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--- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ 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--- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ 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) ---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- "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--------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.