Rush - Seven Cities Of Gold Chords & Tabs

Rush - Seven Cities of Gold
Clockwork Angels

This is a first draft, and some of the chords aren't quite right.
Please send corrections/additions to 
thegrandexaltedlordtim at  dot 

Thanks!


Opening blues lead
                                                                                        
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----5-7-8^(1/2)-5^(1/2)--5----|----------------------------------|
|-5s7-------------------7---7--|--5-7-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|7-----7-5-3-5-3v------------------|

Verse
The second chord is sometimes strummed to accent the drums

"A man can lose his past, in a country like this.."

|------------------------------|
|----------2-------------------|
|7---------2-------------------|
|7---------2-------------------|
|5---------0-------------------|
|5-----------------------------|

"Wandering aimless, parched and nameless.."

Can strum the G in sections ala "Witch Hunt"s opening riff
|----------(3)-------------------|
|----------(3)-------------------|
|6----------4--------------------|
|6----------5--------------------|
|4----------5--------------------|
|4----------3--------------------|

"Searching through a grim eternity
Sculpted by a prehistoric sea"
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/seven_cities_of_gold_tab.html ]
Strum           Strum
|--------------------------------|
|5--------------7----------------|
|5--------------7----------------|
|3--------------5----------------|
|3--------------5----------------|
|--------------------------------|


Chorus:


"Seven cities of gold" x2
|---------0-------------------------------------|
|---------0-------------------------------------|
|---------1----Slowly play the full chord-------|
|---------2-------------------------------------|
|7--5--2--2-------------------------------------|
|5--3--0--0-------------------------------------|

"A splendid mirage in this desolation" x2
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|7-------5-------10----------|
|5-------3-------8-----------|

"Seven cities of gold" x1
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|7-------5-------2---------|
|5-------3-------0---------|

"Glowing in my dreams, like hallucinations" x1
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|7--------------5--------------10--------------|
|5--------------3--------------8---------------|

"Glitt-er-in-the-sun-like-a-rev-a-la-tion"

Strum these in 8ths (match the vocals)
|5--3--0-------------------------|
|5--3--0-------------------------|
|6--4--1-------------------------|
|7--5--2-------------------------|
|7--5--2-------------------------|
|5--3--0-------------------------|

Later on, the chorus gets some kind of flange/chorus added on

Not tabbed:
The beginning/breakdown/ending 'fuzzy/hissy' parts


Cheers!