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SIGNIFY

As recorded by Porcupine Tree

(From the 1996 Album SIGNIFY)

Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L.

Music by Steven Wilson

Arranged by Porcupine Tree

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

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'

Intro

Q=160

4/4

Gtr I

    PM--------------------------| ~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 8x

||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------||
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||

Main Riff #1

~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x

|-||------------------|-----------------||
|-||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-||------------------|-----------------||
|-||------------------|-----------------||
|-||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--o||
|-||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||

Main Riff #1 Alteration

5/4 4/4

~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--6--|-----6-----6-----|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|

5/4 4/4 5/4

~

E E E E E E q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-6-----6-----6--6--|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----5-------o||
|---0-0---0-0-------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3--||

Main Riff #2

4/4

  PM--------------------------| ~    PM--------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H

|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7--|-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7------|
|-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------|

Synth/Keyboard-melody

PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 7x

||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7--|-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7---o||
||--------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----|-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0------||

Guitar-solo/melody

PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-------7----|
|-------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0--------|

|

| Gtr II

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| |---3----|

| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---9---11-|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

PM---| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------5--6---7--------------7-----|---7------7----------7-----|
|----------------------0------0----0-0-|------0-0-----0-0----------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

| a +Q +E E E +H +H Q Q Q

|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-11b12==(11)r==(11)-9---11-(11)-------|-(11)-------/11---12---14--|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----5-6--7---------7-----|---7---------7--------7-------|
|-------------0---0----0-0-|-------0--0-----0--0----------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

| a Q E E +H +E E E E E E E a E

|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------15---------------|---------15----14-------------|
|-14s16------16-(16)-------|-(16)-------------16-14-14s16-|
|--------------------------|------14----14----------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|---5--6--7------------7-----|---7------7-----7---|
|---------------0---0----0-0-|------0-0---0-0-----|

|

|~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +Q E a E +H +W

|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|-(16)-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------14-14h16-(16)-------|-(16)---------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|

PM| PM---| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---5-6--7------7-----------|--7-----7---------7----|
|----------0--0------0----0-|----0-0----0-0---------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

| Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q

|---------------------------|--------------------14-|
|-/16---16---16---16---16---|-16-------16---17------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|

PM---| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5--6-7---------------7-------|---7------7--------7-----|
|----------0-----0---------0--0-|------0-0----0--0--------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~

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

|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15------14h15p14-(14)---------|------------------15-17--|
|-------------------------16-16-|-(16)-------16-18--------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----5-6--7---------7-----|---7---------7--------7-------|
|-------------0---0----0-0-|-------0--0-----0--0----------|

|

| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

| a Q E E +H +E E E E E E E a E

|---------17---------------|---------17----16-------------|
|-17s19------19-(19)-------|-(19)-------------19-17-17s19-|
|--------------------------|------16----16----------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

PM| PM| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|---5--6--7------------7-----|---7------7-----7---|
|---------------0---0----0-0-|------0-0---0-0-----|

|

|~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +Q E a E +H +W

|----------------------------|--------------------|
|-(19)-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------16-16h18-(18)-------|-(18)---------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|

Main Riff #1 Alter./Bridge

5/4

~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q

|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6--|
|--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0-------|

|

| W +Q +W

|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-14---------------|-(14)---(14)-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|

4/4 5/4

~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q

|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6---|
|--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0--------|

|

| W +Q +W

|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-13---------------|-(13)---(13)--------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|

4/4 5/4 6/4

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

|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|-----4-----------7--------|
|--------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----5-------|-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6--|
|---0--0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-3---0-6-3-|--------------------------|

|

| >

| +W +Q +W W

|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(13)---------------|-(13)---(13)---------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|

Main Riff #3/Synth-melody

4/4

PM| PM| PM| PM PM-| PM| PM|

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E 8x E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------||--------------------|
||o-----------------|----------------o||--------------------|
||------------------|-----------------||--------------------|
||------------------|-----------------||--------------------|
||o-----7-----6-----|-5-----0--2-5---o||--------7-----6-----|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------3--||---0--0---0-0---0-0-|

|

| <

| W W 8x W

||------------------|-----------------||-[14]---------------|
||o-----------------|----------------o||--------------------|
||------------------|-----------------||--------------------|
||------------------|-----------------||--------------------|
||o-----------------|----------------o||--------------------|
||------------------|-----------------||--------------------|

Guitar-melody

PM PM--| PM| PM| PM

E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E

|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|----5-------0--2-5---|----------7-----6-----|----5-------0--2-5------|
|--------0-0--------3-|----0---0---0-0---0-0-|--------0-0--------3----|

|

| +W +W +W

|-([14])--------------|-([14])---------------|-([14])-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|

PM--| PM| PM| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E

|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------7----------6----------|----5-------0--2-5---|
|----0---0---0----0-----0----0---|--------0-0--------3-|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +H Q. E W

|-([14])-------([14])-----([14])-|-([14])--------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------12---------12s==|===14----------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|

PM--| PM| PM| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E

|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------7-----6-----|----5-------0--2-5---|
|----0---0---0-0---0-0-|--------0-0--------3-|

|

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| W +W

|-([19])---------------|-([19])--------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|--(14)----------------|--(14)---------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|

PM| PM| PM| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E

|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------7-----6-----|---5--------0----2-----5--------|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0--0---------------3------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~

| W +Q E. Q Q +S

|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-/16---------------|-(16)---19----18---\14-----(14)-|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|

PM-| PM| PM-| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E

|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------7-----6--------|----5------------0----2--5----------|
|---0--0-----0-0-----0--0-|--------0----0--------------3-------|

|

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~

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

|-------------------------|-([14])---([14])--------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-(14)---\11-------(11)---|--(11)-----(11)----12---11----(11)--|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|

PM-| PM| PM--| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E

|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------7-----6----------|----5-------0-----2-5---|
|---0--0---0-0------0---0-|--------0-0-----------3-|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +H. Q +H H

|----------------([14])---|-([14])-----------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-(11)------------(11)----|--(11)------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------/12-------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|

PM-| PM| PM--| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E

|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------7-----6----------|----5-------0--2-5----------|
|---0--0---0-0------0---0-|--------0-0--------3--------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| +H. Q +W a

|----------------([17])---|-([17])--------------([17])-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(12)------------(12)----|--(12)-----------------12s==|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|

Main Riff #1 Alter./Outro

5/4

~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q

|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6--|
|--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0-------|

|

| W +Q +W

|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-14---------------|-(14)---(14)-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|

4/4 5/4

~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q

|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----6--6---|
|--0-0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-0--------|

|

| W +Q +W

|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-13---------------|-(13)---(13)--------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|

Q

4/4 5/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------6-----6-----|---6---------6-----5-------|
|---0--0---0-0---0-0-|------0---0----0-3---0-6-3-|

|

| >

| +W +Q +W

|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-(13)---------------|-(13)---(13)---------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|

=150 H.=H Q=138

6/4 4/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E H H

|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-----4-----------7-------|-----------*|
|-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6-|-7---------*|
|-------------------------|-0---------*|

|

| W W

|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------*|

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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