Porcupine Tree – Wedding Nails (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Porcupine Tree (From the 2002 Album IN ABSENTIA) Transcribed by David Letersky Music by Steven Wilson Gtr I (E A D G) - 'electric bass'
 Intro
  Q=125
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx7          E. E. E. E. E E
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-------------1-0-||
|------------|-0--1--4--3------||

   Main Riff
    E E H    S E.   E E E. E. E S E.   E E Q.   E. S S S   E E E. E. E S E.
||----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0--------3--|-0-0----5--6-5-5--|-0-0-------------3-|-0-0----5--6-5-5--o||
||-----------3----|------------------|----------3--0-3---|-------------------||

    S S S e. q  E. E.   S S S e. q  E. E.
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-0-0---0--3--------|-0-0---0-----3-----|
||------3-------3--4--|-----3----3-----3--|

  S S S e. q  E. E.   S S S E. e. e. Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0---0--3-----1--|----------------1---o||
|-----3-------3-----|-4-4-4-4--4--3-------||

   1st Verse
    A
|   S S S e. q  E. E.    S  S S e. q  E. E.
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||o-0-0---0--3--------|--0--0---0-----3-----|
||------3-------3--4--|-------3----3-----3--|

  C                   G#
| S S S e. q  E. E.   S S S E. e. e. Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0---0--3-----1--|----------------1---o||
|-----3-------3-----|-4-4-4-4--4--3-------||

   2nd Verse
    A         Bb   A     Bb      C#        D    C#    D
|    S S S e.    q    E.    E.    S S S e.    q    E.    E.
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--0-0---0-----3-------------|--0-0---0----------3--------|
||-------3------------3-----4--|------3-------3----------3--|

  E         F    E     F       D       D#  D   D#  D
|  S S S e.    q    E.    E.    S  S S  E.  e.  e.  Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--0-0---0-----3----------1--|----------------------1----o||
|------3------------3--------|--4--4-4--4---4---3---------||

 Bridge
               Gtr I
  Wx3          E. E. E. E. E E
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-------------1-0-||
|------------|-0--1--4--3------||

  E E H    S E.   E E E. E. E S E.   E E Q.   E. S S S   E E E. E. E S E.
|---------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-0-0--------3--|-0-0----5--6-5-5--|-0-0-------------3-|-0-0----5--6-5-5---||
|----------3----|------------------|----------3--0-3---|-------------------||

  E E H    S E.   E E E. E. E S E.   E E Q.   E. S S S     E. E. E. E. E E
|---------------|------------------|-------------------||-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|-------------------||o-----------------o||
|-0-0--------3--|-0-0----5--6-5-5--|-0-0-------------3-||o-------------1-0-o||
|----------3----|------------------|----------3--0-3---||--0--1--4--3-------||

 3/4           4/4
  E E q  Q      E. E. E. E. E E    
|-----------||-------------------||
|-----------||o-----------------o||
|-----------||o-------------1-0-o||
|---4-3--1--||--0--1--4--3-------||

Interlude - Synth + Guitar solos
    E E E H    E   E E E H    E  x26
||---------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------o||
||o--------------|--------------o||
||----4-3--------|---1-0---------||

   3rd Verse
    $
    A         Bb   A     Bb      C#        D    C#    D
|    S S S e.    q    E.    E.    S S S e.    q    E.    E.
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------2-------------|-------------------2--------|
||---4-4-2-4----------2-----3--|--4-4-2-4-----2----------2--|

                                            To Coda
  E         F    E     F       D       D#  D   D#  D
|  S S S e.    q    E.    E.    S  S S  E.  e.  e.  Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------2----------0--|----------------------0----o||
|--4-4-2-4----------2--------|--3--3-3--3---3---2---------||

   4th Verse
    A
|   S S S e. q  E. E.    S  S S e. q  E. E.
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||o----------2--------|---------------2-----|
||--4-4-2-4-----2--3--|--4--4-2-4--2-----2--|

                         D.S. al Coda
  C                   G#
| S S S e. q  E. E.   S S S E. e. e. Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|----------2-----0--|----------------0---o||
|-4-4-2-4-----2-----|-3-3-3-3--3--2-------||

   Ending Riff
    &
    Gtr I
    S S S E S q  E. E.   S S S E S q  E. E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------2--------|-----------2--------|
||--4-4-2-4------2--3--|-4-4-2-4------2--3--|

                       1.,2.,3.
  S S S E S q  E. E.   S S S E S q  E E E  4x
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------2--------|-----------2--5-4---o||
|-4-4-2-4------2--3--|-4-4-2-4-------------||

  4.
                 >
  S S S E S q  E Q    +W           +W           +W
|-------------------|------------|------------|--------||
|-------------------|------------|------------|--------||
|-----------2--5-4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----||
|-4-4-2-4-----------|------------|------------|--------||
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