Wake As Gun I Chords & Tabs
"Wake As Gun" by Porcupine Tree from the previously rare "Insignificance" released in 1997.
Now available as a bonus disc with the 1996 album "Signify".
TUNING: Drop D (DADGBe)
The only reason this song is in Drop D is because of a hammer on from D to E on the first chord.
If you want, you can just ignore that hammer on and play the song in standard. Just move
everything on the low E string down two frets.
CHORDS:
Em - 222000
F#7 sus4 - 444x00
Fmaj7 #11 - 333200
Fmaj13 - 33x230
G6 - 555x00
Asus2 - 777x00
Cadd9 - x32030
F#7 - 442322
All the tabbed parts in this song are actually played on a koto, but work out just fine on guitar.
INTRO:
Em F#7sus4 Fmaj7#11
Em F#7sus4 Fmaj7#11 Fmaj13
VERSE:
Em F#7sus4 Fmaj7#11
Man wakes up as animal
Em F#7sus4 Fmaj7#11 Fmaj13
Hallucinates a fire
Em F#7sus4 Fma7#11
Man wakes up as a ghost
Em F#7sus4 Fmaj7#11 Fmaj13
Bloodless but inspired
BRIDGE 1:
Em F#7sus4 G6 Asus2 Em F#7sus4 G6 Asus2 Em
Q. S S Q. S S W Q. S S Q. S S H E S S S S E W
|-12-----11-12-------------|---------------|-------11-12-------------|------------------------|---
|--------------12----10-12-|---------------|-------------12----10-12-|------------------------|---
|--------------------------|-9-------------|-L-----------------------|-9-----L--11-12-9----9--|---
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------13----|-9-
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|---
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|---
VERSE:
Man wakes up as music
And liberates the calm
Man wakes up as a child
And builds a bridge of charm
BRIDGE 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/porcupine_tree/wake_as_gun_i_tab.html ]
Cadd9 F#7 Fmaj7#11
H. Q H Q Q W H. Q
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-12-------13---12-----|-11-------------------|-10-------------------|
|-12------------11-----|----------------------|----------------------|---------------12-----|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Oh the silence you keep But I just wanna sleep
Em F#7sus4 G6 Asus2 Em F#7sus4 G6 Asus2
Q. S S Q. S S W Q. S S Q. S S H
|--------11-12-------------|---------------|-------11-12-------------|------------------------|
|--------------12----10-12-|---------------|-------------12----10-12-|------------------------|
|-9------------------------|-9-------------|-9-----------------------|-9----------------11----|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
Cadd9 F#7 Fmaj7#11
H. Q H Q Q W H. Q
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---
|----------------------|-12-------13---12-----|-11-------------------|-10-------------------|---
|-12------------11-----|----------------------|----------------------|---------------12-----|-9-
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---
VERSE:
Em F#7sus4 Fmaj7#11
Man wakes up as a gun
Em F#7sus4 Fmaj7#11 Fmaj13
And doesn't get the joke