London Tab

"Recorded on 22nd January 1997, this was a simple acoustic guitar / voice demo recorded
live with just one piano overdub. It never went any further, but the lyrics were
recycled for Don't Hate Me (from Porcupine Tree's "Stupid Dream" album) later that
year." - Steven Wilson on SoundCloud
 
Standard Tuning
Capo 3
 
Contrary to popular belief, this song does not actually use the same chords as Waiting,
so I decided to figure them out.
 
-This tab is relative to the capo.
-The bracketed numbers by the chords differentiate between chords shapes.
-I've only marked one of the hammer-ons because the rest are fairly easy to figure out.
 
 
CHORDS
 
Gmadd9(1)- 024000
Gm6(1)-    042000
Gm-        xx2000
 
Gmaug5-    x35000
Gmaj7-     xx0000
Gmadd9(2)- xx4000
Gm6(2)-    xx2020
Gm6/9-     x4x000
 
 
INTRO
 
   Gmadd9
e|----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|---------0-------|
G|-------0--------|-------0---------|
D|-----4----------|-----4-----------|
A|---2------------|---2-------------|
E|-0--------------|-0---------------|
 
 
VERSE
 
Gmadd9(1)        Gm6(1)        Gm*
     A light snow is falling on London
 
Gmadd9(1)    Gm6(1)            Gm
     All sign of the living has gone
 
Gmadd9(1)          Gm6(1)         Gm
     The last train pulls into the station
 
Gmadd9(1)              Gm6(1)          Gm
     And no one get off and no one gets on
 
***For every instance of this chord (Gm) in the verse, hammer-on the second fret to the
fourth on the fourth (D) string. (xx0000 to xx2000)***
 
 
CHORUS
 
Gmaug5       Gmaj7  Gm        Gmadd9(2)
     I search  inside my head
 
Gmaug5       Gmaj7   Gm          Gmadd9(2)
     Helps me     remember the day
 
Gmaug5                     Gmaj7
     That the taxi never came
 
          Gm6(2)  Gm6/9       Gmaug5      Gm6(2)
So I walk o-----------n in the rain
 
 
PRE-VERSE PIANO PART
 
  Q.    Q.    Q      H.          E E    H      E  Q   E    W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------5----------|------------------|-----------3------|------------------|
|-------------4----|-2-----------L-4--|------------------|------------------|
|-2----------------|------------------|-5------L------4--|-L----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
  Q.    Q.    Q      W                  Q.    E H          W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------5----------|------------------|-------3-L--------|------------------|
|-------------4----|-2----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2----------------|------------------|-5----------------|-4----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
 
 
VERSE 2
 
One light burns in a window
It guides all the shadows below
Inside the ghost of a parting
And no one is left just the cigarette smoke
 
 
CHORUS x2
 
 
|--------------------------|
| TABULATURE LEGEND        |
|                          |
| W - whole note           |
| H - half note            |
| Q - quarter note         |
| Q. - dotted quarter note |
| E - eighth note          |
|                          |
| L - tie                  |
|--------------------------|
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