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OPEN CAR
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2005 Album DEADWING)
Transcribed by Erik Dietrich, Erik Alfredsson (Asmogriff)
Words by Steven Wilson Music by Porcupine Tree
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 1'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 2'
Intro/Verse
Q=158
N.C.
4/4 9/8
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||--2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-3---3---|
4/4 9/8
-----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-------------------o|||-2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-2-3-0----||
Bridge N.C. E5 D5E5F5D5 N.C. E5 N.C. 4/4 PM| PM| ~ E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------3----||||o---5-----3-----2-|---2-(2)-0-2-3-0---|---5-----3-----2-|---5-----3-4-----o||||--0---3-4---0-0-2-|---2-(2)-0-2-3-0---|-0---3-4---0-0-2-|-----3-4----------||
Verse
$
N.C.
9/8
Gtr I
PM-----------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||--2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-3---3---|
4/4 9/8
-----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|----------------------|||-----------------|---------------------o|||-----------------|----------------------|||-----------------|----------------------|||-----------------|---------------------o|||-2-2-0-3---2-2-0-|-3---2-2-0-2-3-0------||
Bridge
To Coda
N.C. E5 D5E5F5D5 N.C. E5 N.C.
4/4
PM| PM| ~
E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------3----||||o---5-----3-----2-|---2-(2)-0-2-3-0---|---5-----3-----2-|---5-----3-4-----o||||--0---3-4---0-0-2-|---2-(2)-0-2-3-0---|-0---3-4---0-0-2-|-----3-4----------||
Pre-Chorus Half-time Q=79 Dsus2 F5 F/B F/Bb Gtr II W W Q. E E E +Q +Q. E E E Q|-0----------|------------|-0----0----------|-------0----------||-3----------|-6----------|-6------6--------|----------6----6--||-2----------|-5----------|-4--------4-(4)--|-(4)---------3----||-0----------|-3----------|-----------------|------------------||------------|------------|-----------------|------------------||------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III| H. Q H. Q H. Q Q. E +Q Q|-0-------5--|---------5--|-5-----------5---|--5----3-(3)---1--||-3-------3--|-6-------6--|-6-----------6---|--6---------------||-2-------2--|-5-------5--|-4-----------4---|--3---------------||-0----------|-3----------|-----------------|------------------||------------|------------|-----------------|------------------||------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
D5/A F5 F/B F/Bb W Q. E E Q. +Q. E E Q. +Q. E E E Q|------------|------0--------|-------0--------|-------0----------||-3----------|-6------6------|---------6------|----------6----6--||-2----------|-5--------5----|-(5)-------4----|-(4)---------3----||-0----------|-3-------------|----------------|------------------||------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|
| H. Q Q. E E Q. Q. E E Q. Q. E +Q Q|-5-------5--|------0--------|--5----0--------|--5----3-(3)---1--||-3-------3--|-6------6------|--6------6------|--6---------------||-2-------2--|-5--------5----|--4--------4----|--3---------------||------------|-3-------------|----------------|------------------||------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
Chorus
D5 C5 Bb5 A5 D5
Gtr I
H Q Q W W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II Gtr I W H. Q H. Q W|------------|------------|------------|------||-3----------|------------|------------|-3----||-2----------|-3-------3--|-2-------2--|-2----||-0----------|-3-------3--|-2-------2--|-0----||------------|-1-------1--|-0-------0--|-0----||------------|------------|------------|-0----|
|
| Gtr III| W W W W|-5----------|------------|------------|------||-3----------|------------|------------|------||-2----------|------------|------------|------||------------|------------|------------|------||------------|------------|------------|------||------------|------------|------------|------|
D.S. al Coda C5 Bb5 A5 Gtr I H. Q H. Q H. Q|------------|------------|------------||-3----------|------------|------------||-2-------5--|-3-------3--|-2-------2--||-0-------5--|-3-------3--|-2-------2--||-0-------3--|-1-------1--|-0-------0--||-0----------|------------|------------|
Pre-Chorus
&
Dsus2 F5 F/B F/Bb
Gtr I
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W +W +W +H. Q
|------------|-------------|------------------|------------------||-3----------|-(3)---------|-(3)--------------|-(3)h==========6--||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II| W W Q. E E E +Q +Q. E E E Q|-0----------|-------------|--0----0----------|-------0----------||-3----------|--6----------|--6------6--------|----------6----6--||-2----------|--5----------|--4--------4-(4)--|-(4)---------3----||-0----------|--3----------|------------------|------------------||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III| H. Q H. Q H. Q Q. E +Q Q|-0-------5--|----------5--|--5-----------5---|--5----3-(3)---1--||-3-------3--|--6-------6--|--6-----------6---|--6---------------||-2-------2--|--5-------5--|--4-----------4---|--3---------------||-0----------|--3----------|------------------|------------------||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------||------------|-------------|------------------|------------------|
D5/A F5 F/B F/Bb W +H. Q W +H +E Q.|-5----------|-(5)----------/8--|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|-\6-------------|-(6)-----(6)h8-----||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|
| W Q. E E Q. +Q. E E Q. +Q. E E E Q|------------|-------0----------|-------0--------|-------0-----------||-3----------|--6------6--------|---------6------|----------6-----6--||-2----------|--5--------5------|-(5)-------4----|-(4)---------3-----||-0----------|--3---------------|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|
| H. Q Q. E E Q. Q. E E Q. Q. E +Q Q|-5-------5--|-------0----------|--5----0--------|--5----3-(3)----1--||-3-------3--|--6------6--------|--6------6------|--6----------------||-2-------2--|--5--------5------|--4--------4----|--3----------------||------------|--3---------------|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------||------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
Chorus D5 C5 Bb5 A5 D5 H Q Q H. Q H. Q W|-------------|------------|------------|------||-\5----------|------------|------------|-3----||-------7--5--|-3-------3--|-2-------2--|-2----||-------7--5--|-3-------3--|-2-------2--|-0----||-------5--3--|-1-------1--|-0-------0--|-0----||-------------|------------|------------|-0----|
|
| W W W W|-------------|------------|------------|------||--3----------|------------|------------|------||--2----------|------------|------------|------||--0----------|------------|------------|------||-------------|------------|------------|------||-------------|------------|------------|------|
|
| W W W W|--5----------|------------|------------|------||--3----------|------------|------------|------||--2----------|------------|------------|------||-------------|------------|------------|------||-------------|------------|------------|------||-------------|------------|------------|------|
C5 Bb5 A5 D5 Gtr I H. Q H. Q H. Q W|------------|------------|------------|------||-3----------|------------|------------|-3----||-2-------5--|-3-------3--|-2-------2--|-2----||-0-------5--|-3-------3--|-2-------2--|-0----||-0-------3--|-1-------1--|-0-------0--|-0----||-0----------|------------|------------|-0----|
C5 Bb5 A5 H. Q H. Q H. Q|------------|------------|-------------||-3----------|------------|-------------||-2-------5--|-3-------3--|-------------||-0-------5--|-3-------3--|-7-------7\--||-0-------3--|-1-------1--|-7-------7\--||-0----------|------------|-7-------7\--|
Outro Dm7 Dm9 D DsDm7 Gtr IV T T E S +S S E +S E S S S S S S E S S S E +S S S S S S S S|-5h=6p==5----------0-(0)-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-x-x-|-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-0------||-6-(6)-(6)-6-(6)-6-6-(6)--6---6--6--6--x-x-|-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-/6-6-||-5-(5)-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)--5---5--5--5--0-0-|-0h=2--2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-/5-5-||-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-(0)---------0-----x-x-|-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Dm9 C5/G/D T T E S +S S E +S E S S E S|-5h=6p==5----------0-(0)-(0)-(0)-0--------||-6-(6)-(6)-6-(6)-6-6-(6)--6---6--6-13-12\-||-5-(5)-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-(5)--5---5--5-12-12\-||-0-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-(0)-(0)-0--0--0--||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
D Dsus2 S S E S E S +S S S S S E S|---0-0-0h2--2--(2)--2--(2)--2--2--0---0--||---x-3-3-3--3--(3)--3---3---3--3--3---3--||---x-2-2-2--2--(2)--2---2---2--2--2---2--||---0-0-0-0-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-0-(0)-(0)-||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
Bb Dsus2/A Gtr II H. Q Q E E Q E E|------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|------------7---6-----6h7---||-5----------------5-----|-------7--------------------||------------------------|-0--------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV| E. S E E +S E S E S S E. S +S E S S E S E S S|------------------------|----------------------------||----3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-(3)-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||----3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-(2)-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-3------3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-(2)-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-1------1-(1)-1-1-1-----|-0--------------0-----0-----||------------------------|----------------------------|
Dsus2 Gm/D W W|-^0-----------------------------|-^3------------------------------||-^3-----------------------------|-^3------------------------------||-^2-----------------------------|-^3------------------------------||-^0-----------------------------|-^0------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| S E S S S E +S E S S S S S E. S +S S E +S E S S S S S|--0-(0)-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-x-x-|--3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3--3--0-0-||--3-(3)-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3--3--x-x-||--0h=2--2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3----------3---------3--3--0---||--0-(0)-------0-(0)-----0-------|--0----------0---------0-(0)-0---||--------------------------------|---------------------------------||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb Dsus2/A W +Q E E Q E E|------------------------------|-------------------------------||-3----------------------------|-(3)---------------------------||------------------------------|-------------7--6------6h==7---||------------------------------|--------7----------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| E. S +S S E +S E S S S S S E. S +S S E +S E S S S S S|------------------------------|-------------------------------||----3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-||----3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-3----------3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-1----------1-(1)-1-1-1-------|--0----------0---------0-------||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Dsus2 W 3x W +W||----------------------------------||-----------------|--------*|||o-^3-----------------------------o||-^3--------------|-(3)----*|||--^2------------------------------||-^2--------------|-(2)----*|||--^0------------------------------||-^0--------------|-(0)----*|||o--------------------------------o||-----------------|--------*|||----------------------------------||-----------------|--------*|
|
| S E S +S S E +S E S E S S 3x S E. +H. +W||---0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-x-x--||--0-(0)-(0)------|-(0)----*|||o--3-(3)-3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-o||--3-(3)-(3)------|-(3)----*|||---0h=2--2-(2)-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2--||--0h=2--(2)------|-(2)----*|||---0-(0)---------0-(0)-----0------||--0-(0)-(0)------|-(0)----*|||o--------------------------------o||-----------------|--------*|||----------------------------------||-----------------|--------*|
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
