• Song:

    Wake as Gun I

  • Artist:

    Porcupine Tree

  • Album:

    Insignificance

"Wake As Gun" by Porcupine Tree from the previously rare "Insignificance" released in 1997. 
Now available as a bonus disc with the 1996 album "Signify".

TUNING: Drop D (DADGBe)

The only reason this song is in Drop D is because of a hammer on from D to E on the first chord. 
If you want, you can just ignore that hammer on and play the song in standard. Just move 
everything on the low E string down two frets.


CHORDS:
Em -        222000
F#7 sus4 -  444x00
Fmaj7 #11 - 333200
Fmaj13 -   33x230
G6 -        555x00
Asus2 -    777x00
Cadd9 -    x32030
F#7 -       442322

All the tabbed parts in this song are actually played on a koto, but work out just fine on guitar.


INTRO:

Em  F#7sus4  Fmaj7#11

Em  F#7sus4  Fmaj7#11  Fmaj13


VERSE:

Em          F#7sus4   Fmaj7#11
  Man wakes up     as animal 
Em    F#7sus4    Fmaj7#11   Fmaj13
  Hallucinates a fire 
Em          F#7sus4   Fma7#11
  Man wakes up        as a ghost 
Em    F#7sus4        Fmaj7#11   Fmaj13
      Bloodless but inspired 


BRIDGE 1:

  Em           F#7sus4       G6     Asus2    Em          F#7sus4       G6    Asus2              Em
  Q.     S  S  Q.    S  S    W               Q.    S  S  Q.    S  S    H     E  S  S  S S  E    W
|-12-----11-12-------------|---------------|-------11-12-------------|------------------------|---
|--------------12----10-12-|---------------|-------------12----10-12-|------------------------|---
|--------------------------|-9-------------|-L-----------------------|-9-----L--11-12-9----9--|---
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------13----|-9-
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|---
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|---


VERSE:

Man wakes up as music 
And liberates the calm 
Man wakes up as a child 
And builds a bridge of charm 


BRIDGE 2:

  Cadd9                                         F#7                    Fmaj7#11
  H.            Q        H        Q    Q        W                      H.            Q
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-12-------13---12-----|-11-------------------|-10-------------------|
|-12------------11-----|----------------------|----------------------|---------------12-----|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
                                         Oh the silence you keep But I just wanna sleep 

  
  Em           F#7sus4       G6     Asus2    Em          F#7sus4       G6    Asus2             
  Q.     S  S  Q.    S  S    W               Q.    S  S  Q.    S  S    H        
|--------11-12-------------|---------------|-------11-12-------------|------------------------|
|--------------12----10-12-|---------------|-------------12----10-12-|------------------------|
|-9------------------------|-9-------------|-9-----------------------|-9----------------11----|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
 

  Cadd9                                         F#7                    Fmaj7#11
  H.            Q        H        Q    Q        W                      H.            Q
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---
|----------------------|-12-------13---12-----|-11-------------------|-10-------------------|---
|-12------------11-----|----------------------|----------------------|---------------12-----|-9-
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---


VERSE:

Em          F#7sus4  Fmaj7#11
  Man wakes up       as a gun
Em    F#7sus4         Fmaj7#11  Fmaj13  
  And doesn't get the joke
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