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Porcupine Tree
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★4.9(10)

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EVEN LESS

As recorded by Porcupine Tree

(From the 1999 Album STUPID DREAM)

Transcribed by new_noise

Words and Music by Steven Wilson

Arranged by Porcupine Tree

Asus2

x 0 2 2 0 0

Fmaj7/A

x 0 3 2 1 0

C

x 3 2 0 1 0

Bbsus2

x 1 3 3 1 1

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Slide Gtr'

Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Dist Gtr I'

Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Dist Gtr II'

Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Lead Gtr'

Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Gtr'

Intro

Moderate Rock Q=63

N.C.

4/4

Gtr I

Wx9

|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|

Dsus4

4/4

H. E E E. S +E E S S +E E E

|-------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|----------7S8s7-(7)-------|
|-------------|----7-(7)-----------7-(7)S|
|-----------5s|=7---------------------7S=|
|-------------|--------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------|

Bb C G A

2/4

E +S S +E E +Q E. S +E. S S E.

|------------------------------|-----------------|
|-^3-(3)s5-(5)s12-(12)------12-|-(12)----12s14\--|
|-^3-(3)s5-(5)s12-(12)---------|------12-12s14\--|
|-^3-(3)s5-(5)s12-(12)--12-----|---------12s14\--|
|------------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------|

Dsus4 Bb C D5 F5G5

4/4

E. S +E E S S +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H a

|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------7S8s7-(7)---(7)\-|-3-----------5-----|--------------------|
|-----7-(7)-----------7-(7)\-|---3---3s5-5-------|--------------------|
|-/7---------------------7\--|-----3-3s5---------|-----(5)-5-(5)s===x-|
|----------------------------|---------------(0)-|-3s5--5--5-(5)s===x-|
|----------------------------|----------------0--|-3s5--5--5-(5)s===x-|

Dsus4

4/4

E. S +E E S S +E E E

|---------------------------|
|-----------7S8s7-(7)-------|
|-----7-(7)-----------7-(7)S|
|-/7---------------------7S=|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

Bb C F G A

2/4

E +S S +S S E Q E E +S S S S S E.

|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-^3-(3)s5-(5)s10-10s12-----12-|-(12)-----------12s==14\--||
|-^3-(3)s5-(5)s10-10s12--------|------12----12--12s==14\--||
|-^3-(3)s5-(5)s10-10s12--12----|---------12----(12)s(14)\-||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||

Pre Verse

$

$$

D Bb5 C5 G5 G5A5 D5

4/4

Gtr II

E. S S S S S E S S +S S E +H. S S +S S

||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o--------------------------------------|----------------------o||
||--7----7-7-7-7-------------------------|-----------------------||
||--7----7-7-7-7p=0-8------10-(10)-10\-5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)------||
||o-5----5-5-5-5p=0-8--(0)-10-(10)-10\-5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)--0--o||
||--0----0-0-0------8---0--10-(10)-10\-5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)--0---||

|

| Gtr III

| E S S S S E E. S +E E +H. S S +S S

||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||
||o----7---8p7---------------------------|----------------------o||
||--7----7-----7\---3-------5--(5)-------|-----------------------||
||--7---------------3-------5--(5)-----5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)------||
||o-5---------------1-------3--(3)-----5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)-(0)-o||
||-------------------------------------5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)--0---||

D Bb5 C5 G5

Gtr II

E. S S S S S E S S +S S E

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----7--7-------7----7--------------------------------------|
|-7----7--7-------7----7p==0--8--------------10-(10)10\--5----|
|-5----5--5-------5----5p==0--8----------(0)-10-(10)10\--5----|
|-0----0--0-------0-----------8-----------0--10-(10)10\--5----|

|

| Gtr III

| E S S S S E E. S +E E

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7----8p======7-------------------------------------------|
|-7----7---------------7\-----3---------------5--(5)----------|
|-7---------------------------3---------------5--(5)-----5----|
|-5---------------------------1---------------3--(3)-----5----|
|--------------------------------------------------------5----|

|

| Gtr IV

| Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S

|--------14b15==(14)r(14)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------15-17b18==(17)r17--15--13h15--------|
|--------11b12==(11)r(11)-------------------------------14s12-|
|-------------------------12-14b15==(14)r14--12--10h12--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------12s10-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S

G5A5 D5

+H. S S +S S

|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--(5)---------5-7-(7)-----||
|--(5)---------5-7-(7)--0--||
|--(5)---------5-7-(7)--0--||

|

| +H. S S +S S

|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--(5)---------5-7-(7)-----||
|--(5)---------5-7-(7)-(0)-||
|--(5)---------5-7-(7)--0--||

|

| ~~~~~~~~

| +Q H.

|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|-(12)--12-----------------||
|--------------------------||
|-(10)--10-----------------||
|--------------------------||

+Q H.

D Bb5 C5 G5

Gtr II

E. S S S S S E S S +S S E

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----7--7-------7----7--------------------------------------|
|-7----7--7-------7----7p==0--8--------------10-(10)10\--5----|
|-5----5--5-------5----5p==0--8----------(0)-10-(10)10\--5----|
|-0----0--0-------0-----------8-----------0--10-(10)10\--5----|

|

| Gtr III

| E S S S S E E. S +E E

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7----8p======7-------------------------------------------|
|-7----7---------------7\-----3---------------5--(5)----------|
|-7---------------------------3---------------5--(5)-----5----|
|-5---------------------------1---------------3--(3)-----5----|
|--------------------------------------------------------5----|

|

| Gtr IV

| Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S

|--------14b15==(14)r(14)-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------15-17b18==(17)r17--15--13h15--------|
|--------11b12==(11)r(11)-------------------------------14s12-|
|-------------------------12-14b15==(14)r14--12--10h12--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------12s10-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S

To Coda

To Coda

BbA5

+H. S E.

|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|--(5)-------------------8-7--||
|--(5)-------------------8-7--||
|--(5)-------------------8-7--||

|

| +H. S E.

|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|--(5)-------------------8-7--||
|--(5)-------------------8-7--||
|--(5)-------------------8-7--||

|

| ~~~~

| +E a E E E +H

|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-(12)-12s14------------------||
|------------15-12-(12)-------||
|-(10)-10s12------------------||
|------------15-12-(12)-------||

+E a E E E +H

Dsus2/A

Gtr V

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|

|

| Gtrs II, III

| >

| H +H

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7-----------(7)-------------|
|-7-----------(7)-------------|
|-5-----------(5)-------------|
|-0-----------(0)-------------|

Bbsus2 Cadd9

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

| W W

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

G5

E S S E S S +S S E 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-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Verse I

Dsus2/A Bbsus2

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Cadd9 G5

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-o||
|-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

Chorus I

Asus2

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-||--------------------------------|

1. 2.

D.S. al Coda

Fmaj7/A Fmaj7/A C Bbsus2

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S H.

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-----||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-----||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-----||
|------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------||

Verse II

&

Dsus2/A

Gtr V

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||------------------------------|

Bbsus2 Cadd9

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

G5

W

E S S E S S +S S E 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-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

Chorus II

Asus2 Fmaj7/A

Gtr V

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Gtr I

Q +H. W

|-^0-----(0)--------------------|-^-0--------------------------|
|-^2-----(2)S===================|=^10--------------------------|
|-^2-----(2)S===================|=^10--------------------------|
|-^2-----(2)S===================|=^10--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

Asus2

E S S E S S +S S E S S S S

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q +H.

|-^0-----(0)--------------------|

|-^2-----(2)S===================|

|-^2-----(2)S===================|

|-^2-----(2)S===================|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda

Fmaj7/A C Bbsus2

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S H.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Q +Q Q. +E W

|-^-0-----------------------------|--------------||
|-^10-----(10)s====5--------(5)s==|=^3-----------||
|-^10-----(10)s====5--------(5)s==|=^3-----------||
|-^10-----(10)s====5--------(5)s==|=^3-----------||
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------||

Breakdown

&&

N.C.(D5)

3/4

Gtrs II, III

S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q

| | | | | | | |

o / / / / / / /

Gtr IV

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

H. +E +E E E Q

|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)---(12)s(x)--------|
|------------------|-------------(x)--------|
|------------------|------------------------|

Guitar Solo I

S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

W 3x Q. E +Q

||------------------||-------------------------|
||o----------------o||----------15b17====(15)--|
||------------------||-------------------------|
||------------------||-------------------------|
||o----------------o||-------------------------|
||------------------||-------------------------|

S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

~~

+Q a +S a S E a +S +E. +Q. +S S +E E

|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(15)-----(15)r(15)s18-------15b17==(15)r(15)-|-(15)-------(15)-13-(13)----|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------10-|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|

S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

~~~~~~~~~

T T S +Q. Q +E a +S +S a +S +S +S +S +S +E.

|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-9h10-9-(9)-------9--|-(9)---(9)b10==(9)r(9)-(9)b10==(9)r(9)b10r(9)-(9)-(9)b10r(9)-|

|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|

S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

~~~

+E E +S S. S. S S E +E E +Q. S S

|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(9)--------------------------------|--------------------------17-|
|-------12-(12)-10---------------/12-|-(12)---12-(12)-------/19----|
|---------------------12----10s8-----|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

~~~~

H. +E. S +S S +Q.

|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(17)----------------|-(17)-----20-(20)-18-(18)------|
|--19b21--------------|-(19)--------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|

S S E E S S Q

| | | |

/ / / /

~~~~~~~~TP~

|--3--| |--3--|

+Q E. T T T S T T T E

|----------------17-17-17----20-20-20-17-|
|-(18)-----18-------------20-------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo II

S S E E S S Q W W

| | | |

/ / / /

~~~~~

+H. +Q E +Q. +S. T E H

|-(17)--------------||-(17)----------------|------------------|
|-------------------||-------13b15==(13)---|-(13)r13p10-------|
|-------------------||---------------------|------------12----|
|-------------------||---------------------|------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------|------------------|
|-------------------||---------------------|------------------|

~~~~ ~~

|--3---|

+Q +E E E Q +H +E. S +E +S +S H

|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-(12)--(12)-14-10-9--|-(9)----(9)-9b10r|=(9)b10==(9)r(9)-------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------12----|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|

~~~~

         |--3---|          |----3----|       |----3-----|

+E +S S S +S S S +S S E S +S S

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------17b18r(17)p15-|
|-----------10h12-(12)b13r10------------------------------|
|-(12)-(12)------------------h(12)-(12)-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~

|--3--|

E S S E S S S S +E. +H Q

|-------------------------------|-------------|
|----15-------18h20-20-(20)b22==|=(20)r-------|
|-17----------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|

~~~~~

       |----3-----|                   |---3----|

H E E a E +S +E +T T T E. +S +Q

|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

|--------15-(15)s17-|-(17)b18==(17)r(17)p(15)p13h15--(15)b17==(15)--|

|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~

+Q S S +S +S +S a S +E

|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-(15)r----20b22==(20)r-(20)pb23==(20)-(20)r20b22==(20)-|

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

~~

Q +E a E Q Wx4 W W

|---------------------|----------|--------|------*|
|-20--(20)r(20)\------|----------|--------|------*|
|---------------------|----------|--------|------*|
|---------------------|----------|--------|------*|
|---------------------|----------|--------|------*|
|---------------------|----------|--------|------*|

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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