Rush: Tai Shan
>From the album Hold Your Fire (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1987 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart
Comments/corrections to Sean Jones
Transcribed by Erik Habbinga
Note the low B string. Geddy occasionally used a 5-string Wal in this period.
q +w +w +w +w +w +w +w +w w +w w +w w +w w
+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+
|1:---|4:----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|
|4:-R-|4:----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|
|-----|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-0-|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|-2-|
+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+
+w w +w w +w w +w w +w w +w w +w w +w w +w
+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+
|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|
|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|
|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|-2-|----|
+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+
Q q e e e Q q e e e Q q e e e Q q e e e w +e e e Q e e e h+Q
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---+----4-6-7-6-4-+-7-4---+
|-4-3---6---|-4-3---6---|-4-3---6---|-4-3---4---|---|--------------|-------|
|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|-2-|--------------|-------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---|--------------|-------|
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---+--------------+-------+
e s s e Q q w +Q e q q w e q e e Q w +Q e q q h h
+-4-3-4-3-----+---+----------+---+-----------+---+----------+-----+
|---------6---|---|----------|---|-4-6-6-6-4-|---|----------|-----|
|-----------R-|-2-|------2-4-|---|-----------|-4-|------4-6-|-----|
|-------------|---|----2-----|-2-|-----------|---|----4-----|-2-2-|
+-------------+---+----------+---+-----------+---+----------+-----+
e q e e e s E w +Q e q q w q q h w +w w +w q e e e e e e
+---------------+---+----------+---+-------+---+----+---+----+---------------+
|---------------|---|----------|---|-----6-|---|----|---|----|---------------|
|-----------4-6-|-2-|------2-4-|---|---R---|-4-|----|-2-|----|-2-R-2-R-2-R-2-|
|-2-4-4-4-2-----|---|----2-----|-2-|-2-----|---|----|---|----|---------------|
+---------------+---+----------+---+-------+---+----+---+----+---------------+
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e q q e e e e q
+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2-R-2-R-2-R-2-|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|-2-R-2-R-2-R-|-2-R-2-R-2-R-|
|---------------|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2-|-------------|-------------|
+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|
|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2-|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0-|
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/tai_shan_btab.html ]
q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e q e e e e e e
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|
|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2-|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0-|
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
q e e e e e e q e e h w w w h+Q e w +h+Q e w +w w
+---------------+---------+---+---+---+-------+---+--------+---+----+---+
|---------------|---------|---|---|---|-------|---|--------|---|----|---|
|---R---R---R---|---R---R-|-4-|---|---|-------|---|--------|---|----|-2-|
|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---|---|---|---|-----2-|-2-|------2-|-2-|----|---|
+---------------+---------+---+-2-+-2-+-2-----+---+--------+---+----+---+
+Q e q q w e q e e Q w +Q e e e q w +Q e e e s E w +Q e q q
+----------+---+-----------+---+------------+---+--------------+---+----------+
|----------|---|-4-6-6-6-4-|---|------------|---|--------------|---|----------|
|------2-4-|---|-----------|-4-|------4-6-R-|---|----------4-6-|-2-|------2-4-|
|----2-----|-2-|-----------|---|----4-------|-2-|----2-4-2-----|---|----2-----|
+----------+---+-----------+---+------------+---+--------------+---+----------+
w +h q q w +Q e q q w +w Q q e q Q q e e e Q q e e e
+---+--------+---+----------+---+----+---------+-----------+-----------+
|---|--------|---|----------|---|----|-4-3---6-|-4-3---6---|-4-3---6---|
|---|--------|-4-|------4-6-|-2-|----|-----4---|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|
|-2-|----2-4-|---|----4-----|---|----|---------|-----------|-----------|
+---+--------+---+----------+---+----+---------+-----------+-----------+
Q q e e e h+Q s s E E e+h q^q^q^h +w w +Q e q q w h h w
+-----------+-----4-4-+-4-6-8---+-6-4-8-4-+----+---+----------+---+-----+---+
|-4-3---6---|---------|---------|---------|----|---|----------|---|-----|---|
|-----4---4-|-2-------|---------|---------|----|-2-|------2-4-|---|-----|-4-|
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|----|---|----2-----|-2-|-2-4-|---|
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+----+---+----------+---+-----+---+
+w +w +w w +w w +w w +w w +q q q q w w w +w w
+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----------+---+---+---+----+---+
|----|----|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----------|---|---|---|----|---|
|----|----|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----------|---|---|---|----|---|
|----|----|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----2-2-2-|-0-|-0-|-2-|----|-0-|
+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----------+---+---+---+----+---+
h h h h h h w +w h h h h w +w w +w w +w
+-----+-----+-----+---+----+-----+-----+---+----+---+----+---+----+
|-----|-----|-----|---|----|-----|-----|---|----|---|----|---|----|
|-----|-----|-----|-2-|----|-----|-----|-2-|----|---|----|---|----|
|-0-0-|-2-2-|-2-2-|---|----|-2-2-|-2-2-|---|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|
+-----+-----+-----+---+----+-----+-----+---+----+---+----+---+----+
==========================================================================
__ Created using the Bass Tab Creator
+|o | by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
+|oo|+
+|oo|+ Notes: w = Whole h = Half q = Quarter
|| e = 8th s = 16th t = 32nd x = 64th
||
|| Capital durations are dotted notes
|| (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)
||
|| #
|| +----+ +----+
_ || _ |*--*+ = MEASURE |4:--| = TIME
\\_||_// |*--*+ REPEATS |4:--| SIGNATURES
| [] | +----+ (#=Num Repeats) +----+
| || |
/ [] \ + = TIE ^ = TRIPLET > = BEND
\______/ H = HAMMER ON \ = SLIDE TO FRET R = Rest
P = PULL OFF \X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE ~ = Trill
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