Artist: Porcupine Tree
Album: Deadwing
Song: Lazarus
Tabbed by: sever_tomorrow (reign_in_blood@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Standard [EADGBe]
Guitar 1 - Acoustic
Guitar 2 - Slide
Guitar 3 - Acoustic
Intro (00:00-00:12)
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|A |Amaj7 |Dsus2 |Dsus2 E5 |
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Verse 1 (00:12-00:45)
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A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5
As the cheerless towns pass my window
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5
I can see a washed out moon through the fog
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
And then a voice inside my head breaks the analogue
E5
And says:
Chorus 1 (00:45-01:07)
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A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
"Follow me down to the valley below
E5
You know
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
Verse 2 (01:07-01:30)
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A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5
I survived against the will of my twisted folk
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
But in the deafness of my world the silence broke
E5
And said:
Chorus 2 (01:30-02:15)
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A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
"Follow me down to the valley below
E5
You know
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
"Follow me down to the valley below
E5
You know
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
Guitar 2
|Dsus2 E5 A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5 |
e|------------5/--||--12--------------|------------12\-|5---------------|------------5/--|
B|------------5/--||.-12--------------|------------12\-|5---------------|------------5/--|
G|----------------||------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------||------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------||.-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------||------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
And said...
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1 |
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|A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5 |
e|12--------------|12--------------|10\9-5-5--------|------------5/--||
B|12--------------|12------------12|---------5--5\3-|------------5/-.||
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------.||
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
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|2
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|Dsus2 Dsus2
e|10/9-5-5--------|----------------|
B|---------5--5/7-|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Bridge (02:15-02:59)
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C#m Dsus2
My David don't you worry
A E
This cold world is not for you
C#m Dsus2
So rest your head upon me
A E
I have strength to carry you
|C#m |Dsus2 |A |E |
|////////|////////|////////|////////|with Guitar 3
C#m Dsus2
Ghosts of the twenties rising
A E
Golden summers just holding you
Guitar 3
C#m Dsus2
e|--------4---------------4---------|------5---------------5---------|
B|.-5---------5---5-----------5---5-|5---------5---5-----------5---5-|
G|----6---------6-----6---------6---|--7---------7-----7---------7---|
D|------6---------------6-----------|----7---------------7-----------|
A|.---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A E
e|------5---------------5---------|------0---------------0----------|
B|5---------5---5-----------5---5-|0---------0---0-----------0---0-.|
G|--6---------6-----6---------6---|--1---------1-----1---------1----|
D|----7---------------7-----------|----2---------------2------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------.|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chorus 3 (02:59-03:40)
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A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
"Follow me down to the valley below
E5
You know
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2 E5
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
A Amaj7 Dsus2 Dsus2
"Follow me down to the valley below
E5
You know
A Amaj7 Dsus2
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"
F
Come to us Lazarus
E A
It's time for you to go
Chord Diagrams:
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A [x02220] or [577655]
Amaj7 [x02120] or [576555]
Dsus2 [xx0230] or [x5775x]
E5 [x799xx]
C#m [x46654]
E [022100]
F [133211]
Performance Notes:
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To my ears, these chords sound much better than the A E D chord progression found in most Lazarus tabs out there. I'm not sure what they did on the CD, but live Steven Wilson plays the A Amaj7 Dsus2 E progression as barre chords. I think both open and barred sound good, so it's up to you how you want to play it. If you do play it open, however, be careful to keep the E5 chord and not resort to an E or E7 open chord because you can really hear the difference. The pitch is a higher E, hence the E5. Also, if you go the barre chord route, it sounds much better if you leave out the top strings. I finally gave up on the F E A chords that end the song. In acoustic live performances, it sounds like he goes from a Dsus2, to something like a Dm(?) then F, E, A, but on the CD it sounds like the F is held for two bars, then E then A. Guitars 2 and 3 are guesswork, plain and simple. I think they sound good, and work as a nice approximation of what is really being played, but I can guarantee they are not accurate. If anyone knows definitively how to play this amazing song, I would love to know, so please, please, please e-mail me any corrections.
