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Heart Attack In A Layby Tab by Porcupine Tree

Heart Attack In A Layby tab by Porcupine Tree

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Artist: Porcupine Tree
Song: Heart Attack In A Layby
Album: In Absentia (2002)

Disclaimer: This tab does not use the tuning that can be seen being used in the live version.
This tab is in standard tuning (while I figure out the song properly) and so will not sound
100% accurate.

Guitar 1 (E A D G B e) - 'Steven Wilson - Clean'
Guitar 2 (E A D G B e) - 'Steven Wilson - Acoustic (Left Channel)'
Guitar 3 (E A D G B e) - 'Steven Wilson - Acoustic (Right Channel)'

Intro:
4/4
  (Guitar 1)
    S S S S S S S E.    S S +Q          S S S S S S S E.    S E.    S S
e|------4---4-5---2------------------|------4---4-5---2------------------|
B|--------2--------------------------|--------2--------------------------|
G|----------------------4------------|----------------------4-------4----|
D|----4---------4---------4-(4)------|----4---------4---------4-------4--|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|
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    S S S S S S S E.    S E.    S S     S S S S S S S E.    S S +Q
e|------4---4-5---2------------------|------4---4-7---2------------------|
B|--------0-----0-------0-------0----|--------0-------------0------------|
G|----2-------------------2-------2--|----2---------2---------2-(2)------|
D|--0--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Main Progression:
(This entire section is played 3 times.)
  (Gtr 1)
    S S S S S S S E.    S E.    S S     S S S S S S S E.    S E.    S S
e|------4---4-5---2------------------|------4---4-5---2------------------|
B|o-------2--------------------------|--------2--------------------------|
G|----------------------4-------4----|----------------------4-------4----|
D|----4---------4---------4-------4--|----4---------4---------4-------4--|
A|o----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--2--------------------------------|--2--------------------------------|

    S S S S S S S E.    S E.    S S     S S S S S S S E.    S E.    S S  x2
e|------4---4-5---2------------------|------4---4-7---2------------------|
B|--------0-----0-------0-------0----|--------0-------------0-------0---o|
G|----2-------------------2-------2--|----2---------2---------2-------2--|
D|--0--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------o|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

    S S S S S S S E.    S S +Q          S S S S S S S E.    S E.    S S
e|------4---4-5---2------------------|------4---4-7---2------------------|
B|--------2--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------4------------|----------------------4-------4----|
D|----4---------4---------4-(4)------|----2---2-----2---------4-------4--|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--2--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|

  (Gtr 1)
    W                                     W
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|  [Gtr 1 is extremely difficult
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|          to hear here.
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|    I will try to update this
A|--5----------------------------------|--2----------------------------------|     if I figure out what is
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|          being played]
 |                                     |                                     |
 |(Gtr 2 & 3)                          |                                     |
 | (E)  S S S E   E.   +E   T T S S S  | (E)  S S S E   E.    +E  T T S S S  |
e|------7-7-7-9-------------------4----|------9-9-9-12--10---(10)-------9----|
B|------x-x-x-x---9----(9)------3---3--|------x-x-x-x---x-------------7---7--|
G|------7-7-7-9---7----(7)--0h2--------|------9-9-9-11--11---(11)-0h6--------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

    W                                     W                              S:
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--5----------------------------------|--4----------------------------------|  [On 3rd round add this note
E|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------0:-|  which leads into the ending]
 |                                     |                                     |
 | (E)  S S S E   E.   +E   T T S S S  |  S S S S +Q     S S S S +Q          |
e|------7-7-7-9-------------------4----|--------4-(4)----------4-(4)---------|
B|------x-x-x-x---9----(9)------3---3--|-------------------------------------|
G|------7-7-7-9---7----(7)--0h2--------|------6--------------6---------------|
D|-------------------------------------|----6--------------6-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--4--------------4-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Ending:
  (Gtr 1)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--2--------------------------------|


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Notation 🏷Legend

| (n)  Ghost note
| ~    Vibrato
| x    Dead note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
|o o|  Reprise

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Note 🏷Legend

|  T   Thirty-second note
|  S   Sixteenth note
|  E   Eighth note
|  Q   Quarter note
|  H   Half note
|  W   Whole note
|  D   Double note
|  .   Dotted note
|  (N) Rest
|  +   Add note length

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