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Open Car Bass

(ver. 1)
Porcupine Tree

OPEN CAR (Bassline)
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2005 Album DEADWING)

	

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
---------------
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
            
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