Song: The Start of Something Beautiful
Band: Porcupine Tree
Album: Deadwing
Tabbed by: Matt Romanchick
Bassist: Colin Edwin
Tuning: Standard
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Q=160
9/8
Gtr I
Intro
W W W W
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------|
Pre Verse
W Q E +Q E +Q. Q E +E E E +E Q Q. Q. Q.
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------|-0--0-(0)--0-(0)---|----5-(5)---3-(3)-5--|----------------|
|-----------|-------------------|-3--------3----------|-5----5----5----|
Q E +E E E E E E
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|----5-(5)---3-5---3-|
|-3--------3-----3---|
Verse
Q E +Q E +Q.
|-------------------|
|-----------7-(7)---|
|-0--0-(0)----(0)---|
|-------------------|
Q E +E E E +E Q Q. Q. Q.
|----7-(7)---5-(5)-7--|----------------|
|-5--------5----------|----------------|
|---------------------|-----------7----|
|---------------------|-5----5---------|
Q E +E E E E E E
|----7-(7)---5-7---5-|
|-5--------5-----5---|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
Pre Chorus
5/4
W +Q H.. E Q
|---------------|-----------3----|
|---------------|-3-----------3--|
|-3--------(3)--|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
Chorus
W +Q H.. E Q W Q
|-2--------(2)--|-3---------8-7--|-------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|----------------|-5--------5--|
W Q W Q Q E E +E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|----3-3-(3)-3-3-2-2---|
|-0--------0--|-1--------1--|-3------------------3-|
Repeat Verse
Repeat Pre Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Interlude (No Bass)
Middle section
9/8
Q E +Q E +Q.
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-0--0-(0)--0-(0)---|
|-------------------|
Q E +E Q E Q Q E +Q E +Q. Q E +E Q E Q Q E +Q E +Q.
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-0--0-(0)----0----|-------------------|-2--2-(2)----2----|-------------------|
|----------0----0--|-0--0-(0)--0-(0)---|----------0----0--|-1--1-(1)--1-(1)---|
Q E +E Q E Q Q E +Q E +Q. Q E +E Q E Q
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-3--3-(3)----3----|-------------------|-5--5-(5)----5----|
|----------1----1--|-3--3-(3)--3-(3)---|----------3----3--|
Repeat Chorus a few more times
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
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Enjoy!