
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=100
A
7/8 4/4
Gtr I
S S E S S E S S S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||o---------------------------------|
|-x-----x-----x---x-------------||----2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|
|-------------------------------||----------5-----------------------|
|---x-----x-----x---x-----------||o-0-------------0-----------------|
|---------------------3b4.5-(3)-||--------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------o||
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-------------||
|---------5-------------------------||
|-0-------------0------------------o||
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)---||
Verse
A B D
E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2-----------2-------|-----4-----------7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2---2---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---7---7---7-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---|-2-------2---5-------5---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S e E S +S +S +S
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----7-----------7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
|-------------------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
|-5-------5---5-------5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------3b4.5-(3)-(3)-(3)--|
A
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0-----------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2--------------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5--------------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0--------------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)----|
A B D
E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2-----------2-------|-----4-----------7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2---2---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---7---7---7-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---|-2-------2---5-------5---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S e E S +S +S +S
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----7-----------7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
|-------------------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
|-5-------5---5-------5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------3b4.5-(3)-(3)-(3)--|
A
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0-----------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2--------------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5--------------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0--------------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)----|
Chorus
E D A7
E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S
||------x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|---------------------------------||
||o-----9-9-9-9-----7-7-7-7-|-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--o||
||------x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|-----6-6-6-x-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6---||
||----9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5---||
||o-7---7-7-7-7-5---5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------------||
E D D5
E S E S S S E S E S S S W
|-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|------|
|-----9-9-9-9-----7-7-7-7-|------|
|-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|-7----|
|---9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-|-7----|
|-7---7-7-7-7-5---5-5-5-5-|-5----|
|-------------------------|------|
Guitar Lead 1
G5
|-3-|
T T e E S E S S E E E T T e E S E E S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------8-----|-------------8---------------|
|-------5---5-----------|-------5-------7p6p5---x-----|
|-5s6s7---7---5s7-----0-|-5s6s7---7-5---------7-------|
|-------------------0---|---------------------------x-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------8---|
A
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0-----------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2--------------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5--------------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0--------------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/primus/amos_moses_tab_ver_2.html ]
Verse
A B D
E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2-----------2-------|-----4-----------7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2---2---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---7---7---7-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---|-2-------2---5-------5---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S e E Q
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----7-----------7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|-------------------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|-5-------5---5-------5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------3b4.5----|
A
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0-----------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2--------------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5--------------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0--------------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)----|
A B D
E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2-----------2-------|-----4-----------7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2---2---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---7---7---7-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---|-2-------2---5-------5---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S e E S +S +S +S
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----7-----------7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
|-------------------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------------|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|
|-5-------5---5-------5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------3b4.5-(3)-(3)-(3)--|
A
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0-----------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2--------------|
|---------5-----------------------|---------5--------------------------|
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0--------------------|
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)----|
Chorus
E D A7
E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S +S S S S
||------x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|---------------------------------||
||o-----9-9-9-9-----7-7-7-7-|--------------------------------o||
||------x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|-----6-6-6-x-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6---||
||----9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5---||
||o-7---7-7-7-7-5---5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------------||
E D D5
E S E S S S E S E S S S W
|-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|------|
|-----9-9-9-9-----7-7-7-7-|------|
|-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x-|-7----|
|---9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-|-7----|
|-7---7-7-7-7-5---5-5-5-5-|-5----|
|-------------------------|------|
Guitar Lead 2
G5
|-3-|
T T e E S E S S E E E T T e E S E E S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------8-----|-------------8---------------|
|-------5---5-----------|-------5-------7p6p5---x-----|
|-5s6s7---7---5s7-----0-|-5s6s7---7-5---------7-------|
|-------------------0---|---------------------------x-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------8---|
Outro
A
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|
||----------5-----------------------|---------5-----------------------|
||o-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0-----------------|
||--------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|
A
e E S S S S S S e S S S +S e E S S S S S S e S S S +S 6x
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2-----------|---2-5p2---2-----2-5p2---------------||
|---------5-----------------------|---------5---------------------------||
|-0-------------0-----------------|-0-------------0--------------------o||
|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-|-------------x---------3b4.5-(3)-----||
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
