Strip The Soul Chords & Tabs
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STRIP THE SOUL
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 2002 Album IN ABSENTIA)
Transcribed by Joe Harris
Words by Steven Wilson Music by Steven Wilson, Colin Edwin
Arranged by Steven Wilson
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted w/delay'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Wah Wah Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Clean w/Chorus/Trem'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=78
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Verse 1
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Pre-Chorus
D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5
6/8
S E. E S E. E S E. E S E. E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
||o-0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10-o||
||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
Chorus
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
PM--| PM--|
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. 4x
||---------------------|---------------------||
||o--------------------|--------------------o||
||---------------------|---------------------||
||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o||
||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Verse 2
D5/A G5 D5/A D5/A G5 D5/A G5/A
4/4
Gtr IV
H. Q W H. Q H. S S E
||-------------|----------|------------|---------3------||
||o-3-------3--|-3--------|-3-------3--|-3---------3---o||
||--2-------0--|-2--------|-2-------0--|-2-----------2--||
||-------------|----------|------------|----------------||
||o------------|----------|------------|---------------o||
||-------------|----------|------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus
D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5
6/8
Gtr I
S E. E S E. E S E. E S E. E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------||
||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
||o-0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10-o||
||--0-0--10-0-0--10-|-0-0--10-0-0--10--||
Chorus
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
PM--| PM--|
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. 6x
||---------------------|---------------------||
||o--------------------|--------------------o||
||---------------------|---------------------||
||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o||
||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Guitar Break
N.C.
Gtr II
E E H +E E E Q. +E E H +H.
||-----------|--------------|------------|--------|
||o---4------|---------7----|-(7)-4------|--------|
||------7----|-(7)-5--------|-------7----|-(7)----|
||-----------|-------7------|------------|--------|
||o----------|--------------|------------|--------|
||-----------|--------------|------------|--------|
Gm/BBbm/C#m/E
E E H +E E E Q. +E E H Q Q Q
|----------|--------------|------------|-^3--^6--^9---||
|---4------|---------7----|-(7)-4------|-^3--^6--^9--o||
|-----7----|-(7)-5--------|-------7----|-^3--^6--^9---||
|----------|-------7------|------------|--------------||
|----------|--------------|------------|-------------o||
|----------|--------------|------------|--------------||
Bb5 B5 C#5 C5
Gtr I
H. H. H. H.
|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|
|-3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|
|-1---------|--2---------|--4---------|--3---------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E H +E E H +E E H +E E H
|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|----4------|-----3------|-----2------|-----3-3----|
|------7----|-(7)---6----|-(6)---5----|-(5)--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
Bb5 B5 C#5 C5
H. H. H. H. +H. H.
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
|--3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|-(5)------|-------|
|--3---------|--4---------|--6---------|--5---------|-(5)------|-------|
|--1---------|--2---------|--4---------|--3---------|-(3)------|-------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
|
| +E E H +E E H +E E H +E E H +H. H.
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
|-(3)-4------|-----3------|-----6-6----|-(6)-5-5----|-(5)------|-------|
|-------7----|-(7)---6----|-(6)--------|------------|----------|-------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------|
Bridge/Chorus Reprise
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
Gtr V
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E. 4x
||---------------------|---------------------||
||o--------------------|--------------------o||
||---------------------|---------------------||
||---------------------|---------------------||
||o-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--o||
||--0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10---||
Guitar Break
D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5 D5 C5 B5 A5B5C5
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9---10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-10------|
|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9---10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-10------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S E S S S
|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|
|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|
|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5 A5B5 C5
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-----10---------|
|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10---9---7-9-----10---------|
|
| S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S T T T T S S T T S S T T
|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--|
|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--|
|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E. 4x
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------o||
||--0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10------|-0---0-0-10-9-7-9-10-------||
|
| S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S 4x
||--5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-5-5-5-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--||
||o-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-6-6-6-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-o||
||--7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x-|-7-7-7-x--x-x-x-x--x--x-x--||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------------------------|--------------------------o||
||---------------------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo
D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0---0--0-10-9-7-9----10--------|---0---0-0-10-9-7---9-10-------|
|-0---0--0-10-9-7-9----10--------|---0---0-0-10-9-7---9-10-------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| E Q. S T T E +Q.. Q +S
|---/15--------------------------|------------------/13-----(13)-|
|--------------------------15-14-|-(14)--------------------------|
|-------------------15-15--------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--0--0-0--10--9-7-9-10-----------|--0-0-0--10-----9-7-9-10--------------|
|--0--0-0--10--9-7-9-10-----------|--0-0-0--10-----9-7-9-10--------------|
|
| Q Q. S T T Q +Q. T T T T
|-14\-----/19------------17-15-17-|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-10-----(10)b11r===================20-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------13-10-13----|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/porcupine_tree/strip_the_soul_tab.html ]
D5 C5 B5A5B5 C5
e S S S S S e E.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-10-9-7-9----10-----------|
|--0-0-0-10-9-7-9----10-----------|
|
| |--3--|
| H E. T T T
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-12------------------------12-15-|
|------------------------15-------|
|---------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5 A5B5C5
e S S S S S e E.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-------------0--0-------10--------9----7-9-10---------------------|
|--0-------------0--0-------10--------9----7-9-10---------------------|
|
| |--3--| |------5-------| |-----5------|
| T T T E T T T T T Q T T T T T T T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10b12r==12---------------------------------------------12--|
|-15-12-15------------15-12-------12-13b15r====12-----------12-15-----|
|------------------------------15------------------15-12-15-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 C5 B5 A5 B5 C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5
e S S S S S e E. e S S S S S e E.
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|--0--0----0----10----9-----7----9----------10--------|--0--0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|
|--0--0----0----10----9-----7----9----------10--------|--0--0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|
|
| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |----3----|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S S E H.
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12-----12-12-|-14-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
Reprise
D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 D5 C5 B5A5B5C5 G5 Bb5C#5
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. E S S S S S e E. Q Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----3--6--|
|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--3--6--|
|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--1--4--|
|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-0-0-0-10-9-7-9-10--|-5--------|
Guitar Break
Bb5 B5 C#5 C5
5/8
H +E H +E H +E H +E
||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||---3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)-|
||---3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)-|
||o--1--------(1)-|---2---------(2)-|---4---------(4)-|---3---------(3)-|
||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H +E +H +E +H +E +H +E
||--10-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|
||o----4----------|------3----------|------2----------|------3-3--------|
||-------7--------|--------6--------|--(6)---5--------|--(5)------------|
||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E Q. E E Q. +E E Q. +E E Q.
Bb5 B5 C#5 C5
H +E H +E H +E H +E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|--3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)--||
|--3--------(3)-|---4---------(4)-|---6---------(6)-|---5---------(5)--||
|--1--------(1)-|---2---------(2)-|---4---------(4)-|---3---------(3)-o||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| H +E +H +E +H +E +H +E
|-10-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)--||
|----4----------|------3----------|------6-6--------|--(6)-5-5--------o||
|------7--------|--------6--------|--(6)------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
E E Q. E E Q. +E E Q. +E E Q.
Break
Bb
4/4
>
+W Wx7
|---------------------|--------|
|---------------------|--------|
|--(5)----------------|--------|
|--(5)----------------|--------|
|--(3)----------------|--------|
|---------------------|--------|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| +W Wx7
|-(10)----------------|--------|
|--(5)b6--(5)--(5)----|--------|
|---------------------|--------|
|---------------------|--------|
|---------------------|--------|
|---------------------|--------|
+Q +Q +H
Outro
D5 Eb5 F5 E5
Gtr I
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E 4x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2---||
||o-0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2--o||
||--0----0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2---||
D5 Eb5 F5 E5
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1----1-1-1-1-1-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W +W +H H H. Q
|----------------|-----------------|---------6-------|-5----------4---|
|-3--------------|-(3)-------------|-(3)-------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D5 Eb5 F5 E5
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0-|--1-------1-1-1-1-1-|-3----3-3-3-3-3-|-2----2-2-2-2-2-|
|
| +H H +Q H. H H W
|-(4)-------------|------[3]-----------|-3--------------|-4--------------|
|---------3-------|-(3)----------------|--------1-------|----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
D5
W +W +W +W
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-0---------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|
| >
| H H +W +W +W
|-4----5----|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|--------|
+W +W +W +W +W Wx2
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|--------*|
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
