Porcupine Tree - Wet Ribbon Tab

Listen to the track to find the timing of all of the notes.
Enjoy!

[Intro (0:01 - 0:21)]

e
B
G
D
A
D 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 x6

Intro pt.II (0:22 - 0:28)

hold ~~~~~~~~
e
B
G 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
D 4
A 3
D 4 4 2 4 5 2 4 5

[Riff 1 (0:28 - 0:49)]

Lead: (With Wah) Listen to the song to get the timing, I have marked out how long each lasts (~). Lead: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
e
B
G 11 10 7
D
A
D
Rhythm:
e
B
G
D 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 0 0
A 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 0 0
D 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 0 0
Lead: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e
B
G 6 7
D
A
D
Rhythm:
e
B
G
D 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
A 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 0
D 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 5 0 X2

[Riff II (0:49 - 1:15)]

~~~~~ ~~~~
e
B
G
D 2
A 3 3 3 1
D 4 4 2 4 0 0 2 4 4 2 4 0 0
~~~~~ ~~~~
e
B
G
D
A 3 3 3
D 4 4 2 4 0 0 2 4 4 2 4 0 0 3b X2
(The lead guitar in the above section just plays the 7th fret on the B string with wah.)

[Verse I (1:15 - 2:31)]

Strum the chords below naturally along with the song, obviously dont just play them once. 1."Cut......ribbon .........from your hair" 2."And round your neck...its only natures way
e 0 0
B 0 1
G 4 0
D 4 2
A 4 3
D 4
"Cause...and effect......."
e 0
B 0
G 4
D 4
A 4
D 4
e 0 0 0
B 0 0 0
G 2 6 4
D 2 6 4
A 4 4
D 4

[Riff III (2:32 - 2:47)]

e
B
G
D
A
D 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 5 4 2
e
B
G
D
A
D 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 5 4 2
e
B
G
D 5 5 5 5 5 X2
A 3 3 3 3 3 0
D 0

[Chorus (2:47 - 3:00)]

1."Come annonunce the light in- 2."On corners at the -
e
B
G
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
D 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
"-to the earth..."

"universe..."

e
B
G
D
A 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 2
D 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 2 X2

[Riff IV (3:00 - 3:23)]

A variation of Riff I here: play the first bar twice, then play the whole section once.

[Verse II (3:23 - 4:14) "You are so very pure, my child, my star"]

Repeat the verse here.

[Riff V (4:14 - 4:29)]

Repeat riff III here.

[Chorus II (4:29 - 4:42)]

Just repeat the chorus here.

[Bridge (4:42 - 5:09)]

~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~
e
B
G 5 4
D 4 3 4 4 4
A 3 0 2 0 4 4 4
D 2 4 5 2 4 5 0 4 4 4
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
e
B
G 5 4
D 4 3 4 4 4
A 0 3 0 2 0 4 4 4
D 0 4 4 4
e
B
G 5 4
D 4 3 4 4\
A 0 3 0 2 0 4 4\
D 0 4 4\

[Breakdown w/solo (5:09 - 7:05)]

Play these groups of 5 notes in time with the bass.
e
B
G
D 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
D 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

[Lead / Solo] This is played over the above section, in semi-free time.

Each note has a little vibrato. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
e
B 7 7s13 12 5 10 7
G
D
A

Keep repeating the above riff, until the very end:

[Ending riff (7:06)]

e
B
G
D
A 4 4 4 4 4
D 4 4 4 4 4
D 4 4 4 4 4

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