Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails Chords & Tabs

 

Wedding Nails Chords & Tabs

Porcupine Tree Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

Wedding Nails Bass Tab

   
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WEDDING NAILS (Bassline)
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'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'synth 1'

 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
    Gtr II
    W                   +W
||--5-----------------|-(5)-----------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--2-----------------|-(2)-----------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|   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#
  W                   W
|-8-----------------|-4-------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-5-----------------|-1-------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| 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
    Gtr II
     Q         Q    Q     Q       Q         Q    Q     Q
||--17--------18---17----18----|-21--------22---21----22----|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||---2---------3----2-----3----|--6---------7----6-----7----|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    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
   Q         Q    Q     Q       E.      E.  E.  E.  Q
|-24--------25---24----25----|-22------23--22--23--22-----||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--9--------10----9----10----|--7-------8---7---8---7-----||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  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-------||


                                       Interlude
 3/4           4/4
  E E q  Q      E. E. E. E. E E         E E E H    E   E E E H    E  6x
|-----------||-------------------||-||---------------|---------------||
|-----------||o-----------------o||-||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------||o-------------1-0-o||-||o--------------|--------------o||
|---4-3--1--||--0--1--4--3-------||-||----4-3--------|---1-0---------||


 Synth
  Gtr II
  H       Q.   E   +W               H       H       +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4-----|-(4)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr I
| E E E H      E    E  E E H    E   E E E H     E    E  E E H    E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3---------|-----1-0--------||


                                                      >
  H       Q.   E   +W               H       Q.   E   +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4----0-|-(0)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| E E E H      E    E  E E H    E   E E E H      E    E  E E H    E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------||


   Guitar Solo
    Gtr II
    W              +W              8x
||---------------|-----------------||
||o-5------------|-(5)------------o||
||---------------|-----------------||
||---------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------o||
||---------------|-----------------||
|
|   Gtr I
|   E E E H    E    E  E E H    E  8x
||---------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------o||
||o--------------|----------------o||
||----4-3--------|-----1-0---------||

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/porcupine_tree/wedding_nails_btab.html ]
 2nd Synth
  H       Q.   E   +W               H       H       +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4-----|-(4)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|
| E E E H      E    E  E E H    E   E E E H     E    E  E E H    E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3---------|-----1-0--------||


                                                      >
  H       Q.   E   +W               H       Q.   E   +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4----0-|-(0)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| E E E H      E    E  E E H    E   E E E H      E    E  E E H    E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------||


 Interlude Outro
  B                                       G/F
  Gtr II
   <                          >            <
   W           +W            +W            W
|-11--------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-----------|
|--0--------|--(0)--------|--(0)--------|-12--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--0--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--3--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|


                B                         G/Eb
    >            <                         >
   +W            W           +W            W
|-------------|-11--------|-(11)--------|-------||
|-(12)--------|--0--------|--(0)--------|-12----||
|--(0)--------|-----------|-------------|--0----||
|--(3)--------|-----------|-------------|-13----||
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------||
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------||


  B                                       G/Eb
   <                          >            <
   W           +W            +W            W           +W
|-11--------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-----------|-------------|
|--0--------|--(0)--------|--(0)--------|-12--------|-(12)--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--0--------|--(0)--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-13--------|-(13)--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|


  G
                >
   W           +W            +W            +H.      Q
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-12--------|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)-----------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|--3--------|--(3)--------|--(3)--------|--(3)-----------||


   3rd Verse
    $
    A         Bb   A     Bb      C#        D    C#    D
    Gtr II
     Q         Q    Q     Q       Q         Q    Q     Q
||--16--------17---16----17----|-20--------21---20----21----|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||---1---------2----1-----2----|--5---------6----5-----6----|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    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
   Q         Q    Q     Q       E.      E.  E.  E.  Q
|-23--------24---23----24----|-21------22--21--22--21-----||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--8---------9----8-----9----|--6-------7---6---7---6-----||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|  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
    Gtr II
    W                   +W
||--4-----------------|-(4)-----------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--1-----------------|-(1)-----------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
|   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#
  W                   W
|-7-----------------|-3-------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-4-----------------|-0-------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| 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-----------|------------|------------|--------||


 Outro
  C
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|



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