Start Of Something Beautiful Chords
Start Of Something Beautiful by Porcupine Tree is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
This is the live version from the Arriving Somewhere... dvd, the studio version is
basically the same
but with a few changes that shouldn't be a problem for you guys to figure out :)
I know Porcupine Tree plays most in Drop D tuning but this one is on standard
(analyzed Steven's position on the dvd)
The intro is done with a reaally cool tone that I have no idea how Steven gets, and
volume swells...
lots of sustain and vibrato too.
e|---------14--15--14-12------17----19-------------------------17---14--15-14-12\---|
B|-12-------------------------------------17---13b15---8b10-------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
verse 1
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----3--------1--------2--------3-----|
G|------3--------1--------2--------3---|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-3--------1--------0-----------------|
E|----------------------------1--------|
e||----------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------||
G||o-2------------------------------------o||
D||o-2------2------3----------------------o|| x4
A||--0------2------3--------3-3-3p2-2------||
E||---------0------1------3-----------3----||
verse 2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----3--------1--------2--------3-----|
G|------3--------1--------2--------3---|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-3--------1--------0-----------------|
E|----------------------------1--------|
e||----------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------||
G||o-2------------------------------------o||
D||o-2------2------3----------------------o|| x3
A||--0------2------3--------3-3-3p2-2------||
E||---------0------1------3-----------3----||
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--2----------------------------------2---|
D|--2------2------3--------------------2---| hold the A chord
A|--0------2------3--------3-3-3p2-2---0---|
E|---------0------1------3-----------3-----|
Again with the cool tone, volume swells, and the vibrato
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10----12----13----17--15----17--20------20---13--15--12--13--12------|
G|-------------------------------------19---------------------------12--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-5-----8---10---12---13---12---10---(12)---|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Steven switches to a clean tone for the solo
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----10----10/12-12h13-12------------------------------------------------|
G|-9------9-----------------12--------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------12-10-9------------9-9h10-9--------9-10---|
A|---------------------------------------12--12-12-----------12-12--------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------12--12/15---------------------------------------------|
B|----10----10/12-12h13------------15-17--17/18--17---------------------------|
G|-9------9------------------------------------------17-17/19--16-17--16\12---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And then the solo is repeated but this time on the overdriven channel.
e||----------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------||
G||o-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9/12-12-12\7-7-7/9-9-9---o||
D||o--------------------------------------------------o|| x3
A||----------------------------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------------------------||
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9/12-12-12\7-7-7/9-9-2---|
D|-----------------------------------------------2---| Hold the A chord
A|-----------------------------------------------0---|
E|---------------------------------------------------|