Luminol Chords
Luminol by Steven Wilson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
e|----------9---|
B|-5--7--7--7---|
G|-4--6--6--6---| x2
D|--------------|
A|-4--5--6--9---|
E|--------------|
Then comes a little solo bit which I'll get later :)
e|----------9---|
B|-5--7--7--7---|
G|-4--6--6--6---| x2
D|--------------|
A|-4--5--6--9---|
E|--------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------8-10-12--10-12-14---|
G|--------------------7-9-11--9-11-12--9-11-12--11-12-14----------------------|
D|-9-11-12--11-12-14----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------9---|
B|-5--7--7--7---|
G|-4--6--6--6---|
D|--------------| x4
A|-4--5--6--9---|
E|--------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15-14--------------|
G|------------------9-11-12---------12-11-------| x6
D|-8-9-11--9-11-12------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15-14-----------------12--14-15--12-14-----------------------------|
G|------------------9-11-12--------15----------/12-------------------15\11--12\9--11------------|
D|-8-9-11--9-11-12--------------------16-11-12---------------------------------------12-11-9-9p8|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The whole clean part (rhythm guitar) is divided into these two sections
e|---2----2-2----2-------------------|
B|---3----3-3----3---------5-5-5-----|
G|---0----0-0----0-----1/6-6-6-6-----|
D|---2----2-2----2-----2/7-7-7-7-----|
A|---2----2-2----2-----2/7-7-7-7-----|
E|-0----0------0----0--0-0-0-0-0-----|
e|---------------------|
B|-5----5--3----3------|
G|-4----4--2----2------|
D|-6----5--4----3------|
A|-4--0-3--2--0-1------|
E|---------------------|
And there's a clean lead going on during this part
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------10-12-14--12-14-15--15/17-14-------------------------|
G|-11-12-14--12-14-16-------------------------------14--12-14-11--(9)-(11)--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-(12)------(14)---------------------|
A|------(14)-------(14)-(12)-(10)-----|
E|------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-----------12-12\10-10\8----------7--------|
G|-11tr12---------------------7-7/9----------|
D|--------------------------9---------9------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------12---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11tr12---11-12-14----12-11-----14-(16)--14-12-11----------------------7-7/9-10-10--|
D|-----------------------------11-------------------14-12-10-----------9--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------14-12-9------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------14p12-------------------------|
G|-------14-------14--12-14-11------------|
D|----14-----------------------12-12/14---|
A|-14-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------14-12-12------------------------------------|
B|-14-14\12------------------------------------------------14-15p14---------------------------|
G|-----------16\14--14\11--11------------14-11-12-------------------14----16--(16)-(14)-(16)--|
D|----------------------------11------12-------------------------------14---------------------|
A|-------------------------------14-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-12p10-----------------------------|
G|-------12-11-------11-13-14--------|
D|----------------14----------11-----|
A|-------------14--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|----------12--12-------------------------------|
D|-------12--------14-15-12--10-9----------------|
A|-12-13--------------------------10-9b10r9b10---|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
There's actually more lead guitar playing but it's super quiet so I won't bother to tab
it :)
You will need an E-Bow (or any sustainer) for this next bit
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12---13--15--17----\12--13--15--17----17b18r17---17b18r16---16b17r15---15b16---|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Not actually sure if it's a guitar (heavily) layered with effects but it plays this
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3---|
D|-3-3-3-3-3---|
A|-1-1-1-1-1---|
E|-------------|
Then comes the solo... which I'll be tabbing later
e|----------9---|
B|-5--7--7--7---|
G|-4--6--6--6---|
D|--------------| x2
A|-4--5--6--9---|
E|--------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15-14--------------|
G|------------------9-11-12---------12-11-------| x10
D|-8-9-11--9-11-12------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15-14-----------------12--14-15--12-14-----------------------------|
G|------------------9-11-12--------15----------/12-------------------15\11--12\9--11------------|
D|-8-9-11--9-11-12--------------------16-11-12---------------------------------------12-11-9-9p8|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|