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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
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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
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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)-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/porcupine_tree/signify_tab_ver_3.html ]
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
- 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
