• Song:

    A Smart Kid

  • Artist:

    Porcupine Tree

  • Album:

    2001-06-23: NEARfest 20...

Song: A Smart Kid (Acoustic)
Artist: Porcupine Tree
Album: Stupid Dream
Year: 1999

Tabbed by: andback@gmail.com


Here's a great song from PT's '99 album Stupid Dream. Transcribed using
the recording of Steven Wilsons live solo performance in Tel-Aviv. This
tab is not a 100% accurate representation of the studio version but rather
a cool way to play it acoustically.

Enjoy!


The chords:

Dsus2  [x x 0 2 3 0]
Am     [x 0 2 2 1 0]
Fmaj7  [x 3 3 2 1 0]
C      [x 3 2 0 1 0]
F      [1 3 3 2 1 1]
Em     [0 2 2 0 0 0]


Intro / Verse 1-2:
   
e|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-------------------0-----------0-------|
D|-----2-------2-----------2-----------0-----0---|
A|-0---------------0-2-3---------0-0h2-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-------------------0-----------0-----------------------------|
D|-----2-------2-----------2-----------0-------------3---------2-------|
A|-0---------------0-2-3---------0-0h2-------------3---------2-----2---|
E|-------------------------------------------0-1---------0-------------|


Stranded here on planet earth
It's not much but it could be worse
Everything's free here, there's no crowds

Winter lasted five long years
No sun will come again I fear
Chemical harvest was sown


Chorus:

Dsus2    Am             Fmaj7        
             And I will wait for you
   
Dsus2    Am           Fmaj7
             Until the sky is blue

Dsus2    Am             Fmaj7
             And I will wait for you
   
Dsus2    Am           Fmaj7
             What else can I do?


Verse 3-4: (play the chords while keeping the riff in there)

Am                    C
   A spaceship from another star
   
Am                            C
   They ask me where all the people are

               F            Em
   What can I tell them?

I tell them I'm the only one
There was a war but I must have won
Please take me with you
 

Chorus


end on Fmaj7


That's it!

e-mail me if you've got any questions or corrections.
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