Dislocated Day Chords & Tabs
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DISLOCATED DAY
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 1995 Album THE SKY MOVES SIDEWAYS)
Transcribed by Joe Harris
Words and Music by Steven Wilson
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted with Heavy Wah Wah'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Richard Barbieri Synth 1'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Richard Barbieri Synth 2'
Intro (Phone Rings)
Q=145
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
G#
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
Verse 1
G#5 A5
Gtrs III, IV
W +W W +W 4x
||--11--------|-(11)--------|-12--------|-(12)-----||
||o--9--------|--(9)--------|-10--------|-(10)----o||
||---8--------|--(8)--------|--9--------|--(9)-----||
||---6--------|--(6)--------|--7--------|--(7)-----||
||o-----------|-------------|-----------|---------o||
||------------|-------------|-----------|----------||
Pre-Chorus
G#5 F#5 F5 E5
W W W W
|-11--------|-9--------|-8--------|-7----|
|--9--------|-7--------|-6--------|-5----|
|--8--------|-6--------|-5--------|-4----|
|--6--------|-4--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-----------|----------|----------|------|
Eb5 D5
W +W W +W
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
Chorus
N.C.
Gtr I
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--4---5---7--8---7---5-|-4---5---7--8---7---5-|
|
| Gtr II
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o-9--10--12-13--12--10-|-9--10--12-13--12--10-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------o||
|-4---5---7--8---7---5-|-2--4---5--2-4--5--||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|----------------------|-------------------||
|-9--10--12-13--12--10-|-7--9--10--7-9-10-o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
G#5
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||---4---5---7--8---7---5---|---4---5---7--8---7---5---|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---9--10--12-13--12--10---|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| W +W
||--11----------------------|-(11)---------------------|
||o--9----------------------|--(9)---------------------|
||---8----------------------|--(8)---------------------|
||---6----------------------|--(6)---------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A5
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|--4---5---7--8---7---5---|---2--4---5--2-4--5---||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---7--9--10--7-9-10--o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|
| W +W
|-12----------------------|-(12)-----------------||
|-10----------------------|-(10)----------------o||
|--9----------------------|--(9)-----------------||
|--7----------------------|--(7)-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
Verse 2
G#5 A5
h H W W W
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|--9\---------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|
| h H W W W
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|--4\---------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|
| W +W W +W
|-11----------|-(11)--------|-12--------|-(12)----|
|--9----------|--(9)--------|-10--------|-(10)----|
|--8----------|--(8)--------|--9--------|--(9)----|
|--6----------|--(6)--------|--7--------|--(7)----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---------|
G#5 A5
Gtrs III, IV
W +W W +W
|-11--------|-(11)--------|-12--------|-(12)----|
|--9--------|--(9)--------|-10--------|-(10)----|
|--8--------|--(8)--------|--9--------|--(9)----|
|--6--------|--(6)--------|--7--------|--(7)----|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
Pre-Chorus
G#5 F#5 F5 E5
W W W W
|-11--------|-9--------|-8--------|-7----|
|--9--------|-7--------|-6--------|-5----|
|--8--------|-6--------|-5--------|-4----|
|--6--------|-4--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-----------|----------|----------|------|
Eb5 D5
W +W W +W
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
Chorus
N.C.
Gtr I
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--4---5---7--8---7---5-|-4---5---7--8---7---5-|
|
| Gtr II
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o-9--10--12-13--12--10-|-9--10--12-13--12--10-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------o||
|-4---5---7--8---7---5-|-2--4---5--2-4--5--||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|----------------------|-------------------||
|-9--10--12-13--12--10-|-7--9--10--7-9-10-o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
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G#5
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||---4---5---7--8---7---5---|---4---5---7--8---7---5---|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---9--10--12-13--12--10---|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| W +W
||--11----------------------|-(11)---------------------|
||o--9----------------------|--(9)---------------------|
||---8----------------------|--(8)---------------------|
||---6----------------------|--(6)---------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A5
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|--4---5---7--8---7---5---|---2--4---5--2-4--5---||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---7--9--10--7-9-10--o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|
| W +W
|-12----------------------|-(12)-----------------||
|-10----------------------|-(10)----------------o||
|--9----------------------|--(9)-----------------||
|--7----------------------|--(7)-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo
G#5 A5
Gtr I
E. E. E H E. E. E H E. E. E H E. E. E H 8x
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------o||
||---4--5----------|---4--5----------|--4--5----------|---4--5----------||
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| W +W W +W 8x
||--11-------------|-(11)------------|-12-------------|-(12)------------||
||o--9-------------|--(9)------------|-10-------------|-(10)-----------o||
||---8-------------|--(8)------------|--9-------------|--(9)------------||
||---6-------------|--(6)------------|--7-------------|--(7)------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Verse 3
G#5 A5
Gtrs III, IV
W +W W +W 4x
||--11--------|-(11)--------|-12--------|-(12)-----||
||o--9--------|--(9)--------|-10--------|-(10)----o||
||---8--------|--(8)--------|--9--------|--(9)-----||
||---6--------|--(6)--------|--7--------|--(7)-----||
||o-----------|-------------|-----------|---------o||
||------------|-------------|-----------|----------||
Pre-Chorus
G#5 F#5 F5 E5
W W W W
|-11--------|-9--------|-8--------|-7----|
|--9--------|-7--------|-6--------|-5----|
|--8--------|-6--------|-5--------|-4----|
|--6--------|-4--------|-3--------|-2----|
|-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-----------|----------|----------|------|
Eb5 D5
W +W W +W
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
Chorus
G#5
Gtr I
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||---4---5---7--8---7---5---|---4---5---7--8---7---5---|
|
| Gtr II
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---9--10--12-13--12--10---|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| W +W
||--11----------------------|-(11)---------------------|
||o--9----------------------|--(9)---------------------|
||---8----------------------|--(8)---------------------|
||---6----------------------|--(6)---------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A5
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E 4x
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|--4---5---7--8---7---5---|---2--4---5--2-4--5---||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E 4x
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---7--9--10--7-9-10--o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|
| W +W 4x
|-12----------------------|-(12)-----------------||
|-10----------------------|-(10)----------------o||
|--9----------------------|--(9)-----------------||
|--7----------------------|--(7)-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
G#5
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||---4---5---7--8---7---5---|---4---5---7--8---7---5---|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---9--10--12-13--12--10---|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W +W
||--11----------------------|-(11)---------------------|
||o--9----------------------|--(9)---------------------|
||---8----------------------|--(8)---------------------|
||---6----------------------|--(6)---------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A5
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E 8x
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|--4---5---7--8---7---5---|---2--4---5--2-4--5---||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. Q E E E 8x
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|--9--10--12-13--12--10---|---7--9--10--7-9-10--o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|
| W +W 8x
|-12----------------------|-(12)-----------------||
|-10----------------------|-(10)----------------o||
|--9----------------------|--(9)-----------------||
|--7----------------------|--(7)-----------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
Outro
G#5
W +W +W +W
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|--6----------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|--4----------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|
| h H W W W
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|--9\---------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|
| h H W W W
|-11----------|------------|------------|--------|
|--9----------|------------|------------|--------|
|--8----------|------------|------------|--------|
|--6----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----*|
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
