Rush - Hemispheres Cygnus Chords & Tabs

NOT MY TAB. I just thought it would be good to have these here on UG. Credit goes to those below.



Rush: Hemispheres - Cygnus - Bringer of Balance
From the album Hemispheres (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1978 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Originally transcribed by Bryan McDonald
Corrected, abridged & submitted by Chris Luongo on 8/29/00
Comments/corrections to Chris Luongo (luongo2112@aol.com)



     82  H e e    w H  w H e e  w e e q e e  H e e e e e s s s s s s  
C4 |Bar |----C-|7 C---|C-------|C-----------|C-----------------------|
T4 |Rest|------|4 ----|----6F6F|----7F7F8F8F|----4F--5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-|
K  |    |----X-|  X---|X-------|X-----------|X-----------------------|

   Q e e e e e e e q    s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  
C  C-----------------|  C-------------------------------|
H  ------------------|  --X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|
S6 --F-------------F-|4 --------X---------------X-------|
T4 ------6---6---6---|4 --------------------------------|
K  X---P---P---P-----|  X---------------X---------------|

   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  
H  X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|
S  --------X---------------X-------|--------X---------------X-------|
K  X---X-------X---X---X-----------|X---X-------X-------X-------X---|

   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e    s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  
C  ----------------------------C-|| --------------------------------|
H  X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-+-------------||.X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|
S  --------X-------X-X-----------||.--------X---------------X-------|
T  --------------------4-4-5-5---|| --------------------------------|
K  ----X-----------------------X-   ----X-----------X---------------|
                                    <- Repeat These Bars - - - - - - 

   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  
H  X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|
S  --------X---------------X-------|--------X---------------X-------|
K  X---X-------X---X---X-----------|X---X-------X-------X-------X---|
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> 

   s s s s s s s s s s e e e    s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e  
C  --------------------C-C-C- ||----------------------------C-|
H  X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-+---------.||X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-----|
S  --------X-------X-X-------.||--------X---------------X-X---|
K  ----X---------------X-X-X- ||----X-------X-------X-------X-|
   <- 1st Ending - - - - - ->   <- 2nd Ending - - - - - - - -> 

   || s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  
H  ||.X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|
S  ||.--------X---------------X-------|--------X---------------X-------|
K  || ----X-----------X---------------|X---X-------X---X---X-----------|
      <- Repeat These Bars - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> 

   s s s s s s e s s s s s s e  s s s s s s e s s s s s s e    
C  ------------C-------------C-|------------C-------------C- ||
H  X-X-O-O-+-----X-X-O-O-+-----|X-X-O-O-+-----X-X-O-O-+-----.||
S  --------X-X-----------X-X---|--------X-X-----------X-X---.||
K  X---X-------X-----X-------X-|----X-------X-----X-------X- ||
   <- 1st Ending  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->   
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/hemispheres_cygnus_drum.html ]
   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s s s s s s e e e    
C  --------------------------------|------------------------C- ||
H  X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-------.||
S  --------X---------------X-------|--------X-----------X-F---.||
K  X---X-------X-------X-------X---|----X-------X-------X---X- ||
   <- 2nd Ending  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->   

   e e e e e e s s e  s s e s s e s s e s s e  w    e e q e e    w  
C  C-----C---C-----C-|----C-----C-----C-----C-|C-|3 ----------|4 C-|
T  --4-5-------4-4---|5-5---6-6---7-7---8-8---|--|4 --6-7F8-8-|4 --|
K  X-----X---X-----X-|----X-----X-----X-----X-|X-|  ----------|  X-|
   <- 3rd Ending  - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->                      

   e e e e e e    w  q q e^e^e q  q e^e^e e^e^e q  w  H q            
C3 ------------|4 C-|C-----------|C---------------|C-|C-C-|  2 |  2 |
T4 --4-5F6-7F8-|4 --|------6-6-6-|----6-6-6-6-6-6-|--|----|.//.|.//.|
K  ------------|  X-|X-----------|X---------------|X-|X-X-|    |    |

   || q e Q                            e e e e e e  ||
C6 ||.C---R-|No Cr|   |   |   |   |   |R-----R-----.||
S8 ||.----X-| ./. |./.|./.|./.|./.|./.|X-X-X-X-X-X-.||
K  || X-X---|     |   | 4 |   | 6 |   |X-----X----- ||
      <- Repeat These Bars  - - -> <- 1st Ending ->   

   e e e e e e  s s s s s s e e e    q e e q         
C  ------------|------------------ ||R---R-T-|   | ||
S  F-X-X---X---|X---X---X-X-------.||----X---|   |.||
T  ------4---4-|--4---4-----4-5-6-.||--------|./.|.||
K  X-----X-----|X-----------X----- ||X-X---X-|   | ||
   <- 2nd Ending  - - - - - - - ->   <-3rd Ending->    

   s s s s s s s s s s s s  s s s s s s s s s s s s  
C  ------------------------|T-------T-------T-------|
S  X-X-X-------------------|------------------------|
T  ------5-5-5-6-6-6-7-7-7-|--8-8-8---8-8-8---8-8-8-|
K  ------------------------|X-------X-------X-------|
   <- 4th Ending  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> 

      Q q s s  q q q  Q e e e  q q q    e e e e e e          q q q   1   H  
C  || C-------|C-C---|C-------|C-C-C- ||T-----------|   |   |C-C-C-|    |C-|
S  ||.----X-X-|------|--F-X-X-|------.||X-X-X-X-X-X-|   |   |------|Bar |--|
T  ||.--------|------|--------|------.||8-8-8-8-8-8-|./.|./.|------|Rest|--|
K  || X-------|X-X---|X-------|X-X-X- ||X-----X-----|   |   |X-X-X-|    |X-|
      <- Repeat These Bars - - - - ->                        <- Retard - -> 

   tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt      w  
C4 ----------------------------------------|   |G-|
T4 8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-|./.|--|
K  X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--|   |--|
   <- Soft & Gradually Louder  - - - - - - - -> G = Gong



The Notes:
w=whole                 W=dotted whole
h=half                  H=dotted half
q=quarter               Q=dotted quarter
e=eighth                E=dotted eighth
s=sixteenth             S=dotted sixteenth
t=thirty second         T=dotted thirty second

The Lines:
C=Cymbal Line where C=Crash, K=choKed crash, R=Ride cymbal,
  B=Bell of ride, S=Splash cymbal, & T=Trash or china type.

H=Hi-hat Line where O=Open hit, X=closed hit, & H=Half open hit.

S=Snare Line where X=normal hit, R=Rimshot, F=Flam, & S=Stick on rim.

P=Percussion Line where T=Timbale, & F=Flam on timbale.
  A-E=cow bells A(high)-E(low), & 1-5=blocks 1(high)-5(low).
  X=Other miscellaneous Percussion as noted.

T=Tom Line where 1=6", 2=8", 3=10", 4=12",
                 5=13", 6=14", 7=15", 8=18" (Floor Tom).
                 F after a number=Flam on that tom.
  (These reflect my 8 Tom set-up. Substitute your own as required.)

K=Kick Line where X=primary foot, & O=secondary foot & P=hi-hat Pedal.