Biography:
Steven Wilson (born Steven John Wilson on November 3, 1967, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, most closely associated with the progressive rock genre. Currently a solo artist, he became known as the founder, lead guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the British rock band Porcupine Tree, as well as being a member of several other bands.
Wilson is self-taught as a producer, audio engineer, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.
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- An End To End
- Blank Tapes
- Deform To Form A Star
- Drive Home
- Grace For Drowning
- Hand Cannot Erase
- Happiness Iii
- Happy Returns
- Harmony Korine
- How Big The Space
- Moment I Lost
- No Part Of Me
- Nowhere Now
- Pariah
- Permanating
- Please Come Home
- Postcard
- Refuge
- Routine
- Significant Other
- Song Of Unborn
- The Day Before You Came
- The Raven That Refused To Sing
- The Same Asylum As Before
- To The Bone
- Veneno Para Las Hadas Acoustic
- Well Youre Wrong
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Routine
[Verse 1]
F#m D F#m D
What do I do with all the children's clothes
C Em Em D
such tiny things that still smell of them
F#m D F#m D
And the footprints in the hallway
C Em Em D
onto my knees scrub them away
F#m – D – F#m – D | C – Em – Em – D
F#m D F#m D
And how to be of use make the tea and the soup
C Em Em D
All of their favorites throw them away
F#m D F#m D
And all their schoolbooks and the running shoes
C Em Em D
Washing and cleaning the dirty still sink
F#m – D – F#m – D | C – Em – Em – D
[Refrain]
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
Concentrate my mind
F Em A
Helps me to sleep
[Verse 2]
F#m D F#m D
And keep making beds and keep the cat fed
C Em Em D
Open the windows let the air in
F#m D F#m D
And keep the house clean and keep the routine
C Em Em D
Paintings they make still stuck to the fridge
[Interlude]
F#m D F#m D
La-la la-da la-la la-da
C Em Em D
Da-da-da la-la-da-da || x4 (the two lattest without lyrics)
C#m – D – Bm – F#m – C#m – A – E
C#m – D – Bm – F#m – C#m – A – G – F – E || (a chord/beat)
(I couldn't figure out exactly the chords in the guitar picking part
here but I reckon the notes are something around F# - G – A – B – C – D – E)
The solo goes with the verse's chords but transposed two steps higher:
G#m – E – G#m – E | D – F#m – F#m – E || x6
[Verse 3]
G#m E G#m E
Keep cleaning keep ironing
D F#m F#m E
Cooking their meals on the stainless steel hob
G#m E G#m E
Keep washing keep scrubbing
D – C#m – B – A – G#m – F#m – E – Eb || (a chord/beat)
Long until the dark comes to bruise the sky
C#m – B – A – G#m – G#sus4 – G# || (a chord/beat)
Deep in the debt to night
G#m – E – G#m – D
G#m – E – G#m
[Part C]
Breaks into heavy distortion:
G5 – F#5
B5 – A5 – G5 – F#5
B5 – A5 – G#5 – G5 – F#5
[Refrain]
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
(Concentrate my mind)
F G A
Helps me to sleep
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
(Concentrate my mind)
F G A
Helps me to sleep
F#5 - E5 - F#5 - E5 - G5 - C5 || (with distortion, chords changing quickly)
[Part D]
Emadd9 – A6 – Dmaj7 – D
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
The most beautiful morning forever
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
Like the ones from far off, far off away
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
With the hum of the bees in the jasmine sway
[Outro]
Emadd9 A6
Don't ever let go
Dmaj7 D
Try to let go
Emadd9 A6
Don't ever let go
Dmaj7 D
Try to let go
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D || (slows down towards the end)
Don't ever...
-END-
e|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|
B|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|
G|--7---7-|--7---7-|--6-----|--6---6-|--6---6-|--6---6-|--7---7-|--7---7-|
D|--------|--------|-5------|-5------|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0-----0|
A|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|-0------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[Verse 1]
F#m D F#m D
What do I do with all the children's clothes
C Em Em D
such tiny things that still smell of them
F#m D F#m D
And the footprints in the hallway
C Em Em D
onto my knees scrub them away
F#m – D – F#m – D | C – Em – Em – D
F#m D F#m D
And how to be of use make the tea and the soup
C Em Em D
All of their favorites throw them away
F#m D F#m D
And all their schoolbooks and the running shoes
C Em Em D
Washing and cleaning the dirty still sink
F#m – D – F#m – D | C – Em – Em – D
[Refrain]
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
Concentrate my mind
F Em A
Helps me to sleep
[Verse 2]
F#m D F#m D
And keep making beds and keep the cat fed
C Em Em D
Open the windows let the air in
F#m D F#m D
And keep the house clean and keep the routine
C Em Em D
Paintings they make still stuck to the fridge
[Interlude]
F#m D F#m D
La-la la-da la-la la-da
C Em Em D
Da-da-da la-la-da-da || x4 (the two lattest without lyrics)
C#m – D – Bm – F#m – C#m – A – E
C#m – D – Bm – F#m – C#m – A – G – F – E || (a chord/beat)
(I couldn't figure out exactly the chords in the guitar picking part
here but I reckon the notes are something around F# - G – A – B – C – D – E)
The solo goes with the verse's chords but transposed two steps higher:
G#m – E – G#m – E | D – F#m – F#m – E || x6
[Verse 3]
G#m E G#m E
Keep cleaning keep ironing
D F#m F#m E
Cooking their meals on the stainless steel hob
G#m E G#m E
Keep washing keep scrubbing
D – C#m – B – A – G#m – F#m – E – Eb || (a chord/beat)
Long until the dark comes to bruise the sky
C#m – B – A – G#m – G#sus4 – G# || (a chord/beat)
Deep in the debt to night
G#m – E – G#m – D
G#m – E – G#m
[Part C]
Breaks into heavy distortion:
G5 – F#5
B5 – A5 – G5 – F#5
B5 – A5 – G#5 – G5 – F#5
[Refrain]
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
(Concentrate my mind)
F G A
Helps me to sleep
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
(Concentrate my mind)
F G A
Helps me to sleep
F#5 - E5 - F#5 - E5 - G5 - C5 || (with distortion, chords changing quickly)
[Part D]
Emadd9 – A6 – Dmaj7 – D
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
The most beautiful morning forever
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
Like the ones from far off, far off away
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
With the hum of the bees in the jasmine sway
[Outro]
Emadd9 A6
Don't ever let go
Dmaj7 D
Try to let go
Emadd9 A6
Don't ever let go
Dmaj7 D
Try to let go
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D || (slows down towards the end)
Don't ever...
-END-
e|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|----0---|
B|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|
G|--7---7-|--7---7-|--6-----|--6---6-|--6---6-|--6---6-|--7---7-|--7---7-|
D|--------|--------|-5------|-5------|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0-----0|
A|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|-0------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
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