Even Less Tabs & Lyrics by Porcupine Tree
Even Less
guitar tabs lyrics
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
