Song: Animate
Artist: Rush
Album: Counterparts
Year: 1993
Tabber’s note: This is the way I play it,
so there is probably a few errors (I found one while making this).
Tab key
h-hammer on
p-pull off
s-slide
X_______ sustained note
Riff 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------5------------5------------5------------5------------5------------5--|
D|-----7-5---7------7-5---7------7-5---7------7-5---7------7-5---7------7-5---7|
A|-0------------0------------8------------8------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------6------------8----------|
Riff 1 (cont)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--------5------------5--|
D|0---7-5---7--0---7-5---7|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
Riff 2 (palm mute on second verse on second verse)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|77-7-7-7----5-5h7-|
A|00-0-0-0-5h7------|
E|------------------|
Riff 3 (I'm sure the count is off on all of these)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|555555555555555555555555555555h7|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Riff 3 variation(played on second verse)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|5555555555555555----------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|----------------7s33333333333333|
Riff 4
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|0000000000------000000----5555h7|
A|----------333333------3333------|
E|--------------------------------|
Solo (if you know the song then you'll know by definition that this first part
is technically not the solo, but it plays like one)
e|---12_________10_________----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------10-10---10-12-10h12p10-----------------------12-10--|
G|------------------------------12----------------12-9________________9------12|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/animate_tab_ver_3.html ]
e|---------------12_____________15p12________15________12-10_______------------|
B|10-12__-10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------12----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------12-14_____|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------12-10-7-0h7-5-2h3p2-|
B|-----------------------------------------------12__10-12--------------------0|
G|---------------------------------12h14p12__-14-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------12---------------------------------------------|
A|12----------------------12-14------------------------------------------------|
E|---15___________________-----------------------------------------------------|
e|2-2-----------------------------------------------7-7h9-9p7-7s12-12-12-10____|
B|----3p0-5p0-3-3-3---------------------------------7-7h9-9p7-7s12-12-12-------|
G|-------------------2-0-2-2-3-2-0---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------2-0---7-5____-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------7-5____-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------5-3____-------------------------------|
(if you want you can slide that last note up to 22, but I think its
feedback)
e|____10__________________-7_________-10______________________________---------|
B|-------------------------8_________------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7_________------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 1 (Variation)(only used at the end of the song)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------5----------5----------5----------5------------------------------------|
A|---7-5---7----7-5---7--0-7-5---7--0-7-5---7----------------------------------|
E|-6----------8----------------------------------------------------------------|
Song order
Riff 1 x3
Riff 2 x10
Riff 3
Riff 2 x2
Riff 4
Riff 2 X2
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 (muted) x10
Riff 3 (variation)
Riff 2 (muted) x2
Riff 4
Riff 2 (muted) x2
Riff 1 x2
Solo
Riff 1 x2
Riff 1 (variation)
Riff 1
Riff 1 (variation) x2
Riff 1 (fade out)