Futile Tabs & Lyrics by Porcupine Tree
Futile
guitar tabs lyrics
From their EP "Futile".
This song has lots of weird timings, so watch out for that.
I'm not writing them into the tab, because I value my sanity too much for that.
The song is in common time except the one bar marked otherwise.
INTRO: Riff 1
Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
e|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------|----------------------|
D|--------4----------|----4------------4----| x5
A|--------3----------|----3------------3----|
D|--0--0--4--0--0--0-|-L--4--0--0--0-0-4-0--|
Riff 2
Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------4---------|-4--------4-----4----|----------4--------4-|----4-4--4-4-|-4-4--4-4--4-4--|
|-------3---------|-3--------3-----3----|----------3--------3-|----3-3--3-3-|-3-3--3-3--3-3--|
|--0--0-4-0--0--0-|-4-0--0-0-4-0-0-4--0-|-0-0--0-0-4--0--0--4-|-0--4-4--4-4-|-4-4--4-4--4-4--|
Riff 3
Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--| x4
|-------0h1---0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|--1--1----h2-0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
| |
|Guitar 2 (DISTORTION) |
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------| x4
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
VERSE 1
Guitar 2 (CLEAN)
D5: xx023x
Db5: xx013x
D7: xx453x
D6: xx443x
D5 Db5 D7 D6
You were the one that made her cry
D5 Db5 D7 D6
You were the one that told her lies
D5 Db5 D7 D6
You were the one whose brain moved in circles
D5 Db5 D7 D6
Neither an adult or a child
PRE-CHORUS 1
Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------| X2
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|--3-------|--2-------|--0-------|--L---------|
Guitar 2 (CLEAN)
C-9sus4: 343563
B-9sus4: 232452
C-9sus4 B-9sus4 D5
Now it only moves you forward
C-9sus4 B-9sus4 D5
And back to the blackness at the same time
CHORUS 1
Guitar 1 & 2 (DISTORTION)
3/4 4/4
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----| x3
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
VERSE 2
Guitar 1 (CLEAN)
|-----10--------|----10-------|-----10--------|-----10--------|
|--10----10-----|--9----9-----|--13----13-----|--12----12-----|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------| x4
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
Guitar 2 (CLEAN)
Same as VERSE 1
PRE-CHORUS 2
Guitar 1 (CLEAN)
|-----10--------|-----10--------|-----10--------|-----10--------|
|--13----13-----|--12----12-----|--10----10-----|--10----10-----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| x2
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Guitar 2 (CLEAN)
Same as PRE-CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2
Guitar 1 & 2 (DISTORTION)
3/4 4/4
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----| x6
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
BRIDGE
Guitar 1 (CLEAN)
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--15------13------12----|-12------10------10----|-8------8-----6-----5---|-3------------------|
|-----14------14------13-|----12------12------11-|---10-----9-----5-----5-|---3----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-------3-5---5------|x4
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------7--------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|
|
|Guitar 2 (CLEAN)
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|
|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--0---------------------|--L--------------------|--L---------------------|--L-----------------|x4
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
CHORUS 3
Guitar 1 & 2 (DISTORTION)
Guitar 1 ONLY first repeat
3/4 4/4
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|---------|------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----| x7
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
|--0--6--7---0-|-6--7-7--|-0--6--7--6--0--2-|-3--2--0--12-12-12-12----|
OUTRO: RIFF 1
Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|-------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|
|--------4----------|----4------------4----| X2 |--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--|
|--------3----------|----3------------3----| |--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--|
|--0--0--4--0--0--0-|-L--4--0--0--0-0-4-0--| |--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--|
RIFF 2
Guitar 1 (DISTORTION)
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--| x4
|-------0h1---0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|--1--1----h2-0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
| |
|Guitar 2 (DISTORTION) |
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|---------------------| x4
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
|-------------0--6--7-|--6--0--6--7--6-|-0--6--7--6--0--0-6--|
END.
