• Song:

    Deadwing

  • Artist:

    Porcupine Tree

  • Album:

    Deadwing

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                             DEADWING - Porcupine Tree
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Tabbed by: Peechee23 (Paul Schmid)
E-mail: Peechee@gmail.com

Tuning: Dropped D Tuning

This is my first Tab (ever! ;)), so feedback is really appreciated!

Main Riff (starts at 0:36)

G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------o|
A |-------------------3-----------3-----------3----o|
D |-4--4--0--0--3--3-----4--3--3-----44-33-3-----4--|

the Main Riff varies slightly throughout the song


Riff A (starts at 1:00)

G |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------o|
A |----3/5--------------3/5--------------3/5---------------------------o|
D |-0--------0--0--2--0--------0--0--2--0-----0--0--2--0--0--3333-4444--|

Riff B (starts at 2:13) (he varies this Riff a bit sometimes)

G |------------------|
D |-----------------o|
A |-----------------o|
D |-0--7/8--0--0--1--|

Riff C (starts at 3:02)

G |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------5-----3-------------------------------o|x2
A |-----------------5-3-5---5-3-5-----5-----3--------------------5--3--5-o|
D |-0-3-5--3-0-3-0-----------------------------0--3--5--3-0-3-0-----------|

G |-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|
D |--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

Riff D (starts at 3:26)

G |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------4p3-2h3---|
A |-----------------------------------------------------3-3------------|
D |-4--4--3--33--333--4--4--3--33--333--0--4--4--3--33-----------------|

G  ---------------------|
D  ---------------------|
A  ---------------------|
D  --4--4--3--33--333---|

Riff E (starts at 3:50)

G |-------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-11111--111--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--11111--111--0--------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------3--3--3/4--|

G |--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-11111--111--3--5--5--5--3--3--3--11111--0101--0--------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------3--3--3-/4--|


Riff F (aka Bass Solo, starts at 6:42)

G |--------2-----2--------------------------2-5/7--10h14-14-10-7--|
D |----------0-0----------------------^7--------------------------|
A |-0-3-5------------3-5-5p4p3-5-5-3----^7------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|

G  -10-12-14-10-7--2-5-7--9--9/7--5--7/5--2--5--7--10-7-7\|
D  -------------------------------------------------------|
A  -------------------------------------------------------|
D  -------------------------------------------------------|

Riff G (starts at 7:07)

G |-------------------|--------------------------------|
D |------------------o|--------------------------------|
A |------------------o|--------------------------------|
D |-0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0000000000000000--|

Its a kinda odd rythm, you have to check out yourself. Just listen to the song and 
you'll get it, its always the same note.

Riff H (starts at 9:09)

G |----------------|
D |----------------|
A |----------------|
D |-4--4--3-----0--|

Song Structure:

Main Riff (x4)
Riff A (x4)
Main Riff (x8)
Riff B (x16)
Main Riff (x4)
Riff C (x2)
Riff D (x1)
Riff E (x1)
Riff B (x8)
Main Riff (x8)
Riff A (x4)
Riff F (x1)
Riff G
Riff A (x4)
Main Riff (x4)
Riff C
Riff H
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