Album: Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Song: Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
Guitar transcribed by CAM.
Like in American Life, this song uses volume alot for the
car sounds. I’ll mark increased volume like this: v>
Play along with the song to know when to play verse,
chorus and intro riff. Good luck with the solo!
h =hammer on
p =pull off
b =bend string up
/ =slide up
=slide down
v =vibrato
x =muted string strike
w =whammy
Intro:
e————————————————————
B—x————-x——————————————
G—x-6/7–5—–x-6/7–5———————————-
D—x-6/7–5—–x-6/7–5———————————-
A—x————-x——————————————
E————————————————————
Repeat this riff as necessary: (intro riff)
e————————————————————
B———-16—-16——–15—-15—-15——————–
G–/14–14—-14—-14–13—-13—-13—-13—————–
D————————————————————
A————————————————————
E————————————————————
For car sounds, increase volume, then use your whammy bar to
decrease the pitch.
Car Sounds:
v> v> v> v> v>
e———|———|———|———|———|———-
B———|———|———|———|———|———-
G—17w—|—13w—|—16w—|———|—14w—|———-
D—16w—|—14w—|—15w—|—13w—|—13w—|———-
A———|———|———|———|———|———-
E———|———|———|—14w—|———|———-
Repeat chorus riff as many times necessary.
Chorus:
e————————————————————
B——–x—————————————————
G–8p7—x——–8-8p7—8p7————8–7—————
D——7-x–7-0h7——-0—–7-7-7–0-7—-7—————
A——0-x——————–0——————————
E————————————————————
Intro riff, then car sounds, then chorus, then intro riff.
Repeat as necessary.
Bridge:
e————————————————————
B———–x–x-x-x——————x–x——————-
G———–x–x-x-x——8———–x–x–8-8-8-8-8——-
D–/6-/6–x–x-x-x–0h6-7–/6-/6–x–x–7-7-7-7-7——-
A–/6-/6–x–x-x-x———/6-/6–x–x——————-
E————————————————————
Fast fingers are a must.
Solo:
v v
e—————————–15–15p14p12h14—————-
B———————14h15h17——————————-
G—18p16p14–14h15h17—————————————
D————————————————————
A————————————————————
E————————————————————
v v
e–14p12—————————————————–
B——-1514h15p14p12—————————————
G———————14p12p11h12-11–11———————
D—————————————10——————-
A————————————————————
E————————————————————
v v
e————————————————————
B————————————–/13-13-12————-
G–8h9h10h11p10p9p8h9h10h11p10p9p8h9h11———————-
D————————————————————
A————————————————————
E————————————————————
e————————————————————
B–15p13—–16p14———–13h14h15p14—–14h15h16——–
G——-15p14—–16p15-14h15———–15p14——–16p15—
D————————————————————
A————————————————————
E————————————————————
v
e–12h13-13-13-14-15–15——————-21b(22)———-
B–12——-12—-15——————-17/20—————–
G———————————12/17———————-
D————————-15–13—————————
A————————————————————
E————————————————————
e–17—–15————————————————-
B—-15h16–16—15b—————————————-
G————-17-14b—————————————-
D————————————————————
A————————————————————
E————————————————————
Then to a chorus, an intro riff, car sounds, a bridge, then
play this to the drum beat 4 times:
e————————————————————
B————————————————————
G–4-4-4-4-4-4-4–4–4—————————————
D–3-3-3-3-3-3-3–3–3—————————————
A–2-2-2-2-2-2-2–2–2—————————————
E————————————————————
Finally, a bridge to end the song.
That’s about it.
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