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Open Car
Porcupine Tree
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OPEN CAR (Bassline)
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2005 Album DEADWING)
Transcribed by Erik Dietrich
Words by Steven Wilson Music by Porcupine Tree
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Fingered Bass'
Intro/Verse
Q=158
4/4 9/8 4/4 9/8
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|-----------|----------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|------|
4/4 9/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-3---3---|
4/4 9/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-2-3-0----||
Bridge
4/4
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------3---o||
||o---5-----3-------|----------------|---5-----3-------|---5-----3-4-----o||
||--0---3-4---0-0-2-|---2--0-2-3-0---|-0---3-4---0-0-2-|-----3-4----------||
Verse
$
9/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||--2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-3---3---|
4/4 9/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-2-3-0------||
Bridge
To Coda
4/4
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------3---o||
||o---5-----3-------|----------------|---5-----3-------|---5-----3-4-----o||
||--0---3-4---0-0-2-|---2--0-2-3-0---|-0---3-4---0-0-2-|-----3-4----------||
Pre-Chorus
Half-time Q=79
S E S +E E +Q S E +S H. Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------|-------------|----------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-(5)--------5-5-(5)s|=8-------8\--|-2----2-(2)--2--|-1----1-(1)-------|
|-----------0-(0)----------|-------------|----------------|-------------3----|
S E. +E E +H Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q S E. +E E +Q Q
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------/5-(5)h=7/--|
|----------/5-(5)----|-/8----8-(8)--8--|-2----2-(2)--2--|-1-1--(1)-------------|
|-0-0--(0)-----------|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|
Chorus
W E E +E. S E E +S E.
|-----------|----------------------|
|-12--------|----------------------|
|-----------|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1--|
|--0--------|----------------------|
E E +E. S E S S E E S E S E. S S S E +S E.
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-(0)-0---|
D.S. al Coda
E Q. E S S Q E E +E. S E E +S E. E E +Q S E. Q
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--------------3--|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1--|-0-0-(0)--0-0--0--|
|-0-0----0-0-0----|----------------------|------------------|
Pre-Chorus
&
H. Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------|-3----3-(3)-----|-------------3--|----------------|
|-5-------5--|-------------3--|-2----2-(2)-----|-1----1-(1)--3--|
|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5----5-(5)--5/--|-8----8-(8)------|-------------8--|-------------8--|
|-0---------------|-------------10--|-9----9-(9)-----|-8----8-(8)-----|
Chorus
W E E +E. S E E +S E. E Q. S S E +S E. E E +E. S E E +S E.
|----------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5--------|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1--|-0-0----0-0-0-(0)-0--|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|---------------------|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0--|
E Q. S S S S Q E E +E. S E S S S E.
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|----------------3--|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-0-0----0-0-0-0----|----------------------|
E E +E. S E E +S E. E E +E. S E E +S E.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0--|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0---|
E S S S S E S S S S E E E E +E. S E E +S E.
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------3-3-|-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-(1)-1--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|----------------------|
Outro
E E +E. S E E +Q Wx15
|--------------------|---------*|
|--------------------|---------*|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-(0)--|---------*|
|--------------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
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