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Shallow Bass

(ver. 2)
Porcupine Tree

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

	

Words and Music by Steven Wilson

Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Q=174
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


   H     E E E E   E E E E H       H     E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------5---|--------------|------------5---|----------------|
|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0------|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0---0-0--|


   H     E E E E   E E E E H       H     E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------||
|------------5---|--------------|------------5---|----------------||
|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0-0-0------|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0---0-0--||


   Verse
    $
     H     E E E E   E E E E H       H     E E E E   E E E E E E Q
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o------------5---|--------------|------------5---|-----------------|
||--10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0------|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0---0-0---|


                                                          To Coda
   H     E E E E   E E E E H       H     E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------o||
|------------5---|--------------|------------5---|----------------o||
|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0-0-0------|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0---0-0---||


 Pre-Chorus
  H.      Q    +H     H      E Q.   Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q   Q
|------------|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------|---------------|--------7---------|
|-3-------3--|-(3)----3----|-3s5----5----5-|-(5)-5----5---0---|
|------------|-------------|---------------|-------------(0)--|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +Q   Q  Q    E Q.   Q.   E   E Q.   Q   Q
|----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------3--|-3s5----5----5-|---5----5--(0)--|
|-3----3-(3)--5--|-(5)-5-(5)--5-----|---------------|------------0---|


  H.      Q    +H     Q  Q    E Q.   Q.   E   +E  Q  E H
|------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3-------2--|-(2)----2--3--|-3s5----5----5-|-(5)-5--x-5----|
|------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +Q   Q  Q    E Q.   Q.   E   +E  Q.   E E E E
|----------------|------------------|---------------|------------------||
|----------------|------------------|---------------|------------------||
|----------------|---------------3--|-3s5----5----5-|-(5)-5----5-5-5-5-||
|-3----3-(3)--5--|-(5)-5-(5)--5-----|---------------|------------------||


   Chorus
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q  E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||--3p0-0-3p0-0-3p0-|-0-3p0-0-3s5-5-5-|-3-0---0-0----0-|---0---0-0----0--|


                                                         D.S. al Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-|-2---------------|----------------|-------3---------o||
|-----------------|---3-3-3-3s5-5-5-|-3-0---0-0----0-|-3-4-5---5-4-3-0--||


 Pre-Chorus
  &
  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   Q  Q    E Q  E Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)-3----3--3--|-3s5--x-5----5-|-(5)-5----5-----|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------0----0--|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +Q   Q  Q    E Q.   Q.   E   +E  Q.   Q  Q
|----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------3--|-3s5----5----5-|-(5)-5----5-----|
|-3----3-(3)--5--|-(5)-5-(5)--5-----|---------------|-------------0--|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   Q  Q    E Q.   Q.   E   +E  Q  E H
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-(3)--2--|-(2)-2----2--3--|-3s5----5----5-|-(5)-5--5-5----|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +Q   Q  Q    E Q.   H      E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|-------------|-----------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------|-----------------||
|----------------|---------------3--|-3s5----5----|-3h5-5-5-3h5-5-5-||
|-3----3-(3)--5--|-(5)-5-(5)--5-----|-------------|-----------------||


   Chorus
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q  E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||--3p0-0-3p0-0-3p0-|-0-3p0-0-3s5-5-5-|-3-0---0-0----0-|---0---0-0----0--|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-|-2---------------|----------------|-------3---------o||
|-----------------|---3-3-3-3s5-5-5-|-3-0---0-0----0-|-3-4-5---5-4-3-0--||


 Interlude
            2/4    4/4        2/4
  W          W      W          W
|----------|------|----------|------|
|----------|------|----------|------|
|----------|------|----------|------|
|----------|------|----------|------|


   4/4                 2/4       4/4                 2/4
    E S S E E E E E E   E E E E   E S S E E E E E E   E E E E
||--------------------|---------|-------------------|----------|
||o-------------------|---------|-------------------|----------|
||o---------3-----5---|---------|---------3-----5---|----------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-6-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-3-0--|


 4/4                 2/4       4/4                 2/4
  E S S E E E E E E   E E E E   E S S E E E E E E   E E E E
|-------------------|---------|-------------------|----------||
|-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------o||
|---------3-----5---|---------|---------3-----5---|---3-----o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-6-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0---3-|-4---4-3--||


 4/4               2/4       4/4               2/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-------3-----5---|---------|-------3-----5---|---------|
|-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-6-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-3-0-|


 4/4               2/4       4/4               2/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-------3-----5---|---------|-------3-----5---|---3-----|
|-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-6-0-|-0-0-0---0-0---3-|-4---4-3-|


   4/4                 2/4       4/4                 2/4
    E S S E E E E E E   E E E E   E S S E E E E E E   E E E E
||--------------------|---------|-------------------|----------|
||o-------------------|---------|-------------------|----------|
||o---------3-----5---|---------|---------3-----5---|----------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-6-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-3-0--|


 4/4                 2/4       4/4                 2/4
  E S S E E E E E E   E E E E   E S S E E E E E E   E E E E
|-------------------|---------|-------------------|----------||
|-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------o||
|---------3-----5---|---------|---------3-----5---|---3-----o||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-|-5-0-6-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0---3-|-4---4-3--||


   Chorus
   4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E Q  E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
||--3p0-0-3p0-0-3p0-|-0-3p0-0-3s5-5-5-|-3-0---0-0----0-|---0---0-0----0-|


  1.,2.,3.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-|-2---------------|----------------|-------3---------o||
|-----------------|---3-3-3-3s5-5-5-|-3-0---0-0----0-|-3-4-5---5-4-3-0--||


  4.
  Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q  E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5----3-(3)--2--|-(2)--------------|----------------|-------3---------|
|----------------|-----3--3-3s5-5-5-|-3-0---0-0----0-|-3-4-5---5-4-3-0-|


 Outro
   H     E E E E   E E E E H       H     E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------5---|--------------|------------5---|----------------|
|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0------|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---0---0-0--|


   H     E E E E   E E E E H       H     E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------*|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------*|
|------------5---|--------------|------------5---|----------------*|
|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0-0-0------|-10\----5h6---0-|-3-0---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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