Let $X$ be a smooth variety over a field $k \subset \mathbb{C}$ and $Z$ a smooth subvariety. Let $U=X-Z$. I'm trying to understand what information do the Leray spectral sequences attached to the inclusions $j: U(\mathbb{C}) \hookrightarrow X(\mathbb{C})$ and $i: Z(\mathbb{C}) \hookrightarrow X(\mathbb{C})$ provide. More precisely, if $F$ is a sheaf on $U$ one has a spectral sequence $ E_2^{p,q}:=H^p(X, R^q j_\ast F) \Longrightarrow H^{p+q}(U, F)$ Is there a long exact sequence associated to it such that, when $F$ is the constant sheaf $\mathbb{Q}$, gives something like excision for usual cohomology?