Steven Wilson – Permanating (Guitar)

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Hey guys, these are the chords to the new Steven Wilson song Permanating. I checked the chords on the piano and they seem correct. I will try and provide some performance guidelines where needed. The song is in the key of Eb major, and while I thought of suggesting dropping the guitar by a half step the Chorus modulation would then be really awkward to play so it's better in standard tuning (note that the song is piano oriented). Here are the voicings I use for the chords
[Verse]
   Ebmaj7   Abmaj7
e|----------------|
B|--8--------13---|
G|--7--------12---|
D|--8--------13---|
A|--6--------11---|
E|----------------|

[Chorus]
   C C/B Am Am/G# G  B/F# Bdim7/F  E
e|-------0--------3---2------------0--|
B|-5--5--1---1----3---3-----3------0--|
G|-5--5--2---1----4---4-----2------1--|
D|-5--5--2---2----5---4-----3------2--|
A|-3--2--0--(0)---5---2-----2------2--|
E|-----------4----3---2----(1)-----0--|
Note: There is a descending bass line (c, b, a, g#, g, f#, f, e) but some chords are just not comfortable to play on a guitar so adjust your voicings accordingly. I usually dodge the f# and f but sometimes manage to play them. Also the Am/G# is weird and I might be wrong about it, cause it seems to imply a C augumented chord but on the piano it sounds alright if you just keep playing Am with your right hand and move the bass to G#. [Intro] This bit is played a few times throughout the song. First time there is no bass note but later when it appears as the bridge, solo backing and outro the bass note is C (you can play it on 10th fret of the D string for a good effect). It repeats 3 times during the intro.
[Pattern 1]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Spoken: Somewhere on the highway With a luminous moon Swimming after dark and then Awaken to you [Verse]
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
     Abmaj7
And sing it
And live it It's always there
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
    Abmaj7
And feel it
Believe it
[Bridge]
(Pattern 1 x2)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And time is moving on And listening to the song We get older Together And every time we breathe Another moment leaves us forever To the nether [Verse]
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
     Abmaj7
And sing it
And live it It's always there
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
    Abmaj7
And feel it
Believe it [Chorus]
C
Permanating

C/B
Celebrating

Am
Now we're levitating

Am/G#            G
High above the clouds

Bm/F#
Yesterday

Bdim7/F                     E
Is the place where all your friends will always

C
Permanating

C/B
Celebrating

Am
Now we're levitating

Am/G#            G
High above the clouds

Bm/F#
Yesterday

Bdim7/F                     E
Is the place where all your dreams are always
[Solo] (Over pattern 1 x2) This is the amazing tab by Ayreon77 for the solo, so go and give him a 5 star rating too :) The solo is mostly C minor pentatonic with a few mixolydian notes scattered throughout.
e|--brb--br--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10---10---------|-----------------s----11-------------------------------|
G|----------8~~~~~-|------8~~-10-8-10\12-----12-10~~-8----------8----------|
D|-----------------|-8-10------------------------------10-8--10---10~~~~~~-|
A|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                               b
e|---------------------s---|---------br------|---------s---|-------15-|-18-15-18-|
B|-----------8-10-11-11\13-|----13-15---13~~-|-15-16-16\18-|-16-18----|----------|
G|--h---8-10---------------|-15--------------|-------------|----------|----------|
D|-8-10--------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|----------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|----------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|----------|

[Bridge]
(Pattern 1 x2)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And time is moving on And listening to the song We get older Together And every time we breathe Another moment leaves us forever To the nether [Verse]
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
     Abmaj7
And sing it
And live it It's always there
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
    Abmaj7
And feel it
Believe it [Chorus]
C
Permanating

C/B
Celebrating

Am
Now we're levitating

Am/G#            G
High above the clouds

Bm/F#
Yesterday

Bdim7/F                     E
Is the place where all your friends will always

C
Permanating

C/B
Celebrating

Am
Now we're levitating

Am/G#            G
High above the clouds

Bm/F#
Yesterday

Bdim7/F                     E
Is the place where all your dreams are always
[Verse]
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
     Abmaj7
And sing it
And live it It's always there
Ebmaj7
Hold on
Hold onto the minute
    Abmaj7
And feel it
Believe it
[Outro]
(Pattern 1 x4 until fade out)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|