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Rush - Promise guitar tab

Victor: Promise
From the album Victor (Atlantic Records)
Copyright 1996 Lerxst Music Inc.
Music by Alex Lifeson and Bill Bell
Lyrics by Alex Lifeson

Comments/corrections to Rich Soto 

Transcribed by Richard J. Soto

A very Rushesque sort-of song; Signature Lifeson!
Thanks go out to Eric Harris for his helpful suggestion.

------------------3---3-3-3--||-----------------------------------------------
------------------3---3-3-3--||-----------------------------------------------
-----0-------0----2---2-2-2--||-----------------------------------------------
---2---0---4------2---2-2-2--||-----------------------------------------------
-3-------5-----0--0-0-0-0-0--||-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------||-----------------------------------------------
 Rhy.1 (Play 8x)  .

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----------------------------0----------------------------------||-------------
-----4-----2-------2------2-------4-----2----------------------||-------------
---4-----2---0---2----0-4-------4-----2---0------------2-0-----||-------------
-2-----4----------------------2-----4--------------0-2-----4-0-||-------------
---------------------------------------------0-2-4-------------||-------------
 Riff-A (Play 4x)

----------------|-----------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------------|---------
----------------|-----------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--2--2--2--2------|---------
-9\-------------|-7---7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\-2--2--2--2------|---------
-9\-------------|-7---7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-2--2--2--2------|---------
-7\--2--p-0h3h5-|-5---5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-0--0--0--0--0---|---------
-----0----------|-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\---------------3-|---------
 Rhy.2 (Play 3x)  .     .   d  d u u d u u d u u d

----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------|-------
----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------|-------
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\----6---6-6\----|-------
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7\----|-------
----------------|-5-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7\----|-------
----------------|--------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\----5---5-5\----|-------
 (Rhy.2 Play 3x)    .      .   d  d u u d u u d u u d     .

----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------------------
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----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------------------
----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------------------
 (Rhy.1 Play 8x) (Riff-A Play 4x) (Rhy.2 Play 3x)

----------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------------------------|------------
----------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|------------
-7----7---7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|------------
-7----7---7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|------------
-5----5---5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----|------------
----------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\-----------------------3b-|------------
                d  d u u d u u d u u d    .    .    .    .

----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------|----------
----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------|----------
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\----6---6-6--|----------
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7--|----------
----------------|-5-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7--|----------
----------------|--------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\----5---5-5--|----------
 (Rhy.2 Play 3x)    .      .   d  d u u d u u d u u d     .     .

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----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
-2---2---2---2---2-2--------------------------------------------------|-------
-0---0---0---0---0-0-3b-----------------------------------------------|-------
 .   .   .   .   x x   This Riff is repeated until end of guitar solo

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-/14-12vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv--------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Bar gradually down than return up

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-/14-12/17vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv-12\11vv----/17-14----------------------------------
----------------------------------14---------17-14\12vv\10\7\5\2vv------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------3p0--------


----------------------------------------|-18b-18b---r-17-15-17b---------------
----------------------------------------|-----------------------15-15-17b-----
----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
-----5---------5------------------7^----|-------------------------------------
-5/7---7p0-5/7---7-5vv---------7^-------|-------------------------------------
----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
 A.H.***************                      Solo

---------------------------20b---15-17-15-17-15-------------------------------
-17b-r----12-12vv-15-12\------------------------17b-r-15-17vvvv---------------
------16----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Bar

----12-----------12-----------------12----12-----------14b-r----12-12---------
-12----15vvv--12----12-12-15vvv--12----12----12-15vvv--------15-------15-12---
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Bar                Bar                   Bar  A.H.******************

-------19^---------15-15-15-15-15vvvv-12-12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10-10\-3--3-3-|-
-15vvv----19^------15-15-15-15-15vvvv-12-12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10-10\-3--3-3-|-
---------------19^-14-14-14-14-14vvvv-11-11-11-11-11\-9--9--9--9--9\-2--2-2-|-
---------------------------------------------------------------------2--2-2-|-
---------------------------------------------------------------------0--0-0-|-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
 **Bar                           Bar                                 .    .

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 (Rhy.1 Play 8x) (Riff-A Play 4x)

----------------------------0---------------------------------||--------------
-----5-----3-------3------3-------5-----3---------------------||--------------
---4-----2---0---4----0-4-------4-----2---0-------------------||--------------
-2-----2----------------------2-----2-----------------2-0-----||--------------
--------------------------------------------------0-2-----4-0-||--------------
--------------------------------------------0-2-4-------------||--------------
 Riff-B (Play 2x)

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 (Riff-A Play 1x, begin fade while repeating over & over)  END