Steven Wilson – Objects Outlive Us (Guitar Tab)

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Tabbed by: cartmenary Obviously this is a very long song, and not all sections have guitar parts. This tab will be split into sections as per the song. I use the CD as reference so the track lengths may differ slightly. Each section is split into its own, so despite 'The Cicerones' and 'Ark' being on the same track for digital releases, I've split them here, but they are labelled 'a' and 'b'. Same goes for 'No Ghost on the Moor' and 'Heat Death of the Universe'. Part I: No Monkey's Paw (0:00 - 1:52) [Intro] -No guitar- [Chorus] -No guitar- Part II: The Buddha of the Modern Age (1:53 - 4:15) [Verse] 1:53 - 3:45 -No guitar-

3:45 - 3:57
Strike hard and heavy
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---3---8---8---8---8---8---6---6---6---6---6--|
A|--4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---3---8---8---8---8---8---6---6---6---6---6--|
E|--2---2---2---2---2---1---1---1---1---1---6---6---6---6---6---4---4---4---4---4--|

3:57 - 4:16
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---3---8---8---8---8---8---6---6---6---6---6--|
A|--4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---3---8---8---8---8---8---6---6---6---6---6--|
E|--2---2---2---2---2---1---1---1---1---1---6---6---6---6---6---4---4---4---4---4--|

Bass ends on an open low E leading into Objects: Meanwhile Part III: Objects: Meanwhile (4:16 - 10:45)

[Intro]
4:16 - 4:26
Played on the last beat of the piano melody
e|--0---------|
B|--7---------|
G|--9---------|
D|--9---------|
A|------------|
E|------------|

4:26 - 4:35
Played on the last beat of the piano melody again
e|--0---------|
B|--7---------|
G|--9---------|
D|--9---------|
A|------------|
E|------------|

4:35 - 4:49
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|------7-----7-----------6-----3-----5---------|
G|----9-----9-------8---9-----5-----7---10------|
D|--9-----8-----5-6---8-----5-----7-----10------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
4:49 - 5:18
    Em(add9)  C(add9)   Em(add9)  C(add9)
e|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
B|--0---------3---------0---------3---------|
G|--0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|--2---------2---------2---------2---------|
A|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
E|--0-------------------0-------------------|

This stinger is played before every first of two C(add9) chords
e|-----------------------|
B|--8/10-----------------|
G|--7/9------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

5:18 - 5:47
Vocals in
    Em(add9)  C(add9)   Em(add9)  C(add9)
e|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
B|--0---------3---------0---------3---------|
G|--0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|--2---------2---------2---------2---------|
A|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
E|--0-------------------0-------------------|

This stinger is played before every first of two C(add9) chords
e|-----------------------|
B|--8/10-----------------|
G|--7/9------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

Lead in to chord change with this
e|---------------------------|
B|--8-7----------------------|
G|------7--------------------|
D|--------9------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

[Chorus]
5:47 - 6:10
    Bm        Dm6       C         Cm        G
e|--2---------1---------0---------3---------3---------|
B|--3---------0---------1---------4---------0---------|
G|--4---------2---------0---------5---------0---------|
D|--4---------0---------2---------5---------0---------|
A|--2-------------------3---------3---------2---------|
E|------------------------------------------3---------|

[Solo]
6:10 - 6:40
Keyboard solo
    Em(add9)  C(add9)   Em(add9)  C(add9)
e|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
B|--0---------3---------0---------3---------|
G|--0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|--2---------2---------2---------2---------|
A|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
E|--0-------------------0-------------------|

This stinger is played before every C(add9) chord during the solo
e|-----------------------|
B|--8/10-----------------|
G|--7/9------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

6:40 - 7:02
    Bm        Dm6       C         Cm        G
e|--2---------1---------0---------3---------3---------|
B|--3---------0---------1---------4---------0---------|
G|--4---------2---------0---------5---------0---------|
D|--4---------0---------2---------5---------0---------|
A|--2-------------------3---------3---------2---------|
E|------------------------------------------3---------|

[Verse 2]
7:02 - 7:32
Vocals back in
    Em(add9)  C(add9)   Em(add9)  C(add9)
e|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
B|--0---------3---------0---------3---------|
G|--0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|--2---------2---------2---------2---------|
A|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
E|--0-------------------0-------------------|

Lead in to chord change with this using a slide
e|--10/14--------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

[Chorus]
7:32 - 7:02
    Bm        Dm6       C         Cm        G
e|--2---------1---------0---------3---------3---------|
B|--3---------0---------1---------4---------0---------|
G|--4---------2---------0---------5---------0---------|
D|--4---------0---------2---------5---------0---------|
A|--2-------------------3---------3---------2---------|
E|------------------------------------------3---------|

Slide guitar continues through this B section
e|--14\13---13\12---12\11---11\10----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------7/9\7/9\7/9\7/9\7--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

["Hawkwind bit"]
7:54 - 8:09
Bass plays this or you could use an octave pedal with distortion
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------10----9---9--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0-10-12----12-------10-12-7---7-5-7-8---8-0---12---0-3-5---5-0-5-6---6-0-6-8---8-|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------10----9---9------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0-10-12----12-------10-12-7---7-5-7-8---8-0---0---12---12---12-0-6-8---8-0-8-10---10-|

8:09 - 8:24
Harmonics with a ton of delay
   *                             *
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
G|-5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

8:24 - 8:54
Use generous amounts of effects
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------10----9---9--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0-10-12----12-------10-12-7---7-5-7-8---8-0---12---0-3-5---5-0-5-6---6-0-6-8---8-|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------10----9---9------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---0-10-12----12-------10-12-7---7-5-7-8---8-0---0---12---12---12-0-6-8---8-0-8-10---10-|

8:39 - 8:54
Another guitar comes in with harmonies
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------9----7---7----------------5---5-----9-----5-7---7---7-8---8---8-10---10-|
A|-7---7-9-10---10-------9-10-5---5-7-9-------7-------7---------7---------7-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------9----7---7----------------5---5----------------------------------------|
A|-7---7-9-10---10-------9-10-5---5-7-9-------7---7---10---10-----10-5-7---7-5-9---9-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]
8:54 - 9:23
    Em(add9)  C(add9)   Em(add9)  C(add9)
e|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
B|--0---------3---------0---------3---------|
G|--0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|--2---------2---------2---------2---------|
A|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
E|--0-------------------0-------------------|

This stinger is played before the second C(add9) chord
e|-----------------------|
B|--8/10-----------------|
G|--7/9------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

9:23 - 9:53
Vocals back in
    Em(add9)  C(add9)   Em(add9)  C(add9)
e|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
B|--0---------3---------0---------3---------|
G|--0---------0---------0---------0---------|
D|--2---------2---------2---------2---------|
A|--2---------3---------2---------3---------|
E|--0-------------------0-------------------|

Lead in to chord change with this
e|---------------------------|
B|--8-7----------------------|
G|------7--------------------|
D|--------9------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

[Chorus]
9:53 - 10:15
    Bm        Dm6       C         Cm        G
e|--2---------1---------0---------3---------3---------|
B|--3---------0---------1---------4---------0---------|
G|--4---------2---------0---------5---------0---------|
D|--4---------0---------2---------5---------0---------|
A|--2-------------------3---------3---------2---------|
E|------------------------------------------3---------|

[Refrain]
10:15 - 10:24
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|------7-----7-----------6-----3-----5-7-------|
G|----9-----9-------8---9-----5-----7---9-------|
D|--9-----8-----5-6---8-----5-----7-----9-------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

10:24 - 10:34
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|------7-----7-----------6-----3-----5-7-------|
G|----9-----9-------8---9-----5-----7---9-------|
D|--9-----8-----5-6---8-----5-----7-----9-------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

10:34 - 10:46 -No guitar- Part IVa: The Cicerones (10:46 - 11:37) The acoustic part is two separate parts, so naturally I tried my best using a live performance to rough out what the general idea would be when played on one guitar.

10:46 - 10:58
e|----------2-----------2-----------0-----------0------------------------------|
B|------5-----5-----5-----------5-----5-----5----------------0-----------0-----|
G|----4---4-------4---4-------3---3-------3---3--------0-------0---0-----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------1-----------1---------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----------0-----------2-----------2-----------4------4-----4-----4-------|

10:58 - 11:11
e|----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------------------------|
B|----------5-----------5-------8-----------7---------------7-----------7------|
G|----7-------7---7-----------7---7-------7---7-------6-------6---6------------|
D|------8-----------8-----------------------------------7-----------7----------|
A|--------------------------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0--------|
E|--6-----6-----6-----6-----8-----------8--------------------------------------|
10:46 - 11:11 repeats under the solo.

[Solo]
11:11 - 11:19
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------10-12-12p11-----------------------|
G|--9-----9-11-12---------------11-11---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

11:19 - 11:30
e|--------------------7-------7-10---------------10---10\8-----------|
B|--11---11\8-----8/9----------------11-11-------------------8-------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

11:30 - 11:38
e|----------------8-8/9---------------|
B|--------------8---------7-7---------|
G|--7/9-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Part IVb: Ark (11:38-14:20)

11:38 - 12:32
This guitar part plays staccato through this passage with lots of delay and reverb
e|-------------------------12------------14------------15--------------|
B|--7------------13----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

12:32 - 13:00
e|--7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7-----------------------------------------------------------5-------|
G|--9-----9---------9-----------------7-------------7---------7---------|
D|--9-----------------9---5---------8------------10---------7-----------|
A|--7-----------------------------8-----------10----------5-------------|
E|------------------------------6-----------8---------------------------|

13:00 - 13:56
Continue arpeggiating these chords
e|--7-----7-----4-----6-----3-----5-------|
B|--7-----7-----4-----6-----3-----5-------|
G|--9-----9-----4-----7-----5-----7-------|
D|--9-----8-----6-----8-----5-----7-------|
A|--7-----9-----6-----8-----3-----5-------| x2
E|--------------4-----6-------------------|

13:56 - 14:21
Play these hard or arpeggiate, but end with the two Dsus2 hits
e|--7-----7-----4-----6-----3-----5-5-----|
B|--7-----7-----4-----6-----3-----5-5-----|
G|--9-----9-----4-----7-----5-----7-7-----|
D|--9-----8-----6-----8-----5-----7-7-----|
A|--7-----9-----6-----8-----3-----5-5-----|
E|--0-----------4-----6-------------------|

Part V: Cosmic Sons of Toil (14:21 - 17:10) -No guitar from 14:21 to 14:47-

14:48 - 15:02
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----6-0-----4-----8-7-5-0-6-5-3---0-3-4-5-|
A|-5---------6-----0---------------4---------| x4
E|-------------------------------------------|

[Randy McStine's solo] 15:02 - 15:39 Incredibly difficult solo, root is roughly D, but there are a lot of chromatic lines

15:39 - 15:53
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----6-0-----4-----8-7-5-0-6-5-3---0-3-4-5-|
A|-5---------6-----0---------------4---------| x4
E|-------------------------------------------|

15:53 - 16:08
Mostly keyboard break
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-9---------|
A|-7---------|
E|-0---------|

16:08 - 16:22
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------12--------11---------16----17-18----13-15----15-17-|
G|-9h11------9h11------12h13----15-------12-------14-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------| x4
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

16:22 - 16:59
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------7----5h7--------------0h3h5-5~~-------0h4h6-------0h6h8-------0h4h6-------0h6h8-| x5
E|-0--0----0---------0h3h5-5~~----------0h4h6-------0h6h8-------0h4h6-------0h6h8-------|

16:59 - 17:02
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------5----------------------|
A|------7----5h7--------------0h3h5-5~~-|
E|-0--0----0---------0h3h5-5~~----------|

17:02 - 17:11
Significantly faster than the previous loops of this
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0h4h6-------0h6h8-------0h4h6-------0h6h8--------0h4h6-------0h6h8--|
E|-0h4h6-------0h6h8-------0h4h6-------0h6h8--------0h4h6-------0h6h8--------|

Part VIa: No Ghost on the Moor (17:11 - 19:13) -No guitar- Part VIb: Heat Death of the Universe (19:14 - 23:19) [Randy McStine solo #2] Solo over Em and G mostly, crank fuzz, sustain, and compression for a rough approximation of the tone. ************************************ | h Hammer-on | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************