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PRESTO (Bassline)
As recorded by Rush
(From the 1989 Album PRESTO)
Words by Peart Music by Lee and Lifeson
Transcribed by Keith Nelson - ob1gynob@hotmail.com (mod. GFTPM 6/90)
Last Updated: 2003-02-24
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
E5 D5 A Gsus4
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------||
|-7----5-5----|-(5)--------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|------------|-5----3-3----|-(3)----||
First Verse
D Dsus4 B5 A5B5 A5B5
Wx4 Wx8 Q E E +Q Q E. S E E +S S E E E
|------------||------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------||------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------------||------------|-5----7-(7)-----|-2--2-0-2-(2)-2-0-2-3-|
|------------||------------|----------------|----------------------|
C Bbsus2 F C Bbsus2 F
Q. E +H Q. E +H H H Q. E +Q S E.
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------------------|
|-3----1-(1)----|---------------|-3----1----|------------------|
|---------------|-1----1-(1)----|-----------|-1----1-(1)--1-1--|
C Bbsus2 F C Bbsus2 F
Q. E +H Q. E +H H H Q. E +S E. q
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------------------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------|------------------||
|-3----1-(1)----|---------------|-3----1----|------------------||
|---------------|-1----1-(1)----|-----------|-1----1-(1)-1--1--||
Pre-Chorus
E5 D A G
Q E E H +W Q. E H +W
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------||
|------5-5----|-(5)--------|-------------|--------||
|-0-----------|------------|-5----3-3----|-(3)----||
Chorus
D Cadd9 Dsus4/D/C Dsus2/C
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---5---------------|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------------|
D G A G
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D Cadd9 Dsus4/C
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------|-5---5-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5-3-(3)-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-|---5-------------|-----------------|---5--------------|
D/CDsus2/C D G
2/4
Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------|
|----------------|---------|
|-3--3-3-5-3-3-3-|-5---5---|
|----------------|---5---3-|
A G
4/4 2/4
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-2-2-2-------2-2-|-2-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|-------3-3-3-----|---3-3-3-|
C Bbsus2 F
4/4
Q Q H W Wx3
|--------------|----------|------------|
|--------------|----------|------------|
|-/7\----------|----------|------------|
|--------------|----------|------------|
F C Bbsus2 F
H Q Q +Q +E E H H Q E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------9\------|
|---------5b7===|=(5)r=(5)\--------|-----------------|
C Bbsus2 F D Dsus4 B5 A5B5 A5B5
W H Q Q Q. E +Q Q E. S E E +S S E E e
|----------|-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------|---------9\--|-5----7-(7)-----|-2--2-0-2-(2)-2-0-2-0--|
|----------|-------------|----------------|-----------------------|
Second Verse
C Bbsus2 F C Bbsus4
E. S E E +E E S S S S E. S E E +S S S S S S S S E S S E E E. S S S S S
|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-3----3-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1-0-|
|----3-------------------|-1--0-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------------|
F C Bbsus2 F
E. S E E +S S S S E E E E E E +E S S S S S S E S S E E +S E S E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-3---3-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|------------------------|
|-1--1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|---3---------------------|-1-0-0-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1/-|
C Bbsus2 F
|-3-|
E S S E E E S S E E Q. E +Q E E E
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-3-----3---1-1-1-1-1-|-------------------||
|---3-3---3-----------|-1----1-(1)--1-1-1-||
Second Pre-Chorus
E5 D A G
Q E E H +W Q. E H +W
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------||
|-7----5-5----|-(5)--------|-------------|--------||
|-------------|------------|-5----3-3----|-(3)----||
Second Chorus
D Cadd9 Dsus4/C D/C Dsus2/C
E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5---5-3-(3)-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-5---5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---5--------------|-------------------|---5---------------|-----------------|
D G A G
2/4 4/4 2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------|
|---------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------|
|-5---5---|-----------------|------------------|-2-2-2-------/7-7-|-7\--------|
|---5---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|-------3-3-3------|----3-3-3--|
D Cadd9 Dsus4/C D/C Dsus2/C
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|-5---5-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5s7-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---5-------------|-----------------|---5-----------------|------------------|
D G A G
2/4 4/4 2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|---------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-5---5---|-----------------|-------------------|-2-2-2-------2-2-|-2---------|
|---5---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5--5-5-5-5-5\-|-------3-3-3-----|---3-3-3/--|
Bridge I
E5 Asus2 B5 Asus2
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-9\-|-------------------|
|------------------|-7-7-7-5-5-5-5s7-5-|
E5 Asus2 C#5 B5C#5 B5C#5
E S S E E S S E E E E. S E S S +S S E E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-9\-|--------------------------|
|----------------------|-9--9-7-9-9-(9)-9-7-9-9/--|
E5 Asus2 B5 Asus2
Q E E E E E E E S S E E +E E A E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-7--7-9-9-9-7-9\-|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-5-(5)-5-5s7-5-|
E5 Asus2 C#5 B5/C#5 B5C#5
E E E E E E E E E. S E. S +S S E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-9-|------------------------|
|-----------------|-9--9-7--9-(9)-9-7-9-7\-|
E5 Asus2 B5 Asus2
Q E E E E E E E S S E E E E A E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-7--7-9-9-9-7-9\-|---------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5s7-5-|
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E5 Asus2 C#5 B5C#5 B5C#5
E S S E E E E E E E. S E E +S S E E E
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-7-9-|------------------------||
|-------------------|-9--9-7-9-(9)-9-7-9-9/--||
Guitar Solo
F# F#sus4 C# B
E E E A E E E E E E E E E +E E A E E
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|-9-9-9-9s11-11-11-9-11\-|---------------------|
|------------------------|-9-9-9-7-(7)-7-7h9-7-|
F# F#sus4 D#m C#
E S S E A E E E E E E E E S S +S S E E E
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9s11-11-11-9-11\-|-6-6-6---4-(4)-4-4-6-4--|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
F# F#sus4 C# B
A E E E E E E E E A E S S E E E E A E E
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-8s9-9-9-11-11-11-9-11\-|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-7s9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7s9-7-|
F# F#sus4 D#m C#
A E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S S S S S E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|-8s9-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-11\-|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-4-||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
Bridge II
G Am7 D C
Q E E +E E E E E S S E E E E A E E
|------------------|---------------------|
|-5--5-7-(7)-7-5-7-|---------------------|
|------------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3s5-3-|
|------------------|---------------------|
G Am7 Em D5 Em D5EmD5
E E E A E E E E E E. S E S S +S S E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5s7-7-7-5-7\-|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-7--7-5---7-(7)-7-5-7-5--|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
G Am7 D C
E E E E +E E E E A E S S E E +E E A E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-7-(7)-7-5-7\-|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-3s5-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3s5-3-|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
G Am7 Em D5Em
E S S E E E E E E A E. S E E +Q Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-7\-|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5s7--7-5-7-(7)--7---|
|--------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
D Cadd9
Q. +E H E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|-5----(5)\-3----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|----------------|-------------------|
Dsus4/CD/C Dsus2/C D G
2/4
E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|---------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------|
|-5---5-3-(3)-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5---5---|
|---5--------------|-----------------|---5---3-|
Outro Verse
A G D
4/4
+E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-2-2-2-------2-2-|-2-------5---5s7-3--|
|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------3-3-3-----|---3-3-3---5--------|
Cadd9 D Cadd9
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E A E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-5---5s7-3-|
|-------------------|-------------5-------|
D
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-5---5---|
|-----------------|-------------5---3-|
G A G D
Q Q E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-2-2-2-------5s7-7-|-7-5-5-5-7-----5-|
|-3--3--3-3--5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------3-3-3-------|-----------7-5---|
Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
Q Q E Q E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-3--3--3-3--3-|-(3)-3-3-3-5---5-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)---3-3-5-3-5-7-|
|--------------|-------------5-----|----------------|-----3-------------|
Outro Solo
G A G D
Q E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------5--------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-2-2-2-------5s7-7-|-7-5-5-5-7-5-7-5-|
|-3--3---3-3--5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------3-3-3-------|-----------------|
Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E A E E Q E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3---3-|-(3)-3---3-5---5s7-5-|-3--3-3---3--3-|-(3)-2-3-5-2-3---5-|
|----------------|-------3-----5-------|---------------|---------------5---|
G A G D
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E. S E E Q E E +E E Q E E E E A E E E E
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------5-----|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-2--2---------2--|-2-------3s5---5---|
|-3--3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5--x-5-5-|------3-(3)-3----|---3-3-3-----5---5-|
Cadd9 D
Q E E E Q E +E E E E E E A E S S
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-(3)-2-0---5---5s7-5---|
|---------------|---------3---5-------5-|
Cadd9
E. S E E +E Q E +E E A Q +E A E E E
|--------5-(5)-4--2-|-(2)---2s4--(4)-4s5-4s2-|
|-------------------|-----5------------------|
|-3--3-3------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
G A
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----7-7-5-7-7-5-7-|
|----------------|-------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)---------------|
G D
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
E A E E A E +E E E A E +E E E E A E S S E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|---5s7-5-7s9-(9)-7-5-7s9-|-(9)-7-5-5-----7h9------|
|-------------------------|-----------5s7-----7-5--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
Cadd9 D
Q E E E Q E +E E E E E A E E S S
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3--3-|-(3)---3---5-5s7-5-7s5-|
|---------------|-----3---3-------------|
Cadd9 D
E. S E. S E E E E E E E E A E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3----3----3-2-2-3-|-3-5-3-2-2h3-2---5--|
|----3----3---------|---------------5----|
G A
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-----5-----5-----|-----7-5-7---------*|
|-----------------|-------------------*|
|-3-3---3-3---3-5-|-(5)-------5-5-3-5-*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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