A Smart Kid Tab

Song: A Smart Kid (Acoustic)
Artist: Porcupine Tree
Album: Stupid Dream
Year: 1999
 
Tabbed by: andback@gmail.com
 
 
Here's a great song from PT's '99 album Stupid Dream. Transcribed using
the recording of Steven Wilsons live solo performance in Tel-Aviv. This
tab is not a 100% accurate representation of the studio version but rather
a cool way to play it acoustically.
 
Enjoy!
 
 
The chords:
 
Dsus2  [x x 0 2 3 0]
Am     [x 0 2 2 1 0]
Fmaj7  [x 3 3 2 1 0]
C      [x 3 2 0 1 0]
F      [1 3 3 2 1 1]
Em     [0 2 2 0 0 0]
 
 
Intro / Verse 1-2:
 
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-------------------0-----------0-------|
D|-----2-------2-----------2-----------0-----0---|
A|-0---------------0-2-3---------0-0h2-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-------------------0-----------0-----------------------------|
D|-----2-------2-----------2-----------0-------------3---------2-------|
A|-0---------------0-2-3---------0-0h2-------------3---------2-----2---|
E|-------------------------------------------0-1---------0-------------|
 
 
Stranded here on planet earth
It's not much but it could be worse
Everything's free here, there's no crowds
 
Winter lasted five long years
No sun will come again I fear
Chemical harvest was sown
 
 
Chorus:
 
Dsus2    Am             Fmaj7
             And I will wait for you
 
Dsus2    Am           Fmaj7
             Until the sky is blue
 
Dsus2    Am             Fmaj7
             And I will wait for you
 
Dsus2    Am           Fmaj7
             What else can I do?
 
 
Verse 3-4: (play the chords while keeping the riff in there)
 
Am                    C
   A spaceship from another star
 
Am                            C
   They ask me where all the people are
 
               F            Em
   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
 
 
Chorus
 
 
end on Fmaj7
 
 
That's it!
 
e-mail me if you've got any questions or corrections.
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