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Drop D tuning just like almost every one of Porcupine Tree's songs.
Intro & verse(s):
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----2-2-0-3---2-2-0-3---2-2-0-3-3---2-2-0-3---2-2-0-3---2-2-0-2-3-0---------------------
Repeat that part until "Something to lie about...". Then play:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------2-2-0-2-3-0-------------------------------5---------------------------
A-------5-----3-----2-2-0-2-3-0-------5-----3-------5-----3-4-----------------------------
D-----0---3-4---4-3-2-2-0-2-3-0-----0---3-4---4-3-2---3-4---------------------------------
On that last "5", you could bend it if you want to cuz, to me, that sounds cooler.
Anyway, play that... twice, I think?... listen to the song. You'll get it.
[VERSE]
Then, on the bridge ("I'm getting feelings I'm hiding too well..."), go:
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------
G---------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------|----p.m.----------
D---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------|---0-0-0----------
A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0-1-0--------|---0-0-0----------
D---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5-3-0--|---0-0-0----------
Play this part twice until the chorus. After the second time you play it,
palm mute the zeros until you get to:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---7-7---5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----
D---7-7---5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----
A---5-5---3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----
D---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------
Repeat that two times and then go back to the verse. That's it. Enjoy.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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alex Rhythm Player |
#1 by alex Smith at Apr 28, 2006 at 8:50 AM EST |
| i agree with ya GroovyJude.. i know i identify with it in a way. | |
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Rebecca Average |
#2 by Rebecca Lira at May 4, 2006 at 2:26 PM EST |
| How come no one mentions the screenplay by Steven Wilson and Mike Bennion? If any of you looked at the album from a filmmaker's point of view, all of the songs would make a hell of a lot more sense. | |
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Rodney Wanna Be |
#3 by Rodney at May 11, 2006 at 3:08 AM EST |
| I don't think that the Open Car is a metaphor, i think it's just meaning driving in a convertible in the summer, with someone you shouldn't be, and the wind blowing your hair etc, and they're going to a bar... duh.. Anyway, Deadwing is defenately the best PT album, I'm going to see them in April =] | |
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Badass |
#4 by guess wha' i suck at Jun 5, 2006 at 6:45 AM EST |
| Some of the lyrics are wrong. The correct ones are: "You think you're smart, I think you're art, We agree on this" If you listen to any of the other songs, he obviously loves this girl who doesn't love him back. She just uses him. | |
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nathan Average |
#5 by nathan skidmore at Jun 15, 2006 at 8:33 AM EST |
| sounds like he wanted to have sex with this woman, then he had sex with this woman, and then afterward he felt awkward. that part is obvious. it also seems he already had a lover and now he has to hide this affair from her ("something to lie about, getting feelings i'm hiding too well"). after lying to his lover about the affair ("buried a heart shaped shell") he couldn't stand keeping this secret any longer ("something broke inside my stomach") so he told his lover about his affair and didn't care about the outcome after he admitted his sin (i let the pieces lie just where they fell"). i have no clue what the reference to the open car means though, someone please tell me! | |
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batman Average |
#6 by batman chum at Jun 19, 2006 at 12:20 PM EST |
| I think it is about an affair. That sounds like a good assumption. Open Car to me sounds like a reference to the affair where the woman is just a temporary passenger that sort of hopped in and could just as easily leave like that. Probably a stretch though. | |
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Tyler Average |
#7 by Tyler at Jun 25, 2006 at 5:08 AM EST |
| I personally believe that Deadwing is mostly about Incest. I think that this song is possibly the most obvious song on the album that reveals this theme. | |
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Jake Wanna Be |
#8 by Jake Stewart at Jul 23, 2006 at 3:23 AM EST |
| really dude... this doesnt point to incest at all.. just sex and feeling bad about it... sounds to me like the subject giving into lust and cheating the open car, i figured mean a convertable car with the top down. | |
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logan Average |
#9 by logan cook at Aug 12, 2006 at 8:04 AM EST |
| And the song itself is about a man who's lover died in a car crash, when they were driving out to a farm. Steven Wilson even said once, "Porcupine Tree music is very very simple. There's nothing complex about it at all. The complexity is in the production. The complexity is in the way the albums are constructed. All of the work goes into creating the texture and the sound, and making it sound right. There's nothing complicated about the music at all. And that's really why I have to take issue when people describe us as progressive rock. I don't think we are a progressive rock band. I think we're just a rock band. I think what leads people to give it that kind of progressive tag is the way the songs are produced." So why does everyone always think that PT is so deep and have hidden, complicated meanings in their songs? | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#10 by Vinnie Valium at Oct 23, 2006 at 5:01 AM EST |
| fuck. this is amazing | |
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Vinny Average |
#11 by Vinny Spano at Nov 25, 2006 at 2:16 AM EST |
| I'm pretty sure it's- "Burt the horse shaped shell" I guess it make sense in the script. | |
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Alex Wanna Be |
#12 by Alex Jurek at Dec 25, 2006 at 12:43 PM EST |
| Yeah, I agree, I think it's about meaningless sex, and then, feeling bad about it. But whatever this song is about, it just fucking rocks. That chorus riff... the way it brings up the song, man... just makes me wanna rock the fuck outta myself. | |
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Squirrels Lead Player |
#13 by Squirrels Dyrant at Jan 15, 2007 at 9:58 AM EST |
| Tbrings: It's only obvious if you're a retard. This song is just about empty, emotionless sex. I'm sure we can all identify with it to some degree or another :( | |
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john Average |
#14 by john at Feb 28, 2007 at 1:06 AM EST |
| Yeah, but I think SW says that just not to be soo "underground". PT is one hell of a band, and almost all their musics are masterpieces. This is one of those. | |
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sephiroth Average |
#15 by sephiroth at Apr 7, 2007 at 2:22 AM EST |
| Bury* | |
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Subhash Average |
#16 by Subhash Shady at Aug 23, 2007 at 2:06 AM EST |
| I think this song is about having sex with someone, and then afterwards having a rush of strange, mixed emotions like: Why did we do this? Do i love this person? love, hate, self-guilt, commitment, pitty,confusion,humiliation,joy,sadness. Sometimes the simple things mean as much or more than sex."Hair blown in an open car, Summer dress slips down her arm." really discribles something simple, and yet so meaningful and beautiful. I think that line is refering to when the 2 people leave the hotel room and drive away. The guy looks over at the girl, and sees the wind blowing through her hair and the dress slip down her arm. and feels guilty because she looks so innocent, even thow she prolly seduced him. So yes many mixed emotions. I also believe this girl knows something about him that is very personal about the guy | |
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Cicely aka Icic Badass |
#17 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Aug 31, 2007 at 8:01 PM EST |
| I think this song is about having sex with someone, and then afterwards having a rush of strange, mixed emotions like: Why did we do this? Do i love this person? love, hate, self-guilt, commitment, pitty,confusion,humiliation,joy,sadness. Sometimes the simple things mean as much or more than sex."Hair blown in an open car, Summer dress slips down her arm." really discribles something simple, and yet so meaningful and beautiful. I think that line is refering to when the 2 people leave the hotel room and drive away. The guy looks over at the girl, and sees the wind blowing through her hair and the dress slip down her arm. and feels guilty because she looks so innocent, even thow she prolly seduced him. So yes many mixed emotions. I also believe this girl knows something about him that is very personal about the guy | |
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david Average |
#18 by david maynard at Sep 2, 2007 at 10:02 AM EST |
| Well, to me it sounds like It's about being in love with someone who is in the relationship for the physical aspects, and dosent really care about the narrator. | |
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