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STRIP THE SOUL
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2002 Album IN ABSENTIA)
Transcribed by Joe Harris
Words by Steven Wilson Music by Steven Wilson, Colin Edwin
Arranged by Steven Wilson
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted w/delay'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Wah Wah Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Clean w/Chorus/Trem'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=78
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
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Verse 1 Wx8|--------||--------||--------||--------||--------||--------|
Pre-Chorus D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 6/8 S e. E S e. E S e. E S e. E||------------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|------------------||||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||||o-0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10-o||||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
Chorus
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
PM--| PM--|
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. 4x||---------------------|---------------------||||o--------------------|--------------------o||||---------------------|---------------------||||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o||||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Verse 2 D5/A G5 D5/A D5/A G5 D5/A G5/A 4/4 Gtr IV H. Q W H. Q H. S S E||-------------|----------|------------|---------3------||||o-3-------3--|-3--------|-3-------3--|-3---------3---o||||--2-------0--|-2--------|-2-------0--|-2-----------2--||||-------------|----------|------------|----------------||||o------------|----------|------------|---------------o||||-------------|----------|------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 6/8 Gtr I S e. E S e. E S e. E S e. E||------------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|------------------||||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||||o-0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10-o||||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
Chorus
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
PM--| PM--|
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. 6x||---------------------|---------------------||||o--------------------|--------------------o||||---------------------|---------------------||||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o||||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Guitar Break N.C. Gtr II E E H +E E E Q. +E E H +H.||-----------|--------------|------------|--------|||o---4------|---------7----|-(7)-4------|--------|||------7----|-(7)-5--------|-------7----|-(7)----|||-----------|-------7------|------------|--------|||o----------|--------------|------------|--------|||-----------|--------------|------------|--------|
Gm/BBbm/C#m/E E E H +E E E Q. +E E H Q Q Q|----------|--------------|------------|-^3--^6--^9---|||---4------|---------7----|-(7)-4------|-^3--^6--^9--o|||-----7----|-(7)-5--------|-------7----|-^3--^6--^9---|||----------|-------7------|------------|--------------|||----------|--------------|------------|-------------o|||----------|--------------|------------|--------------||
Bb5 B5 C#5 C5 Gtr I H. H. H. H.|-----------|------------|------------|------------||-----------|------------|------------|------------||-3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------||-3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------||-1---------|--2---------|--4---------|--3---------||-----------|------------|------------|------------|
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| Gtr II| E E H +E E H +E E H +E E H|-----------|------------|------------|------------||----4------|-----3------|-----2------|-----3-3----||------7----|-(7)---6----|-(6)---5----|-(5)--------||-----------|------------|------------|------------||-----------|------------|------------|------------||-----------|------------|------------|------------|
Bb5 B5 C#5 C5 H. H. H. H. +H. H.|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------||------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------||--3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|-(5)------|-------||--3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|-(5)------|-------||--1---------|--2---------|--4---------|--3---------|-(3)------|-------||------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
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| +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E H +H. H.|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------||-(3)-4------|-----3------|-----6-6----|-(6)-5-5----|-(5)------|-------||-------7----|-(7)---6----|-(6)--------|------------|----------|-------||------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------||------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------||------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
Bridge/Chorus Reprise D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 Gtr V e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E. 4x||---------------------|---------------------||||o--------------------|--------------------o||||---------------------|---------------------||||---------------------|---------------------||||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o||||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Guitar Break D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5 D5 C5 B5 A5B5C5 e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.|----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||-0---0-0-10-9-7-9---10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-10------||-0---0-0-10-9-7-9---10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-10------|
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| Gtr III| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S E S S S|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-||-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-||-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-||----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5 A5B5 C5 e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.|--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-----10---------||-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-----10---------|
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| S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S T T T T S S T T S S T T|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--||-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--||-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E. 4x||---------------------------|---------------------------||||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||||---------------------------|---------------------------||||---------------------------|---------------------------||||o-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------o||||--0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10-------||
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| S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S 4x||--5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--||||o-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-o||||--7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--||||---------------------------|---------------------------||||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||||---------------------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5 e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.|--------------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||-0---0--0-10-9-7-9----10--------|---0---0-0-10-9-7---9-10-------||-0---0--0-10-9-7-9----10--------|---0---0-0-10-9-7---9-10-------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~| E Q. S T T E +Q.. Q +S|---/15--------------------------|------------------/13-----(13)-||--------------------------15-14-|-(14)--------------------------||-------------------15-15--------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--0--0-0--10--9-7-9-10-----------|--0-0-0--10-----9-7-9-10--------------||--0--0-0--10--9-7-9-10-----------|--0-0-0--10-----9-7-9-10--------------|
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| Q Q. S T T Q +Q. T T T T|-14\-----/19------------17-15-17-|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-10-----(10)b11r===================20-||---------------------------------|--------------------------13-10-13----||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5 e S S S S S e E.|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9----10-----------||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9----10-----------|
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| |--3--|
| H E. T T T|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-12------------------------12-15-||------------------------15-------||---------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5 A5B5C5 e S S S S S e E.|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||--0-------------0--0-------10--------9----7-9-10---------------------||--0-------------0--0-------10--------9----7-9-10---------------------|
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| |--3--| |------5-------| |-----5------|
| T T T E T T T T T Q T T T T T T T|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||----------10b12r==12---------------------------------------------12--||-15-12-15------------15-12-------12-13b15r====12-----------12-15-----||------------------------------15------------------15-12-15-----------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5 A5 B5 C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||--0--0----0----10----9-----7----9----------10--------|--0--0-0-10-9-7-9-10--||--0--0----0----10----9-----7----9----------10--------|--0--0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|
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| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |----3----|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S E H.|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||-12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12-----12-12-|-14-------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
Reprise
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 G5 Bb5C#5
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. Q Q Q|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----3--6--||-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--3--6--||-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--1--4--||-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--------|
Guitar Break Bb5 B5 C#5 C5 5/8 H +E H +E H +E H +E||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||---3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)-|||---3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)-|||o--1--------(1)-|---2---------(2)-|---4---------(4)-|---3---------(3)-|||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr II| H +E +H +E +H +E +H +E||--10-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|||o----4----------|------3----------|------2----------|------3-3--------|||-------7--------|--------6--------|--(6)---5--------|--(5)------------|||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E Q. E E Q. +E E Q. +E E Q.
Bb5 B5 C#5 C5 H +E H +E H +E H +E|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|||--3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)--|||--3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)--|||--1--------(1)-|---2---------(2)-|---4---------(4)-|---3---------(3)-o|||---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
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| H +E +H +E +H +E +H +E|-10-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)--|||----4----------|------3----------|------6-6--------|--(6)-5-5--------o|||------7--------|--------6--------|--(6)------------|------------------|||---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|||---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| E E Q. E E Q. +E E Q. +E E Q.
Break Bb 4/4 > +W Wx7|---------------------|--------||---------------------|--------||--(5)----------------|--------||--(5)----------------|--------||--(3)----------------|--------||---------------------|--------|
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| Gtr II| >| +W Wx7|-(10)----------------|--------||--(5)b6--(5)--(5)----|--------||---------------------|--------||---------------------|--------||---------------------|--------||---------------------|--------| +Q +Q +H
Outro D5 Eb5 F5 E5 Gtr I Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E 4x||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2---||||o-0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2--o||||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2---||
D5 Eb5 F5 E5 Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-||-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-||-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
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| Gtr II| <| W +W +H H H. Q|----------------|-----------------|---------6-------|-5----------4---||-3--------------|-(3)-------------|-(3)-------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D5 Eb5 F5 E5 Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
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| +H H +Q H. H H W|-(4)-------------|------[3]-----------|-3--------------|-4--------------||---------3-------|-(3)----------------|--------1-------|----------------||-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
D5 W +W +W +W|-----------|------------|------------|--------||-----------|------------|------------|--------||-----------|------------|------------|--------||-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
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| >| H H +W +W +W|-4----5----|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||-----------|------------|------------|--------||-----------|------------|------------|--------||-----------|------------|------------|--------||-----------|------------|------------|--------||-----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W +W +W +W Wx2|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*|
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
