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Ancestral by Steven Wilson

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               Ancestral - Steven Wilson
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Tabbed by: David Benítez
E-mail: [email protected]


Repeat this lots of times
e|-----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-4--------5-------4----|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6--------5------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|

Eventually this comes in (is this an actual guitar?)
e|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---4----------------4---------5---4-----|
Chord diagramG+G|---------4----------------4-------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6---6-5----------6---6-5---------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------|

And then this comes in, listen for the rhythm
e|---------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-2---------5---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------4---------3----13----15----16----15----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------------|

Repeat this lots of times again
e|-----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-4--------5-------4----|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6--------5------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|

This comes in at the same time
e|--------------|
Chord diagramBB|---4----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------4----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6---6-5------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------|

Chorus/solo rhythm
e|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------8----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6--------9--------2--------8----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6--------9--------2--------6----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-4--------7--------0-------------|

Guthrie?s (AMAZING) solo... The fast parts are WAY to hard to tab for me, sorry for not having
it complete :(If anyone wants to complete AND correct this solo (I?m SURE not everything I have
is correct), you will def. get credits in here. Most of what I have is correct, so it should give
you a great head start!
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-0h8/13--11h13/15----13h15/16----15h16/18----18b20-18b20----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-17---------------------------------------14----14/16-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----18b20-r18b20r18b20----16h18-13----/11----12--------18p17p16p15----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------18---------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------15b16----16----19-18-16-------------|
Chord diagramBB|-8--------------------------------------16-------------16----------19-16-------|
Chord diagramG+G|---9p8\6----------------------------/13----------------------------------18----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------8--\5-----------6/8-6--/9---------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------4-\1-/2--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------16-18----16------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-16-19-------19----16-19----16-------14---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------18----15-16----15-16-13-15-11-13---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------13-11-10-9----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------------------11-11b14---8----------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---8h9p8----8-------------------------------11-------------6/5p4-3---4p3--------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-9-------11---9-11b13r11-9---11b13r11p9p8--9-----------------------6-----6p5h6/8h9----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------12/14-12-12-14-14b16---16b19--r16--14b16r14p12----------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------11-13------------------------------------------------13-13----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-11p9h11/13----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------14-16-18/19-18-16h18p16p14-------16-14-------14-------|
Chord diagramBB|-12b14-14-15-16----------------------------16-14-------16-14----16----|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-15-14--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------16-S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G------9-8------9----12----13-14-15----15-16-18-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------9-11-------11---11----11----------13----------16----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------21b23r21---19b21-19------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-14-16-17-19-20-21---------------------21--21-21-21b23-21b23-19b21-19b21--16b19-19-19r16----|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------14b16---16-14----14-16-17-18----|
Chord diagramBB|-14p12-12b14-12b14-12p11----------14b16---------------16----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------13-----13--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------14----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------5-/6-/8-/9----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------|

Second half of the song
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                x8 (second time x4)         x2
e||-----------------------------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------0-----------------0-||-----------0-----------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------0---0-------5-----5---||---------9---9--------9-----8-0----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-----6-------6---4-----4-----||------10-------10---8-----7--------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---6-----------3-----0-------||---10-------------7-----6----------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-4---------------------------||-8---------------------------------||

                     x2
e||--------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||------------0-----------------------0-||
Chord diagramG+G||----------0---0----------12------12---|| Repeat whole section 2 times
Chord diagramD MajorD||-------13-------13----11------11------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----13-------------10-------0---------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-11-----------------------------------||


This part is hard to hear but the final notes, so I'm not sure of the roots on all of em.
                             1.
e||--------------8---------------0----------------1-----||-----------1-------|
Chord diagramBB||------------8---8----------10---10-----------1---1---||---------1---1-----|
Chord diagramG+G||----------0-------0------0---------0-------0-------0-||-------0-----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD||-------10-------------10-----------------3-----------||-----3-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----11-------------12------------------4-------------||---4---------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||-11----------------------------------4---------------||-4-----------------|

 2.
e|---------2------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------2---2----------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----4-------4--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---4-----------4------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0---------------0----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------|


Add some overdrive to this
                x4                 x2
e||-----------------------------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------0-----------------0-||-----------0-----------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------0---0-------5-----5---||---------9---9--------9-----8-0----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-----6-------6---4-----4-----||------10-------10---8-----7--------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---6-----------3-----0-------||---10-------------7-----6----------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-4---------------------------||-8---------------------------------||

                     x2
e||--------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||------------0-----------------------0-||
Chord diagramG+G||----------0---0----------12------12---|| Repeat section 2 times
Chord diagramD MajorD||-------13-------13----11------11------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----13-------------10-------0---------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-11-----------------------------------||


----
Break
----

I honestly have no idea how they get the heavier effect, I?m guessing (and playing) with an octave
down pedal mixed in with the original signal. Repeat quite a few times.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6---5----------5---5-----5---5-----6---6--------6--5--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------7---6-----6----6----6----7----7----3--4-------7-6----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat second bar as needed, I?m very curious with this bar, sometimes I want to play
the chords with the root on the sixth string, not sure if it?s the bass or the guitar,
you decide, but right now I'm playing with the octavizer still on...I need live videos of this :(
Thanks to rgsw97 for pointing out that they are hammers, not power chord slides lol
e|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6h7-----||--6h7---6h7---6h7---6h7---6h7------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----0-0-||------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-0--||


Eventually this enters
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-8h9-------------4h5-4----------------------------------8---8-9-11----|
Chord diagramG+G|-----8--8h9-6-----------6p4--6----------6---6-8-9---8-9---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------8---8-9-------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                     } x2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6---5----------5---5-----5---5-----6---6--------6--5--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------7---6-----6----6----6----7----7----3--4-------7-6----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|

____
Another Break
____


Clean, very quiet
                   x4                  x2
e||----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------0----------------------0-||-----------0------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------0---0-------5-----5----5---||---------9---9--------9-----8---8-0-||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-----6-------6---4-----4----4-----||------10-------10---8-----7---7-----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---6-----------3-----0------------||---10-------------7-----6-----------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-4--------------------------------||-8----------------------------------||

                         x2
e||-----------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||------------0-----------------------------0----||
Chord diagramG+G||----------0---0----------12------12----12------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-------13-------13----11------11----11---------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----13-------------10-------0------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-11--------------------------------------------||


As rhythm to the arrpegios (Steven plays this)
e|-----------|------------|--------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------|------------|--------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5---5-|------9---8-|------12---12-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6---4---4-|-10---8---7-|-13---11---11-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6---3---0-|-10---7---6-|-13---10---0--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-4---------|-8----------|-11-----------|

Add some overdrive to this
                x4                 x2
e||-----------------------------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------0-----------------0-||-----------0-----------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------0---0-------5-----5---||---------9---9--------9-----8-0----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-----6-------6---4-----4-----||------10-------10---8-----7--------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---6-----------3-----0-------||---10-------------7-----6----------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-4---------------------------||-8---------------------------------||

                     x2
e||--------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||------------0-----------------------0-||
Chord diagramG+G||----------0---0----------12------12---|| Repeat section 2 times
Chord diagramD MajorD||-------13-------13----11------11------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----13-------------10-------0---------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-11-----------------------------------||


Repeat second bar as needed, rhythm changes near the end
e|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6h7-----||--6h7---6h7---6h7---6h7---6h7------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----0-0-||-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-0--||

Eventually this enters, repeat each bar twice
e||----------------------------||------------------------11-12-12-14-15----||
Chord diagramBB||-------------------8-8-9-11-||-------11--11-12-14--14-------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-----6--6-8-9--8-9----------||-12-13------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-8-9------------------------||------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----------------------------||------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||----------------------------||------------------------------------------||


e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-8h9-------------4h5-4----------------------------------8---8-9-11----|
Chord diagramG+G|-----8--8h9-6-----------6p4--6----------6---6-8-9---8-9---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------8---8-9-------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                     } x2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-6---5----------5---5-----5---5-----6---6--------6--5--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------7---6-----6----6----6----7----7----3--4-------7-6----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|


Repeat second bar as needed, rhythm changes near the end
e|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------||-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-6h7-----||--6h7---6h7---6h7---6h7---6h7------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----0-0-||-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-0--||


Repeat twice the first time, once the second
e||----------------------------||------------------------11-12-12-14-15----||
Chord diagramBB||-------------------8-8-9-11-||-------11--11-12-14--14-------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-----6--6-8-9--8-9----------||-12-13------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-8-9------------------------||------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----------------------------||------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||----------------------------||------------------------------------------||

Repeat second bar thrice
e|-15-17-18--18-20-21--||-12-14-15--15-17-18--18-20-21-||
Chord diagramBB|---------------------||------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------||------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------||------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------||------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------||------------------------------||

On the last two reps, rhythm changes to this
e|-------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------4-6-7--7-9-10--10-12-13----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-2-3--3-5-6--6-8-9-----------------------------|


Thanks for diversionmbys for the correct notes on this...
e||-------------------------||----------------|----------|
Chord diagramBB||-------------11----------||-------------11-|-----11---|
Chord diagramG+G||----------14----14-------||----------14----|----14----|
Chord diagramD MajorD||-------15----------15----||-------15-------|---15-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----13----------------13-||----13----------|--13------|
Chord diagramE MajorE||-11----------------------||-11-------------|-11-------|

************************************

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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