3 Years Older Tab by Steven Wilson

3 Years Older tab by Steven Wilson

Guitar Tab

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                             3 Years Older - Steven Wilson
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Tabbed by: David Benítez
E-mail: debml700@gmail.com

Tuning: EADGBe

Hey guys, right now I'm missing the clean solo and the final one, I'll get to it eventually...
For some parts I only wrote the chord used, not the strumming pattern so be sure to
listen to the song to identify these.
Any comments or corrections are more than welcome below on the comments section,
and please don?t forget to rate! Have fun with this amazing song!

Intro A
Play with the rhythm a bit, not exactly this one but the chords are right.
e||-3-3--2--0-0-0-0--3-3--2--0-0-2-0-0-0----||
B||-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3----||
G||-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2----|| x4
D||-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0----||
A||-----------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------||

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Again the same pattern, but a bit more staccato-ed, and with a bit of overdrive
                                        x4
e||-3-3--2--0-0-0-0--3-3--2--0-0-2-0-0-0-||-1-1--1-0-0-0-0--1-1--1--0-0-0-||
B||-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-||-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-1-1-||
G||-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-||
D||-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-||
A||--------------------------------------||-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1--1-1-1-||
E||--------------------------------------||-------------------------------||

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|--------------------9----|
D|-6----2----8---7----9----|
A|-6----2----8---7----7----|
E|-4----0----6---5---------|


Intro B
Rhythm
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|| x8
D||-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
A||-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
E||---------------------------------------------------||

Lead
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8--------8-8-8--------8--7-------------7-8------------|
G|---------------------------------9p7--9----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15----13-12-10------10--10h12--10----8p7--------------|
G|-----------------12------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------15b17r15-------------|
B|--------7-8--10--12--15/17--15-------------------------|
G|-7----9------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

                                      x5
e||-3--3--2--3---3--3--2--3--2--3-3----||-3----3----1------1-------|
B||-3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3-3----||-3----3----1----1----1----|
G||-0--0--2--2---0--0--2--2--2--2-2----||-0----0----0--------------|
D||-0--2--0--0---0--2--0--0--0--0-0----||-2----0----0--------------|
A||-2--3---------2--3------------------||-3----2----1--------------|
E||-3------------3---------------------||------3-------------------|

                                        x3
e||---------------------------------------||-------------------|
B||-2-----3-----5-----7------8--/10-10----||-12----12/14-14----|
G||---0-----0-----0-----0-----------------||-0-----------------|
D||-----2(/)--4-----5-----7-(9)/(11)------||-12----12/14-14----|
A||---------------------------------------||-------------------|
E||---------------------------------------||-------------------|


Solo 1 - Rhythm
e|---------------------------------------------0---------|
B|-1----3----1----3----1----3----1----1---------0--------|
G|-0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----------0-------|
D|-2----4----2----4----2----4----2----2-----------2------|
A|-3----5----3----5----3----5----3----3------------2-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------0----|

Solo 1 - Lead
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------12-----------------13----|
G|-4b5r4b5----r4p2p0-----/7----9x--/11--------14------12----14p12----------|
D|-------------------2/4------------------/11------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----15-----19-----17-15-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------14b16-14b16r14p12p11\9\7---------|
D|-/16----/18----/19---------------------------------/7\5----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8--7b8r7---------------------------------------10-12b13----r12p10\8----12\5----|
G|----8----------7/9-7---------------7-------11-----11---------------------------------|
D|-/9-------------------7/9\7-------------------/12------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------7/9---11/12-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1
Rhythm                    x3                        x2
e||-0--0--0--0--2--2--2----||-2-2--2---||-1--3--0----||
B||-2--0--2--0--2--3--3----||-2-2--2---||-1--3--2----||
G||-2--0--2--0--2--4--2----||-2-2--2---||-2--0--2----||
D||-2--2--2--2--4--4--4----||-1-1--0---||-3--0--2----||
A||-0--2--0--2--4--2-------||----------||-3--2--0----||
E||----0-----0--2----------||----------||----3-------||

Leads - Each lead bar is synced with each rhythm bar (including reps), listen for timing
e|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----12----14----15----------|-----7-------------(10)-----------10--/15----|
G|-----12----14----16----14----|---7---6--------/7-------------7-------------|
D|-----------------------------|-9-------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------12+---7+----------------------------|
B|-2-3-3/5----5\3----7--7p5----2----------------------12+------------/10--10---10-10-10-10----|
G|-2-4-4/6----6\4----7--7p6----2--2-----4----4----12+---------------------9h11-9-----11--9----|
D|--------------------------------2--2--2----4-----------------------/12----------12----------|
A|-----------------------------------4-----2--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------|---------------------------------9h10p9--------|-------------------------------|
B|---------10-|------------------8--------10-----------10-----|-------------------------10----|
G|-11--11--11-|-------5--------7--------9-----------------9-7-|-\5-----4h5/7----------9-------|
D|-13------12-|---5h7----(5)/7-------11-----------------------|------7-------(5)----7---------|
A|------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Verse 2
Rhythm                    x2                        x2
e||-0--0--0--0--2--2--2----||-2-2--2---||-1--3--0----||-1--3--0--1---|
B||-2--0--2--0--2--3--3----||-2-2--2---||-1--3--2----||-1--3--0--1---|
G||-2--0--2--0--2--4--2----||-2-2--2---||-2--0--2----||-2--0--0--2---|
D||-2--2--2--2--4--4--4----||-1-1--0---||-3--0--2----||-3--0--2--3---|
A||-0--2--0--2--4--2-------||----------||-3--2--0----||-3--2--2--3---|
E||----0-----0--2----------||----------||----3-------||----3--0------|

Lead - Again synced, first bar is empty, fifth bar are (obviously) two guitars
e|----|-------------------------------------------------10-|-------------------------------------|
B|----|----------10-------10-------------------------10----|--------10---------------------------|
G|----|----11b12----12r11--9p7-6b7r6b7r6--------9/11-------|--11----11--------7------------------|
D|----|----------------------------------------------------|--13----12----7h9--------7-----------|
A|----|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------7h9--------5----|
E|----|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------5h7------|

e|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|-----13-15-17-13-15---(14)-12-14------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------14---------------|
D|-5-7-------------------------------------|---------------------------/2-------14-(12\11)----|
A|-----8--8-7-5----4-2-0h2-4--------0-2-2h-|-3----2-0-5------------2-0----2-0-----------------|
E|------------------------------0-2--------|--------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-7-5-4-5-7------4--------|
D|------------5-7---5-7----|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|


Solo 2
Rhythm - Not exact, listen for the rhythm, repeat lots of times
The open B might not be played, but I think it sounds cooler this way
e||--------------------------------------||
B||-3-3-2--0-0-0-0--3-3-2--0-0-2--0-0----||
G||-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2----|| x8
D||-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2----||
A||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0----||
E||--------------------------------------||


Verse 3
Rhythm                                   x2            x2
e||-2--7--2--7--4--5--7--4--5--8---7--7----||-1--3--0----||-1--3--0--1---|
B||-2--7--2--7--5--5--7--5--7--8---7--7----||-1--3--2----||-1--3--0--1---|
G||-2--8--2--8--6--6--8--6--7--9---8--8----||-2--0--2----||-2--0--0--2---|
D||-4--9--4--9--6--7--9--6--7--10--9--9----||-3--0--2----||-3--0--2--3---|
A||-4--9--4--9--4--7--9--4--5--10--9--9----||-3--2--0----||-3--2--2--3---|
E||-2--7--2--7-----5--7--------8---7--7----||----3-------||----3--0------|


Lead - On all of these bars, lead sometimes strums higher triads from rhythm?s chords
in between,
I?ll just be writing the licks played
e|------------------------------------|--------------------11\----7----9--9-9---------7-9-7----|
B|-5--5/7-----------------------------|-----------------------------7--9--9-9--5-5-5--7-9-7----|
G|-4--4/6----2--2/4-------------------|-----------------/9-----/8------9-11-9--6-7-6-----------|
D|-----------2--2/4----2--2/4---------|-------4-6--4-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------2--2/4----2----|-4-4/6--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|

  -11\--7-7-7----9--10\----0---------------------------------------------------------------|
  -11\--7-7-7----9--10\------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
  ------8-9-8--x-9-------------0----------------------------4-----4-----4------------------|
  -------------------------------2-----5----------------------4h6---------4h6-4------------|
  ---------------------------------2-------------2--4-2-4/6---------4h6---------6-4-2-0----|
  ------------------------------------------(2h4)------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------|----5-------------------|--------3------------------------------|
B|--------3--2----------|------5-----------------|----------3-----------------1-----1----|
G|--------2--2----------|--------7-6b7r6---------|------------4------4----------4--------|
D|----------------------|----------------7-------|---3----------5-2-----2-2-3-----2------|
A|--------------(0)-----|------------------7-5-4-|-3-------------------------------------|
E|------------------(3)-|------------------------|---------------------------------------|


e||--------------------------------------||
B||-3-3-2--0-0-0-0--3-3-2--0-0-2--0-0----||
G||-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2----|| x2
D||-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2----||
A||-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0----||
E||--------------------------------------||


Bridge - The rhythm here is weird as hell, listen to the part a few times to get it right
(I still can?t lol)
                             x4
e||-0---0---0---0---0----5----||-0----|
B||-0---0---0---0---0----5----||-0----|
G||-0---0---0---0---0----6----||-0----|
D||-2---2---4---9---5----7----||-2----|
A||-2---4---5---9---7----7----||-2----|
E||-0---0---0---0---0---------||-0----|


Keyboard solo - Rhythm
e||---------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------------|
G||-9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----| x5
D||---------------------------------------------------|
A||-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
E||---------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------||
G|-----------5---4---------||
D|-8----4----5---4----4----|| x2 both bars
A|-8----4----3---2----4----||
E|-6----2-------------2----||


Solo 3 - Rhythm
e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-13--13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|| x2
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14--14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14--14--14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-15--15--15-15-15-15-15-15-15--15--15--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15---|| x2
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-13--13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|--------------------9----|
D|-6----2----8---7----9----|
A|-6----2----8---7----7----|
E|-4----0----6---5---------|

e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|| x2
D||-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
A||-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
E||---------------------------------------------------||


Lead bit - The second time it has the bar above as rhythm
e||------------------------------------------------------|
B||-8--------8-8-8--------8--7-------------7-8-----------|
G||---------------------------------9p7--9---------------|
D||------------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15----13-12-10------10--10h12--10----8p7--------------|
G|-----------------12------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------15b17r15------------||
B|--------7-8--10--12--15/17--15------------------------||
G|-7----9-----------------------------------------------|| x2
D|------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------||


Outro
                                      x5
e||-3--3--2--3---3--3--2--3--2--3-3----||-3----3----1------1-------|
B||-3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3-3----||-3----3----1----1----1----|
G||-0--0--2--2---0--0--2--2--2--2-2----||-0----0----0--------------|
D||-0--2--0--0---0--2--0--0--0--0-0----||-2----0----0--------------|
A||-2--3---------2--3------------------||-3----2----1--------------|
E||-3------------3---------------------||------3-------------------|

                                        x3
e||---------------------------------------||------------------12-------------14----|
B||-2-----3-----5-----7------8--/10-10----||-12---(12/14)-14---------------14------|
G||---0-----0-----0-----0-----------------||-0---------------------------14--------|
D||-----2(/)--4-----5-----7-(9)/(11)------||-12----12/14-(14)----14----12----------|
A||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|


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| /   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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