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Artist: Porcupine Tree
Tab Type: Bass
Tuning: Drop D
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PRODIGAL (Bassline)
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2002 Album IN ABSENTIA)

Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg
	

Words and Music by Steven Wilson
Arranged by Porcupine Tree

Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Colin Edwin - El. Bass'

 Intro
  Moderately Slow Rock Q=77
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    H      H    +S  S S S S S +E    H    H      Q..   S e E S S +E
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|---------------------||
|-----------|----------------5-------|-----------|-------------5-------||
|-----------|------------3-3---3-(3)-|-5---------|---------3-3---3-(3)-||
|-0----4----|-3----(3)-5-------------|------4----|-3-----5-------------||


   Verse #1
    H    H      H    +S  S S S S S +E    H    H      Q..   S e E S S +E
||------------|------------------------|-----------|----------------------
||o-----------|----------------5-------|-----------|-------------5--------
||o-5---------|------------3-3---3-(3)-|-5---------|---------3-3---3-(3)--
||-------4----|-3----(3)-5-------------|------4----|-3-----5--------------


  H    H      H    +S  S S S S S +E    H    H
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|
|-----------|----------------5-------|-----------|
|-5---------|------------3-3---3-(3)-|-5---------|
|------4----|-3----(3)-5-------------|------4----|


 1.                       2.
  H    +S  S E S S S S     H    +S  S S S S S E
|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|--------------5-5-----o||------------3h5p3------||
|------------3-----3---o||----------3-------3----||
|-3----(3)-5---------5--||-3----(3)-----------5--||


 Chorus #1
  e E +E. S S S Q  S S   e E +E  S S S S E S S E   e E +E. S S S Q  S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------5---5-|----------------------|
|----------------------|-3-3-(3)---3---x-3---3---|----------------------|
|-3-3-(3)-3---x-3--3-5-|---------5---------------|-3-3-(3)-3---x-3--3-5-|


  e E +E  S S S S E S S S S   E S S E S S +S  S E S S +E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------3-------|
|-3-3-(3)---3---3-3-3---3---|-1-1-1-1---1-(1)-x-1---1-(1)-|
|---------5-----------5---5-|---------3-------------------|


  e E E S S +Q   S S S S   E E E. S +S  S +S  S S S S S
|------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----7---7-(7)--5h7-5-5h|=7---7--------7-(7)---7---5h7-||
|-0-0---0----------------|---0----0-(0)-------0---7-----||
|------------------------|------------------------------||


 Pre-Verse
  H    H      H    +S  S S S S S +E    H    H      Q..   S e E S S +E
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------|----------------5-------|-----------|-------------5---------||
|-----------|------------3-3---3-(3)-|-5---------|---------3-3---3-(3)---||
|-0----4----|-3----(3)-5-------------|------4----|-3-----5---------------||


 Verse #2
  H    H      H    +S  S S S S S +E    H    H      Q..   S e E S S S S
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------|----------------5-------|-----------|-------------5--------|
|-5---------|------------3-3---3-(3)-|-5---------|---------3-3---3---3--|
|------4----|-3----(3)-5-------------|------4----|-3-----5---------5----|


  H    H      Q..   S e E S S +E    H    H      Q.   S S +S   S  S S +S  S E
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|--------------------5-(5)------||
|-----------|-------------5-------|-----------|------------------5-------3-5--||
|-5---------|---------3-3---3-(3)-|-5---------|--------3-(3)-(3)--------------||
|------4----|-3-----5-------------|------4----|-3----5------------------------||


 Chorus #2
  e E +E. S S S Q  S S   e E +E  S S S S E E S S   e E +E. S S S Q  S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------5-----|----------------------|
|----------------------|-3-3-(3)---3---x-3---3-5-|----------------------|
|-3-3-(3)-3---x-3--3-5-|---------5---------------|-3-3-(3)-3---x-3--3-5-|


  e E E S S S S E S S E   e E +E  S S E E S  S  S  S
|-----------------------|-----------------0-----------|
|-----5-----------5-----|-------------------(3)-------|
|-3-3-----3---x-3---3---|-1-1-(1)---1---1-------1-----|
|-------5-------------5-|---------3---------------(3)-|


                                           |-3-|
  e E E S S +E  S S E S S   E. S S +S  S S E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----7---7-(7)-5h7-7-5h7-|------7-(7)---7-7-6-5-------||
|-0-0---0-----------------|-0--0-------0---------7\----||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||


   Bridge #1
    E E E S S +E  S S E S S   E E E S S +E  S S S S E  4x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----5---5-(5)-----5---5-|-----5---5-(5)-5---5---5-o||
||--0-0---7-------0-0---7---|-0-0---0---------7---0----||


 Interlude #1
  e E +E  S S E E. S S S   e E E S S S S E S S E
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-2-2-(2)---2---2----2---|-1-1-1---1-----1-----1----||
|------------------4---4-|-------3-----3---3-3------||


 Guitar Solo #1
  e E +E. S e E +E. s   e E +Q   +S  S E S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------5-------|
|---------------------|----------------3---3---3-|
|-0-0-(0)-x-4-4-(4)-0-|-3-3-(3)--(3)-5-------5---|


  E e E. S e E +E. s   e E +Q   +S  S E S S S S
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------5-------|
|-5------------------|----------------3---3---3-|
|---0-0--x-4-4-(4)-0-|-3-3-(3)--(3)-5-------5---|


  e E +E. S e E +E. s   e E +Q   +S  S E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|------------------5---|
|-5-5-(5)-------------|----------------3---3-|
|---------x-4-4-(4)-0-|-3-3-(3)--(3)-5-------|


  E e E. S e E +E. s   e E +E  S S S S E S S  E
|--------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------3-------5h7\-3---||
|-5------------------|-------------5-3h5----------||
|---0-0--x-4-4-(4)-0-|-3-3-(3)--------------------||


 Verse #3
  H    H      H    +S  S E S S +E    H    H      Q..   S e E S S +E
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|---------------------|
|-----------|--------------5-------|-----------|-------------5-------|
|-5---------|------------3---3-(3)-|-5---------|---------3-3---3-(3)-|
|------4----|-3----(3)-5-----------|------4----|-3-----5-------------|


  H    H      H    +S  S E S S +E    H    H      Q.   S S +S   S S S S S  E
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------------------------||
|-----------|--------------5-------|-----------|--------------10-------------||
|-5---------|------------3---3-(3)-|-5---------|------3s8-(8)----8s7-8-7-----||
|------4----|-3----(3)-5-----------|------4----|-3-----------------------10\-||


 Chorus #3
  e E +E. S S S Q  S S   e S S E S S S S E E S S   e E +E. S S S Q  S S
|----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------5-----|----------------------|
|----------------------|-3-3-3-3---3---x-3---3-5-|----------------------|
|-3-3-(3)-3---x-3--3-5-|---------5---------------|-3-3-(3)-3---x-3--3-5-|


  e S S E S S S S E S S S S   E E E S S +E  E S  S  S  S
|---------------------------|-----------------0-----------|
|-------------------5-------|-------------------(3)-------|
|-3-3-3-3---3---x-3---3-x-x-|-1-1-1---1-(1)-1-------1-----|
|---------5-----------------|-------3-----------------(3)-|


  e E E S S +E  S S E S S   E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----7---7-(7)-5h7-7-----|-----7---7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7----||
|-0-0---0-------------0---|-0-0---0----------------------||
|-----------------------2-|------------------------------||


   Bridge #2
    E E E S S +E  S S E S S   E E E S S +E  S S S S E  4x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----5---5-(5)-----5---5-|-----5---5-(5)-5---5---5-o||
||--0-0---7-------0-0---7---|-0-0---0---------7---0----||


 Interlude #2
  e E +E  S S +E  E S S S S   e E +E  S S +E  E S S S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------4-------|-------------------3---------||
|-2-2-(2)---2-(2)-2---2---2-|-1-1-(1)---1-(1)-1---1---1---||
|---------4-------------4---|---------3-------------3-----||


   Outro (Guitar Solo #2)
    E E E S S +E  S S E S S   E E E S S +E  S S S S E  8x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----5---5-(5)-----5---5-|-----5---5-(5)-5---5---5-o||
||--0-0---7-------0-0---7---|-0-0---0---------7---0----||


  E E E S S +E  S S E S S   e E H.        Q  Q  H
|-------------------------|-------------|------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------|------------*|
|-----5---5-(5)-----5---5-|-----5-------|------------*|
|-0-0---0-------0-0---7---|-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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