Wet Ribbon tab by Porcupine Tree

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Wet Ribbon - Porcupine Tree
From the 2002 B-side 'Out Absentia'
Tuning: DADGBe (Drop D MajorD)

Tabbed by Dabog701
Email: Dabog701 at gmail.com
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Listen to the track to find the timing of all of the notes.
Enjoy!


[Intro (0:01 - 0:21)]

e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---------|  x6

Intro pt.II (0:22 - 0:28)
           hold ~~~~~~~~
e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------5-------5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D MajorD|-----------------------4---------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------3-----------------------|
D MajorD|---4-4--2-4-5-2-4-5--------------------------|

[Riff 1 (0:28 - 0:49)]

Lead: (With Wah) Listen to the song to get the timing, I have marked out how long each
lasts (~).

Lead:
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---11----------------------10--------------7----------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm:
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-4--4-4--4-4--2-2--5-5--1-1--1-1--1-1--6-6--0-0---|
A augmentedA|---4-4--4-4--4-4--2-2--5-5--1-1--1-1--1-1--6-6--0-0---|
D MajorD|---4-4--4-4--4-4--2-2--5-5--1-1--1-1--1-1--6-6--0-0---|

Lead:
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---6-------------------------7------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm:
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-4--4-4--4-4--2-2--5-5---5-5-5-5-5----------------|
A augmentedA|---4-4--4-4--4-4--2-2--5-5---3-3-3-3-3--0-------------|
D MajorD|---4-4--4-4--4-4--2-2--5-5--------------0-------------|   X2


[Riff II (0:49 - 1:15)]
             ~~~~~           ~~~~
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------2---|
A augmentedA|--------------3-----3--------------------3-----1------|
D MajorD|--4--4-2-4-0-----0-----2-----4--4-2-4-0-----0---------|

             ~~~~~           ~~~~
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------3-----3--------------------3------------|
D MajorD|--4--4-2-4-0-----0-----2-----4--4-2-4-0-----0--3b-----|   X2

(The lead guitar in the above section just plays the 7th fret on the BB string
with wah.)


[Verse I (1:15 - 2:31)]
Strum the chords below naturally along with the song, obviously dont just play them once.


   1."Cut......ribbon .........from your hair"
 2."And round your neck...its only natures way
e|---0--------------------------------------0-----------------|
BB|---0--------------------------------------1-----------------|
G+G|---4--------------------------------------0-----------------|
D MajorD|---4--------------------------------------2-----------------|
A augmentedA|---4--------------------------------------3-----------------|
D MajorD|---4--------------------------------------------------------|

  "Cause...and effect......."
e|---0---------------------------|
BB|---0---------------------------|
G+G|---4---------------------------|
D MajorD|---4---------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4---------------------------|
D MajorD|---4---------------------------|


e|---0-------------------0-------------------0----------------|
BB|---0-------------------0-------------------0----------------|
G+G|---2-------------------6-------------------4----------------|
D MajorD|---2-------------------6-------------------4----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------4-------------------4----------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------4----------------|


[Riff III (2:32 - 2:47)]


e|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-5-4-2----------|

e|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-5-4-2----------|

e|------------------|
BB|------------------|
G+G|------------------|
D MajorD|---5-5-5-5-5------|    X2
A augmentedA|---3-3-3-3-3--0---|
D MajorD|--------------0---|


[Chorus (2:47 - 3:00)]

       1."Come annonunce the light in-
       2."On corners at the -
e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
A augmentedA|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
D MajorD|---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|

   "-to the earth..."
   "universe..."
e|---------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-2-4-2-------|
D MajorD|---4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-4-2--4-2-4-2-------|    X2


[Riff IV (3:00 - 3:23)]

A augmentedA variation of Riff I here: play the first bar twice, then play the whole section once.


[Verse II (3:23 - 4:14) "You are so very pure, my child, my star"]

Repeat the verse here.


[Riff V (4:14 - 4:29)]

Repeat riff III here.


[Chorus II (4:29 - 4:42)]

Just repeat the chorus here.


[Bridge (4:42 - 5:09)]
           ~~~~~~   ~~~~~    ~~~~~~
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------5-----------4------------------|
D MajorD|------------------4-----------3----------4-4-4-----|
A augmentedA|----------------3---------0-2---------0--4-4-4-----|
D MajorD|---2-4-5-2-4-5------------------------0--4-4-4-----|

      ~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------5-------------4---------------------------|
D MajorD|-------4-------------3----------------4-4-4--------|
A augmentedA|---0-3-----------0-2---------------0--4-4-4--------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------0--4-4-4--------|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------5-------------4---------------------------|
D MajorD|-------4-------------3----------------4-4\---------|
A augmentedA|---0-3-----------0-2---------------0--4-4\---------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------0--4-4\---------|

[Breakdown w/solo (5:09 - 7:05)]
Play these groups of 5 notes in time with the bass.

e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---|
A augmentedA|---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---|
D MajorD|---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---|

[Lead / Solo] This is played over the above section, in semi-free time.
       Each note has a little vibrato.

   ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
e|----------------------------------------------------|
BB|---7--------7s13-12----------5-------10------7------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------|
  Keep repeating the above riff, until the very end:


[Ending riff (7:06)]

e|---------------|
BB|---------------|
G+G|---------------|
D MajorD|---------------|
A augmentedA|---4-4-4-4-4---|
D MajorD|---4-4-4-4-4---|