Rush - Spirit Of Radio guitar tab
Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio"
Transcribed by Damon Schmidt.
Key to Notation: T = Tap, P = Pull-off, H = Hammer-on
Main Riff-
T P P H T P P H T P P H T P P P H
---^--^--^--^---^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^----
-7--5--3--5--10--5--3--5--7--5--3--5--9--7--5--3--5---
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T P P H T P P H T P P H T P P P H
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-7--5--3--5--10--5--3--5--7--5--3--5--9--7--5--3--5---
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Repeat Main Riff 7 Times
While Guitar 1 T P P H T P P H T P P H T P P P H
is repeating ---^--^--^--^---^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^--^----
the main riff-> -7--5--3--5--10--5--3--5--7--5--3--5--9--7--5--3--5---
Guitar 2 is ------------------------------------------------------
playing a full ------------------------------------------------------
extension E5 ------------------------------------------------------
a la Tom Sawyer ------------------------------------------------------
Ascending patt. Repeat 4 times
'Tom Sawyer' E5 0 -----------------------|----------------------------
5 -----------------------|----------------------------
4 -----------------------|----------------------------
2 --4--2--0-----0--------|--------------------------2-
2 -----------3-----3--2--|--------------0--2--3--4----
0 -----------------------|--0--2--3--4----------------
E B5 G#5 A5 B5
------|-----------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------
------|-----------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------
--1---|-----------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------
--2---|-----9-\---|-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----9-------
--2---|-----9-\---|-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----9-------
--0---|-----7-\---|-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----7-------
Pre-verse riff
E B5 G#5 A5
--------0---------------0---------------0------------------------
--------0--0------------0--0---------------0---------------------
--1---------------4---------------------------------2-------P----
--2---------------4---------------6-----------------2-------^----
--2------------0--2--2------------6-----------------0--0--4--2---
--0--0-------------------------0--4--4--------4--4---------------
Verse riff one(times 2) "Begin the day..."
E B5 G#5 A5
--------0---------------0---------------0------------------------
--------0--0------------0--0---------------0---------------------
--1---------------4---------------------------------2--2--4------
--2---------------4---------------6-----------------2--2--4------
--2------------0--2--2------------6-----------------0--0--2------
--0--0-------------------------0--4--4--------4--4---------------
Repeat Pre-verse section once then-
Verse riff two(times 2) "Off on your way..."
--------4--0---------2--2---------4--0----------------
-----0--5--0------0--0--4---------4--0----------------
--1------------4-------------------------2--2--4------
--2------------4------------6------------2--2--4------
--2------------2------------6------------0--0--2------
--0-------------------------4--4----------------------
End Verse riff
--------0---------------0-----------------------------------------------------
--------0--0------------0--0--------------------------------------------------
--1---------------4-----------------------------------------------------------
--2---------------4-----------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--7--9--
--2------------0--2--2--------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7--7--9--
--0--0------------------------4--0--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--5--7--
Mute all notes on the staff below...
---------------------- Play this muted part twice, then repeat(14 times)
--7--5--3---9--7--5--- while the other gtr plays the Main riff(also 14 times)
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"All this machinery..."
Let all chords ring freely(times 4)
E B5 G#5 A B
--0---0------0------2---2------2------4---4------4------0---0---2-------------
--1---1------1------4---4------4------4---4------4------2---2---4-------------
--1---1------1------4---4------4------5---5------5------2---2---4-------------
--2---2------2------4---4------4------6---6------6------2---2---4-------------
--2---2------2------2---2------2------6---6------6------0---0---2-------------
--0---0------0------------------------4---4------4----------------------------
Repeat End verse riff, repeat muted part(times 2), repeat muted part
(times 14) and Main riff(times 14), then-
Repeat the following measure twice
E D/F# E/G#
--0---0---0--0--0-------------------0---0---0--0--0---------------------------
--0---0---0--0--0--3---3---3--3--3--0---0---0--0--0--3---3---3--3--3----------
--1---1---1--1--1--2---2---2--2--2--4---4---4--4--4--2---2---2--2--2----------
--2---2---2--2--2--0---0---0--0--0--2---2---2--2--2--0---0---0--0--0----------
--2---2---2--2--2--x---x---x--x--x--x---x---x--x--x--x---x---x--x--x----------
--0---0---0--0--0--2---2---2--2--2--4---4---4--4--4--2---2---2--2--2----------
Repeat Pre-verse riff once , End Verse riff once
Repeat Main riff twice, then a descending scale that
I haven't tried to figure out yet, then the ascending
patt. 4 times, then-
--4---4---5---7---------------------------------------------------------------
--5---5---5---5---------------------------------------------------------------
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this pattern varies slightly times 3, Ascending patt, times 2, then above
pattern with variations, then Ascending patt. times two, then solo, Ascending
patt, times 5, Main riff once , then-
--0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--1-------------9\------------------------------------------------------------
--2-------------9\------------------------------------------------------------
--2-------------7\------------------------------------------------------------
--0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry, no solo yet, but soon.
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