I just happened stumble upon this great tune called Time Flies by Porcupine Tree. Chris Noto, the best prog. rock bass player that I’ve ever had the opportunity to play with, told me about this band.

I was on facebook a couple of weeks ago and Chris did a little post about this band. I had to see what Chris was talking about so I clicked on the video.

The first thing about this video is that it was visually striking and it flowed so naturally. My Consciousness instinctively relaxed in some unique unexplainable way. I honestly found my mind floating away. Us musicians, we’re truly an odd bunch now aren’t we? No wonder non musicians have trouble figuring us out!

The hypnotic guitar intro was what grabbed my attention right off the bat. The strumming, with it’s slight delay on the 2nd channel/track of the guitar, created the ideal full sound that I look for in playing a tune. I knew right away that I could pull Time Flies off fairly effortlessly. I love some of the dischord(s) that they use, hidden deep inside the chord structure. It’s the subtle things in songs that get me going!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jm61vk2Ao

Now after listening to the song a number of times, I do a youtube search ( 1st, 2nd, 3rd) on how other guitarist’s play it. I then grab the best ones and incorporate all of them together. i find this as easy as getting up in the morning and putting on a pair of pants. To some musicians, they might find the journey a little more difficult.

Here is the chord progressions in basic TAB (tablature) form that I use for this tune. I use a Capo on the 5th fret in standard tuning. Try them out and see if I’m onto something here?

A7sus4
E A D G B E
x 0 2 0 3 0

A7sus2
E A D G B E
x 0 2 0 0 0

FM7/A
E A D G B E
x 0 3 2 1 0

FM9/A
E A D G B E
x 0 3 5 5 3

FM7/A
E A D G B E
x 0 3 2 1 0

G6
E A D G B E
3 5 5 4 0 0

CM7
E A D G B E
x 3 5 5 0 0

Keep on Jammin’