Rush - The Wreckers Chords & Tabs

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                                                   THE WRECKERS - Rush
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Tabbed by: Spence

Tuning: Standard

Intro Riff:

e|----22-2---0--2-3--2--0--------------------------------------------------|
B|----33-3---3--3-3--3--3--------------------------------------------------|
G|----22-2---2--2-2--2--2--------------------------------------------------|
D|----00-0---0--0-0--0--0--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse: Strum each chord up and down as sixteenth notes.

e|---0-----------------0-------------||------1-------------------0-------------|
B|---1-----------------0-------------||------1-------------------1-------------|
G|---0---x16-----------0------x16----||------2-------x16---------2-------x16---|
D|---2-----------------2-------------||------3-------------------2-------------|
A|---3-----------------2-------------||------3-------------------0-------------|
E|---------------------0-------------||------1---------------------------------|

Repeat until the pre-chorus:

e|--33-3------(15)-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--33-3---------------(15)-----(13)-----(12)-----(10)-----------------------|
G|--00-0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--00-0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--22-2---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--33-3---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (Listen for the strum pattern) (Repeat as necessary for the different choruses):

e|----------5-------7----------------------------5-------7-------------------|
B|--10------5-------8-------12---------10--------5-------8-------------------|
G|--10------5-------9-------12---------10--------5-------9-------------------|
D|--10------7-------9-------12---------10--------7-------9-------------------|
A|--8-------7-------7-------10---------8---------7-------7-------------------|
E|----------5-------0----------------------------5-------0-------------------|

Repeat everything and then back to intro again.

Bridge (nice and slow):

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------0~---------------|x4
D|--------------2--------------------|
A|----------2------------------------|
E|-----0-----------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/the_wreckers_tab.html ]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5------5------5------7------7------7-----9-----9-----9---------|
D|---2------2------2-----5------5------5------7------7------7-----9-----9-----9---------|
A|---2------2------2-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3---5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--7-----7-----7---------|
E|---0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0---------------------------------------------0-0---0-0---0-------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------5------5-----7------7------7-----9------9------9------------------|
D|--5------5------5-----7------7------7-----9------9------9------------------|
A|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--7------7------7------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------0-0----0-0---0----------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------5------5-----7------7------7---------------------0~---------------|
D|--5------5------5-----7------7------7-------------2----4-------------------|
A|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5------2-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------0~---------------|x2
D|--------------2--------------------|
A|----------2------------------------|
E|-----0-----------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5------5------5------7------7------7-----9-----9-----9---------|
D|---2------2------2-----5------5------5------7------7------7-----9-----9-----9---------|
A|---2------2------2-----3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3---5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--7-----7-----7---------|
E|---0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0---------------------------------------------0-0---0-0---0-------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------5------5-----7------7------7-------------------0~--|
D|--5------5------5-----7------7------7--------------2--------|
A|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-------2------------|
E|-------------------------------------------0----------------|

Repeat Chorus (Fade out):

e|----------5-------7----------------------------5-------7-------------------|
B|--10------5-------8-------12---------10--------5-------8-------------------|
G|--10------5-------9-------12---------10--------5-------9-------------------|
D|--10------7-------9-------12---------10--------7-------9-------------------|
A|--8-------7-------7-------10---------8---------7-------7-------------------|
E|----------5-------0----------------------------5-------0-------------------|

If you want to improvise a solo over the outro chorus, the Am pentatonic sounds nice.

As always, listen to the song while learning it to get specifics and repeats.

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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