Porcupine Tree – Start Of Something Beautiful (Bass Tab)

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Song: The Start of Something Beautiful Band: Porcupine Tree Album: Deadwing Tabbed by: Matt Romanchick Bassist: Colin Edwin Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass' Q=160 9/8 Gtr I

Intro
  W           W           W           W
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|

             Pre Verse
  W           Q  E +Q   E +Q.     Q  E +E  E E +E  Q    Q.   Q.   Q.
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------|-0--0-(0)--0-(0)---|----5-(5)---3-(3)-5--|----------------|
|-----------|-------------------|-3--------3----------|-5----5----5----|

  Q  E +E  E E E E E  
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----5-(5)---3-5---3-|
|-3--------3-----3---|

Verse
  Q  E +Q   E +Q.
|-------------------|
|-----------7-(7)---|
|-0--0-(0)----(0)---|
|-------------------|

  Q  E +E  E E +E  Q    Q.   Q.   Q.
|----7-(7)---5-(5)-7--|----------------|
|-5--------5----------|----------------|
|---------------------|-----------7----|
|---------------------|-5----5---------|

  Q  E +E  E E E E E 
|----7-(7)---5-7---5-|
|-5--------5-----5---|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|

Pre Chorus
5/4
  W        +Q     H..       E Q
|---------------|-----------3----|
|---------------|-3-----------3--|
|-3--------(3)--|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|

                                  Chorus
  W        +Q     H..       E Q    W        Q
|-2--------(2)--|-3---------8-7--|-------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------------|-5--------5--|

  W        Q    W        Q    Q  E E +E  E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|----3-3-(3)-3-3-2-2---|
|-0--------0--|-1--------1--|-3------------------3-|

Repeat Verse Repeat Pre Chorus Repeat Chorus Interlude (No Bass)

Middle section
9/8
 Q  E +Q   E +Q.
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-0--0-(0)--0-(0)---|
|-------------------|

  Q  E +E  Q  E Q    Q  E +Q   E +Q.     Q  E +E  Q  E Q    Q  E +Q   E +Q.
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-0--0-(0)----0----|-------------------|-2--2-(2)----2----|-------------------|
|----------0----0--|-0--0-(0)--0-(0)---|----------0----0--|-1--1-(1)--1-(1)---|

  Q  E +E  Q  E Q    Q  E +Q   E +Q.     Q  E +E  Q  E Q  
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-3--3-(3)----3----|-------------------|-5--5-(5)----5----|
|----------1----1--|-3--3-(3)--3-(3)---|----------3----3--|

Repeat Chorus a few more times 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 <n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths *************************************************************************************** * Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org * *************************************************************************************** Enjoy!