Steven Wilson – Perfect Life (Guitar)
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Guitar Tab
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Chords
[Beginner] If you are a beginner, below looks maybe very daunting and might take some time getting used
to, but it contains the entire song. All the chords and timings are there,
so technically this is all you need to learn this song. I will try for all my tabs to be as
consistent as I can, so that even a 0% beginner has everything to be able to play it
for the first time. All explanations are in the legend.
[Advanceder] For the more advanced players I'll note the chord cycles as a shorter version and symbols,
But I also wrote the precise length with consistent ||[C-Em] cycles. If you get used to
my style, think it'll be easier than sheet music, but could possibly be
"all info in blink of an eye".
So I'd say the legend is definitely something to check out :-)
Sincerely,
Artificial Halo
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Perfect Life - Steven Wilson (studio version 2015)
Tabbed by Artificial Halo
e 0 0 2 i 3 p 0 2 m
B 1 i 0 3 p 3 r 1 i 3 r
G 0 0 0 0 2 r 2 i
D 2 m 2 r 0 0 2 m 0
A 3 r 2 m 2 m 2 i 0 x
E x 0 3 r 3 m x x
C Em Gmaj7 G Am D
Please read text above and legend below for clarity
Standard Tuning (E) Beats per minute: 144 Key: C
Intro and verse chords: 2 bars
Perfect Life chords: 1 bar each
_______ Pro Synopsis_____
||[C-Em] 8x (first 2 cycles instrumental intro)
___ Percussion break
|[C-D-Gmaj7-C | Am-D-Gmaj7-C] 4x (last cycle instrumental)
|[C-D-G-C] End on C.
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Perfect autoscroll tempo: 0.2 (might want to speed up a little for the Perfect Life part)
(0:00) Intro
|| [C-Em] 2x
(0:27) Verse (same as intro)
|| [C-Em] 6x
C When I was 13 I had a sister for 6 months Em She arrived one February morning, pale and shell shocked C Em From past lives I could not imagine. She was 3 years older than me but in no time we became friends C Em We'd listen to her mix tapes; Dead Can Dance, Felt, This Mortal Coil C Em She introduced me to her favorite books, gave me clothes and my first cigarette C Sometimes we would head down to Blackbirds Moor to watch the barges on Grand Union in the twilight Em C She said, "The water has no memory" Em For a few months everything about our lives was perfect
[N.C. on 1]
It was only us. We were inseparable
(1.47) Percussion break
N.C.
But gradually she passed into another distant part of my memory
[C on 1]
Until I could no longer remember her face, her voice, even her name
(2.13) Perfect Life
|[C-D-Gmaj7-C | Am-D-Gmaj7-C] 5x (last cycle instrumental)
|[C-D-G-C] End on C.
C D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life Am D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life
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C D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life Am D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life
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C D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life Am D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life
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C D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life Am D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life
_____ (4.00) Instrumental
C D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life Am D We have got Gmaj7 C We have got a perfect life
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(4.27) Ending
|[C-D-G-[C] End on last C.
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If you have any notes, please tell me so I can edit it myself for consistency pls (:
I checked other places, and there might be some G's instead of Gmaj7 there, but I'm not 100 sure on that.
LEGEND (for this song)
(1.23) Time at which a certain part begins
|[C-D-Gmaj7-C | Am-D-Gmaj7-C] a cycle of the Perfect Life part.
||[C-Em] For each | before the [C-Em] cycle, the chord lasts a bar, in this case 2
[C on 1] What to play on the next One beat
N.C. No chords, do not play any chords.
|[C-D-G-[C] Each chord lasts a bar, let the last chord ring
Chord diagram above also contains