A Smart Kid Porcupine Tree
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"A SMART KID" off album "Stupid Dream" (1999)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Standard tuning
Fantastic song this. The first tab on the site was lacking a lot of stuff, so I thought
I'd do the whole thing with all the parts, from the album version of the song.
--INTRO (two acoustic guitars)(0:20):
Guitar 1
[Am] [C] [G/B] [Am] [C] [G/B]
e|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| G|------2---------------0----------0----|------2--------------0----------0----| D|----2-----2---------2----------0----0-|----2----2---------2----------0------| A|-0-----------0-2-3-------0-0h2--------|-0----------0-2-3-------0-0h2------2-| E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
[F] [E]
e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|------3---------2--| A|----3---------2----| E|-1-------1-0-------|
Guitar 1
[Am] [C] [G/B] [Am] [C] [G/B]
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| G|------2---------------0----------0----|------2---------------0----------0----| D|----2-----2---------2----------0----0-|----2-----2---------2----------0------| A|-0-----------0-2-3-------0---2--------|-0-----------0-2-3-------0-0h2------2-| E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 |
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| B|------1--0---0-1-3-0------------------|------1--0---0-1-3-0------------1-0---| G|------2----2--------------------------|-0h2--2----2------------------------0-| D|------2--------------------------0h2--|------2-------------------------------| A|------0-------------------------------|------0-------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
[F] [E]
e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|------3---------2--| A|----3---------2----| E|-1-------1-0-------|
| |
e|-------------------| B|---0-----1-0-------| G|-2-----------------| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
--Verses 1 and 2 (1:07):
Intro parts play in verses
[Am] Stranded here on [C]planet earth[G/B]
[Am] It's not much but it [C]could be worse[G/B]
Everything's [F]free here, there's [E]no crowds
[Am] Winter lasted [C]five long years[G/B]
[Am] No sun will come a[C]gain I fear[G/B]
Chemical [F]harvest was [E]sown
--Chorus (1:52):
Strummed chords and electric guitar with tremolo effect:
[Dsus2] [Am/C] [Fmaj7] [Dsus2] [Am/C] [Fmaj7]
e|---0--------0---------------0--|---0--------0--------------0--| B|-----3--------3-------------3--|-----3--------3------------3--| G|-------------------------------|------------------------------| D|-0-----------------3-----------|-0-----------------3----------| A|----------3--------------------|---------3--------------------| E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
[Dsus2] [Am/C] [Fmaj7] [Dsus2] [Am/C] [Fmaj7]
e|---0--------0---------------0--|---0--------0--------------0--| B|-----3--------3-------------3--|-----3--------3------------3--| G|-------------------------------|------------------------------| D|-0-----------------3-----------|-0-----------------3----------| A|----------3--------------------|---------3--------------------| E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
This is played underneath words:
[Dsus4] [Am/C] And I will [Fmaj7]wait for you
[Dsus4] [Am/C] Until the [Fmaj7]sky is blue
[Dsus4] [Am/C] And I will [Fmaj7]wait for you
[Dsus4] [Am/C] What else [Fmaj7]can I do?
--Verses 3 and 4 (2:30):
Same chords/guitar parts as verses 1 and 2.
A spaceship from another star
They ask me where all the people are
What can I tell them?
I tell them I'm the only one
There was a war but I must have won
Please take me with you.
--(3:17): strange experimental bit. No real chords.
--Chorus (3:53): same as before.
--Closing solo, over same chords as chorus (4:28)
e|-------------------|-------------------------12--------------------------------------| B|-13-12-10-12-10----|--------15b17b15-13--15-----13--15-12--13--------------13h15-----| G|----------------12-|-12/14------------------------------------12/14-----14--------14-| D|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-15b17-15p13--15b17-13--12h13p12----12-13-12h13p12---12--------------------| G|---------------------------------14---------------14----14-14-12-14--------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--12p10--13-12--12h13-15-15-13-13-12-13p12----13--12-12---13-13-12--12h13-12h13-12----12-12-| G|--10-----14-14--14----14-14-14-14-14------14--14--14-14---14-14-14--12----12----14p12-12-12-| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------| B|-12----12h13\---| G|-14p12----------| D|----------------| ... Same chords strum to fade out. A|----------------| E|----------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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