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WEDDING NAILS (Bassline)
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2002 Album IN ABSENTIA)
Transcribed by David Letersky
Music by Steven Wilson
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'electric bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'synth 1'
Intro
Q=125
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 E. E. E. E. E E
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-------------1-0-||
|------------|-0--1--4--3------||
Main Riff
E E H S E. E E E. E. E S E. E E Q. E. S S S E E E. E. E S E.
||----------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0--------3--|-0-0----5--6-5-5--|-0-0-------------3-|-0-0----5--6-5-5--o||
||-----------3----|------------------|----------3--0-3---|-------------------||
S S S e. q E. E. S S S e. q E. E.
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-0-0---0--3--------|-0-0---0-----3-----|
||------3-------3--4--|-----3----3-----3--|
S S S e. q E. E. S S S E. e. e. Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0---0--3-----1--|----------------1---o||
|-----3-------3-----|-4-4-4-4--4--3-------||
1st Verse
A
Gtr II
W +W
||--5-----------------|-(5)-----------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--2-----------------|-(2)-----------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S e. q E. E.
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||o-0-0---0--3--------|--0--0---0-----3-----|
||------3-------3--4--|-------3----3-----3--|
C G#
W W
|-8-----------------|-4-------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-5-----------------|-1-------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S E. e. e. Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0---0--3-----1--|----------------1---o||
|-----3-------3-----|-4-4-4-4--4--3-------||
2nd Verse
A Bb A Bb C# D C# D
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--17--------18---17----18----|-21--------22---21----22----|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||---2---------3----2-----3----|--6---------7----6-----7----|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S e. q E. E.
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--0-0---0-----3-------------|--0-0---0----------3--------|
||-------3------------3-----4--|------3-------3----------3--|
E F E F D D# D D# D
Q Q Q Q E. E. E. E. Q
|-24--------25---24----25----|-22------23--22--23--22-----||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--9--------10----9----10----|--7-------8---7---8---7-----||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S E. e. e. Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--0-0---0-----3----------1--|----------------------1----o||
|------3------------3--------|--4--4-4--4---4---3---------||
Bridge
Gtr I
Wx3 E. E. E. E. E E
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-----------------||
|------------|-------------1-0-||
|------------|-0--1--4--3------||
E E H S E. E E E. E. E S E. E E Q. E. S S S E E E. E. E S E.
|---------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-0-0--------3--|-0-0----5--6-5-5--|-0-0-------------3-|-0-0----5--6-5-5---||
|----------3----|------------------|----------3--0-3---|-------------------||
E E H S E. E E E. E. E S E. E E Q. E. S S S E. E. E. E. E E
|---------------|------------------|-------------------||-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|-------------------||o-----------------o||
|-0-0--------3--|-0-0----5--6-5-5--|-0-0-------------3-||o-------------1-0-o||
|----------3----|------------------|----------3--0-3---||--0--1--4--3-------||
Interlude
3/4 4/4
E E q Q E. E. E. E. E E E E E H E E E E H E 6x
|-----------||-------------------||-||---------------|---------------||
|-----------||o-----------------o||-||o--------------|--------------o||
|-----------||o-------------1-0-o||-||o--------------|--------------o||
|---4-3--1--||--0--1--4--3-------||-||----4-3--------|---1-0---------||
Synth
Gtr II
H Q. E +W H H +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4-----|-(4)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr I
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3---------|-----1-0--------||
>
H Q. E +W H Q. E +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4----0-|-(0)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------||
Guitar Solo
Gtr II
W +W 8x
||---------------|-----------------||
||o-5------------|-(5)------------o||
||---------------|-----------------||
||---------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------o||
||---------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr I
| E E E H E E E E H E 8x
||---------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------o||
||o--------------|----------------o||
||----4-3--------|-----1-0---------||
2nd Synth
H Q. E +W H H +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4-----|-(4)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3---------|-----1-0--------||
>
H Q. E +W H Q. E +W
|---------7----6-|-(6)------------|-3-------4----0-|-(0)------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------|---4-3----------|-----1-0--------||
Interlude Outro
B G/F
Gtr II
< > <
W +W +W W
|-11--------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-----------|
|--0--------|--(0)--------|--(0)--------|-12--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--0--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--3--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
B G/Eb
> < >
+W W +W W
|-------------|-11--------|-(11)--------|-------||
|-(12)--------|--0--------|--(0)--------|-12----||
|--(0)--------|-----------|-------------|--0----||
|--(3)--------|-----------|-------------|-13----||
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------||
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------||
B G/Eb
< > <
W +W +W W +W
|-11--------|-(11)--------|-(11)--------|-----------|-------------|
|--0--------|--(0)--------|--(0)--------|-12--------|-(12)--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|--0--------|--(0)--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-13--------|-(13)--------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
G
>
W +W +W +H. Q
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-12--------|-(12)--------|-(12)--------|-(12)-----------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|--3--------|--(3)--------|--(3)--------|--(3)-----------||
3rd Verse
$
A Bb A Bb C# D C# D
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--16--------17---16----17----|-20--------21---20----21----|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||---1---------2----1-----2----|--5---------6----5-----6----|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S e. q E. E.
||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------2-------------|-------------------2--------|
||---4-4-2-4----------2-----3--|--4-4-2-4-----2----------2--|
To Coda
E F E F D D# D D# D
Q Q Q Q E. E. E. E. Q
|-23--------24---23----24----|-21------22--21--22--21-----||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--8---------9----8-----9----|--6-------7---6---7---6-----||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S E. e. e. Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------2----------0--|----------------------0----o||
|--4-4-2-4----------2--------|--3--3-3--3---3---2---------||
4th Verse
A
Gtr II
W +W
||--4-----------------|-(4)-----------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--1-----------------|-(1)-----------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S e. q E. E.
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||o----------2--------|---------------2-----|
||--4-4-2-4-----2--3--|--4--4-2-4--2-----2--|
D.S. al Coda
C G#
W W
|-7-----------------|-3-------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-4-----------------|-0-------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| S S S e. q E. E. S S S E. e. e. Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|----------2-----0--|----------------0---o||
|-4-4-2-4-----2-----|-3-3-3-3--3--2-------||
Ending Riff
&
Gtr I
S S S E S q E. E. S S S E S q E. E.
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------2--------|-----------2--------|
||--4-4-2-4------2--3--|-4-4-2-4------2--3--|
1.,2.,3.
S S S E S q E. E. S S S E S q E E E 4x
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-----------2--------|-----------2--5-4---o||
|-4-4-2-4------2--3--|-4-4-2-4-------------||
4.
>
S S S E S q E Q +W +W +W
|-------------------|------------|------------|--------||
|-------------------|------------|------------|--------||
|-----------2--5-4--|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----||
|-4-4-2-4-----------|------------|------------|--------||
Outro
C
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
