• Song:

    Futile

  • Artist:

    Porcupine Tree

  • Album:

    Futile

From their EP "Futile".

This song has lots of weird timings, so watch out for that.
I'm not writing them into the tab, because I value my sanity too much for that.
The song is in common time except the one bar marked otherwise.

INTRO: Riff 1

Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
e|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------|----------------------|
D|--------4----------|----4------------4----| x5
A|--------3----------|----3------------3----|
D|--0--0--4--0--0--0-|-L--4--0--0--0-0-4-0--|

Riff 2

Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------4---------|-4--------4-----4----|----------4--------4-|----4-4--4-4-|-4-4--4-4--4-4--|
|-------3---------|-3--------3-----3----|----------3--------3-|----3-3--3-3-|-3-3--3-3--3-3--|
|--0--0-4-0--0--0-|-4-0--0-0-4-0-0-4--0-|-0-0--0-0-4--0--0--4-|-0--4-4--4-4-|-4-4--4-4--4-4--|

Riff 3

Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--| x4
|-------0h1---0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|--1--1----h2-0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|                                                            |
|Guitar 2 (DISTORTION)                                       |
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------| x4
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|

VERSE 1

Guitar 2 (CLEAN)

D5:  xx023x
 Db5: xx013x
 D7:  xx453x
 D6:  xx443x

D5 (xx023x@1)             Db5 (x133xx@4)             D7 (xx0212@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)  You were the one that made her cry
 D5 (xx023x@1)             Db5 (x133xx@4)             D7 (xx0212@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)  You were the one that told her lies
 D5 (xx023x@1)             Db5 (x133xx@4)                  D7 (xx0212@1)   D6 (xx04xx@1)  You were the one whose brain moved in circles
 D5 (xx023x@1)          Db5 (x133xx@4)       D7 (xx0212@1)     D6 (xx04xx@1)  Neither an adult or a child

PRE-CHORUS 1

Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------| X2
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|--3-------|--2-------|--0-------|--L---------|

Guitar 2 (CLEAN)

C-9sus4: 343563
 B-9sus4: 232452

C-9sus4     B-9sus4          D5 (xx023x@1)      Now it only moves you forward
 C-9sus4                 B-9sus4         D5 (xx023x@1)      And back to the blackness at the same time

CHORUS 1

Guitar 1 & 2 (DISTORTION)
                3/4       4/4
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----| x3
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|

VERSE 2

Guitar 1 (CLEAN)
|-----10--------|----10-------|-----10--------|-----10--------|
|--10----10-----|--9----9-----|--13----13-----|--12----12-----|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| x4
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|

Guitar 2 (CLEAN)

Same as VERSE 1

PRE-CHORUS 2

Guitar 1 (CLEAN)
|-----10--------|-----10--------|-----10--------|-----10--------|
|--13----13-----|--12----12-----|--10----10-----|--10----10-----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| x2
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

Guitar 2 (CLEAN)

Same as PRE-CHORUS 1

CHORUS 2

Guitar 1 & 2 (DISTORTION)
                3/4       4/4
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----| x6
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|

BRIDGE

Guitar 1 (CLEAN)
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--15------13------12----|-12------10------10----|-8------8-----6-----5---|-3------------------|
|-----14------14------13-|----12------12------11-|---10-----9-----5-----5-|---3----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-------3-5---5------|x4
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------7--------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|                                                                                        
      |
|Guitar 2 (CLEAN)                                                                        
      |
|                                                                                        
      |
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--0---------------------|--L--------------------|--L---------------------|--L-----------------|x4
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|

CHORUS 3

Guitar 1 & 2 (DISTORTION)
 Guitar 1 ONLY first repeat
                3/4       4/4
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----| x7
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|

OUTRO: RIFF 1

Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|-------------------|----------------------|          |----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|          |----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|          |----------------------|
|--------4----------|----4------------4----| X2       |--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--|
|--------3----------|----3------------3----|          |--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--|
|--0--0--4--0--0--0-|-L--4--0--0--0-0-4-0--|          |--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--|

RIFF 2

Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--| x4
|-------0h1---0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|--1--1----h2-0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|                                                            |
|Guitar 2 (DISTORTION)                                       |
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------| x4
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|

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