Strip the Soul Porcupine Tree
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2002 Album IN ABSENTIA)
Transcribed by Joe Harris
Words by Steven Wilson Music by Steven Wilson, Colin Edwin
Arranged by Steven Wilson
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted w/delay'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Wah Wah Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Clean w/Chorus/Trem'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=78
N.C.
[4/4] Gtr I
Wx8
|--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|
Verse 1
Wx8
|--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|
Pre-Chorus
6[D5]/8[C5] [D5] [C5] [D5] [C5] [D5] [C5]
S e. E S e. E S e. E S e. E
||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--|| ||o-0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10-o|| ||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
Chorus
[D5]PM--| [C5] [B5A5B5C5] [D5]PM--|[C5] [B5A5B5C5]
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. 4x
||---------------------|---------------------|| ||o--------------------|--------------------o|| ||---------------------|---------------------|| ||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---|| ||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o|| ||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Verse 2
[D5/A] [G5] [D5/A] [D5/A] [G5] [D5/A] [G5/A]
[4/4] Gtr IV
H. Q W H. Q H. S S E
||-------------|----------|------------|---------3------|| ||o-3-------3--|-3--------|-3-------3--|-3---------3---o|| ||--2-------0--|-2--------|-2-------0--|-2-----------2--|| ||-------------|----------|------------|----------------|| ||o------------|----------|------------|---------------o|| ||-------------|----------|------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus
6[D5]/8[C5] [D5] [C5] [D5] [C5] [D5] [C5]
Gtr I
S e. E S e. E S e. E S e. E
||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|------------------|| ||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--|| ||o-0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10-o|| ||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
Chorus
[D5]PM--| [C5] [B5A5B5C5] [D5]PM--|[C5] [B5A5B5C5]
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. 6x
||---------------------|---------------------|| ||o--------------------|--------------------o|| ||---------------------|---------------------|| ||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---|| ||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o|| ||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Guitar Break
N.C.
Gtr II
E E H +E E E Q. +E E H +H.
||-----------|--------------|------------|--------| ||o---4------|---------7----|-(7)-4------|--------| ||------7----|-(7)-5--------|-------7----|-(7)----| ||-----------|-------7------|------------|--------| ||o----------|--------------|------------|--------| ||-----------|--------------|------------|--------|
E E H +E E E Q. +E E H [Gm/BBbm/C#m/E] Q Q Q
|----------|--------------|------------|-^3--^6--^9---|| |---4------|---------7----|-(7)-4------|-^3--^6--^9--o|| |-----7----|-(7)-5--------|-------7----|-^3--^6--^9---|| |----------|-------7------|------------|--------------|| |----------|--------------|------------|-------------o|| |----------|--------------|------------|--------------||
[Bb5]Gtr I[B5] [C#5] [C5]
H. H. H. H.
|-----------|------------|------------|------------| |-----------|------------|------------|------------| |-3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------| |-3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------| |-1---------|--2---------|--4---------|--3---------| |-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E H +E E H +E E H +E E H
|-----------|------------|------------|------------| |----4------|-----3------|-----2------|-----3-3----| |------7----|-(7)---6----|-(6)---5----|-(5)--------| |-----------|------------|------------|------------| |-----------|------------|------------|------------| |-----------|------------|------------|------------|
[Bb5] H. [B5] H. [C#5] H. [C5] H. +H. H.
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------| |--3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|-(5)------|-------| |--3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|-(5)------|-------| |--1---------|--2---------|--4---------|--3---------|-(3)------|-------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
|
| +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E H +H. H.
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------| |-(3)-4------|-----3------|-----6-6----|-(6)-5-5----|-(5)------|-------| |-------7----|-(7)---6----|-(6)--------|------------|----------|-------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
Bridge/Chorus Reprise
[D5]Gtr V[C5] [B5A5B5C5] [D5] [C5] [B5A5B5C5]
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E. 4x
||---------------------|---------------------|| ||o--------------------|--------------------o|| ||---------------------|---------------------|| ||---------------------|---------------------|| ||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o|| ||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Guitar Break
[D5]e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5]S S e [C5] E. [D5]e S S [C5] S [B5]S [A5B5C5]S e E.
|----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |-0---0-0-10-9-7-9---10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-10------| |-0---0-0-10-9-7-9---10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-10------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S E S S S
|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-| |-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-| |-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------------|
[D5]e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5C5]S S e E. [D5]e S S [C5] S [B5]S [A5B5]S e [C5] E.
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-----10---------| |-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-----10---------|
|
| S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S T T T T S S T T S S T T
|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--| |-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--| |-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
[D5]e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5C5]S S e E. [D5]e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5C5]S S e E. 4x
||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o--------------------------|--------------------------o|| ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------o|| ||--0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10-------||
|
| S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S 4x
||--5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--|| ||o-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-o|| ||--7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--|| ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o--------------------------|--------------------------o|| ||---------------------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo
[D5]e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5]S S e [C5] E. [D5] e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5]S S e [C5] E.
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-0---0--0-10-9-7-9----10--------|---0---0-0-10-9-7---9-10-------| |-0---0--0-10-9-7-9----10--------|---0---0-0-10-9-7---9-10-------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| E Q. S T T E +Q.. Q +S
|---/15--------------------------|------------------/13-----(13)-| |--------------------------15-14-|-(14)--------------------------| |-------------------15-15--------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
[D5] e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5C5]S S e E. [D5] e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5C5]S S e E.
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |--0--0-0--10--9-7-9-10-----------|--0-0-0--10-----9-7-9-10--------------| |--0--0-0--10--9-7-9-10-----------|--0-0-0--10-----9-7-9-10--------------|
|
| Q Q. S T T Q +Q. T T T T
|-14\-----/19------------17-15-17-|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-10-----(10)b11r===================20-| |---------------------------------|--------------------------13-10-13----| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
[D5] e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5]S S e [C5] E.
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |--0-0-0-10-9-7-9----10-----------| |--0-0-0-10-9-7-9----10-----------|
|
| |--3--|
| H E. T T T
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-12------------------------12-15-| |------------------------15-------| |---------------------------------|
[D5] e S S [C5] S [B5] S [A5B5C5]S e E.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |--0-------------0--0-------10--------9----7-9-10---------------------| |--0-------------0--0-------10--------9----7-9-10---------------------|
|
| |--3--| |------5-------| |-----5------|
| T T T E T T T T T Q T T T T T T T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------10b12r==12---------------------------------------------12--| |-15-12-15------------15-12-------12-13b15r====12-----------12-15-----| |------------------------------15------------------15-12-15-----------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[D5] e S S [C5] S [B5]S [A5] S [B5]e [C5] E. [D5] e S S [C5] S [B5A5B5C5]S S e E.
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |--0--0----0----10----9-----7----9----------10--------|--0--0-0-10-9-7-9-10--| |--0--0----0----10----9-----7----9----------10--------|--0--0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|
|
| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |----3----|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S E H.
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |-12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12-----12-12-|-14-------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
Reprise
[D5]Gtr I[C5] [B5A5B5C5] [D5] [C5] [B5A5B5C5] [D5] [C5] [B5A5B5C5] [G5] [Bb5C#5]
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. Q Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----3--6--| |-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--3--6--| |-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--1--4--| |-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--------|
Guitar Break
5[Bb5]/8[B5] [C#5] [C5]
[B] [+E] [B] [+E] [B] [+E] [B] [+E]
||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||---3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)-| ||---3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)-| ||o--1--------(1)-|---2---------(2)-|---4---------(4)-|---3---------(3)-| ||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H +E +H +E +H +E +H +E
||--10-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-| ||o----4----------|------3----------|------2----------|------3-3--------| ||-------7--------|--------6--------|--(6)---5--------|--(5)------------| ||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E Q. E E Q. +E E Q. +E E Q.
[Bb5] [B5] [C#5] [C5]
[B] [+E] [B] [+E] [B] [+E] [B] [+E]
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| |--3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)--|| |--3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)--|| |--1--------(1)-|---2---------(2)-|---4---------(4)-|---3---------(3)-o|| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| H +E +H +E +H +E +H +E
|-10-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)--|| |----4----------|------3----------|------6-6--------|--(6)-5-5--------o|| |------7--------|--------6--------|--(6)------------|------------------|| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
E E Q. E E Q. +E E Q. +E E Q.
Break
[Bb]
[4/4] >
+W Wx7
|---------------------|--------| |---------------------|--------| |--(5)----------------|--------| |--(5)----------------|--------| |--(3)----------------|--------| |---------------------|--------|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| +W Wx7
|-(10)----------------|--------| |--(5)b6--(5)--(5)----|--------| |---------------------|--------| |---------------------|--------| |---------------------|--------| |---------------------|--------|
+Q +Q +H
Outro
[D5]Gtr I[Eb5] [F5] [E5]
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E 4x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|| ||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o|| ||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|| ||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2---|| ||o-0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2--o|| ||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2---||
[D5]Q. E E E E E [Eb5] Q. E E E E E [F5] Q. E E E E E [E5]Q. E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-| |-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-| |-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W +W +H H H. Q
|----------------|-----------------|---------6-------|-5----------4---| |-3--------------|-(3)-------------|-(3)-------------|----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
[D5] Q. E E E E E [Eb5] Q. E E E E E [F5]Q. E E E E E [E5]Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------| |--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-| |--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-| |--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| +H H +Q H. H H W
|-(4)-------------|------[3]-----------|-3--------------|-4--------------| |---------3-------|-(3)----------------|--------1-------|----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
[D5]W +W +W +W
|-----------|------------|------------|--------| |-----------|------------|------------|--------| |-----------|------------|------------|--------| |-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----| |-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----| |-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|
| >
| H H +W +W +W
|-4----5----|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----| |-----------|------------|------------|--------| |-----------|------------|------------|--------| |-----------|------------|------------|--------| |-----------|------------|------------|--------| |-----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W +W +W +W Wx2
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*| |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*| |------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*| |-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*| |-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*| |-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(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
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