WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Porcupine Tree - Strip The Soul Bass | Ver. 3
STRIP THE SOUL (Bassline)
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2002 Album IN ABSENTIA)
Words by Steven Wilson Music by Steven Wilson, Colin Edwin
Arranged by Steven Wilson
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Cello'
Intro
Q=78
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S 4x
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--0-3-5-0-5-3-0-3-5-0-3-0-3s5-|-0-3-5-0-5-3-0-3-5-0-3-0-3s5---||
Verse 1
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S 4x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--0-3-5-0-5-3-0-3-5-0-3-0-3s5-|-0-3-5-0-5-3-0-3-5-0-3-0-3s5--||
Pre-Chorus
6/8
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-o||
||--0-0-4-----0---------|-0-0-4-----0----------||
Chorus
E S S S S S e E S E S S S S S e E S 4x
||--------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||o-------3-2-0-2-3-0-|-------3-2-0-2-3-0-o||
||--0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0--------------||
Verse 2
4/4
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S 4x
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--0-3-5-0-5-3-0-3-5-0-3-0-3s5-|-0-3-5-0-5-3-0-3-5-0-3-0-3s5---||
Pre-Chorus
6/8
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-o||
||--0-0-4-----0---------|-0-0-4-----0----------||
Chorus
E S S S S S e E S E S S S S S e E S 6x
||--------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||o-------3-2-0-2-3-0-|-------3-2-0-2-3-0-o||
||--0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0--------------||
Guitar Break
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|
||--0-0-4-----0---------|-0-0-4-----0---------|
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|
|-0-0-4-----0---------|-0-0-4-----0---------|
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|
|-0-0-4-----0---------|-0-0-4-----0---------|
S S S S S S S e E S Q Q S S S S
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|---------------o||
|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|----1--4-------o||
|-0-0-4-----0---------|-5-------0-3-6--||
E S S E S E S E E S S E S E S E E S S E S E S E E S S E S E S E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Bridge\Chorus Reprise
H. Wx9
|---------|--------|
|---------|--------|
|-3-------|--------|
|---------|--------|
Guitar Break
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S 6x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-o||
||--0-0-4-----0---------|-0-0-4-----0----------||
Guitar Solo
S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S 4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||o-------0-2---0-2-3-0-|-------0-2---0-2-3-0-o||
||--0-0-4-----0---------|-0-0-4-----0----------||
Reprise
E S S S S S e E S E S S S S S e E S E S S S S S e E S Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-------3-2-0-2-3-0-|-------3-2-0-2-3-0-|-------3-2-0-2-3-0-|----1--4---|
|-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-------------|-0-0-0-------------|-5---------|
Guitar Break
5/8
E S S E S E S E S S E S E S
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H +E H +E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-1-----------(1)---|-2-----------(2)---|
||--------------------|-------------------|
E S S E S E S E S S E S E S 4x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| H +E H +E 4x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-4-----------(4)---|-3-----------(3)---o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
Break
4/4
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-1--------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|
| W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-1--------|-2--------|-4--------|-3----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|
| W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-1--------|-2--------|-4--------|-3----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
Outro
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E 6x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||--0----0-0--0-0-|-1----1-1--1-1-|-3----3-3--3-3-|-2----2-2--2-2---||
W Wx8
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|-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