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From: Art R. [arasmuss@texas.net]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 4:19 PM
Song: Virtuality
Artist: Rush
Source: Test for Echo.
Transcription by Matt Rasmussen
Please send any comments to mattrasmussen@mail.utexas.edu
P = pull off
B = bend
\ = slide down
/ = slide up
~~~ = vibrato
N.H. = Natural Harmonic
Guitar I w/heavy distortion & chorus
Intro
Riff A
~~~ w/bar
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------------|
|*------------P-------P-----------------P----------|
|------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0---------|
|---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5---3---|
End Riff A
~~~ w/bar
-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------7--*|
-------------P-------P-----------------P---6--*|
------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--7---|
---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-----------|
Verse 1
"Like a ship wrecked mariner...."
Riff B ~~~
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------------|
|*------------P-------P-----------------P----------|
|------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0---------|
|---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5---3---|
End Riff B
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---------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------8---7---|
-------------P-------P-----------------P---7---6---|
------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--8---7---|
---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4---------------|
Guitar I
Riff C End Riff C
N.H.............................................................]
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*|
|*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*|
|--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------|
|--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------|
"I?m a castaway........"
N.H.............................................................]
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*|
|*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*|
|--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------|
|--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------|
Chorus w/Guitar II (acoustic) playing the same thing
"Net boy Net girl......."
Riff D
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|*---------5---------------------|
|*--2------5------5------7---5---|
|---2------3------5------7---5---|
|---0-------------3------5---3---|
"Let your fingers walk and...."
End Riff D
------------------------2--3-2--|
------------------------3--3-3--|
----------5-------------2--2-2-*|
---2------5------5------0--0-0-*|
---2------3------5--------------|
---0-------------3--------------|
Guitar III
"I can save the universe in a ..."
Riff E End Riff E
N.H...................................................]
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-4-4-3-3-2.4-2.4-2-2-2.4-2.4-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/virtuality_tab.html ]
Bridge
"Let?s dance tonight....."
Riff F
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------|
|*--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---3/5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-------------------------------------|
End Riff F
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---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*|
---5-3-3-5---5-3-3-0---0-3-3/5---|
---------------------------------|
Solo (play twice)
~~~
|-------------------------------------------10\-|
|-----------9-----10-----------9-----10---------|
|---9--9-9-----9-------9--9-9-----9------9------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
~~~
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--------9-----10------------9-----10-----9B\---|
9--9-9-----9--------9--9-9-----9------9--------|
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2nd time.
---0---0--0---|
---3---3--3---|
---2---2--2---|
---0---0--0---|
--------------|
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Outro
Riff G
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------8-8-7---|
|-------------P-------P-----------------P--7-7-6---|
|------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0-8-8-7---|
|---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4--------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------7---|
-------------P-------P-----------------P---6---|
------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--7---|
---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------8-8-7--|
|-------------P-------P-----------------P--7-7-6--|
|------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0-8-8-7--|
|---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-------------|
End Riff G
w/echo repeat
~~~
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
----------P-------P-----------------P-------------------|
---------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0------------------|
0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5--3-----5---3---|
Ok here are the riffs with the music:
Intro: Riff A
Riff B
Like a shipwrecked mariner adrift on an unknow sea
Clinging to the wreckage of the lost ship Fantasy
Riff C
I'm a castaway stranded in a desolate land
I can see the footprints in the virtual sand
RIff A
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your message round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Riff A
Riff B
Astronauts in weightlessness of pixellated space
Exchange graffiti with a disembodied race
Riff C and Riff E
I can save the universe in a grain of sand
I can hold the future in my virtual hand
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your message round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Bridge
Riff F
Let's dance tonight
to a virtual song
Press this key
and you can play along
Riff F
Let's fly tonight
On our virtual wings
Press this key
to see amazing things
Solo
Riff A
Riff B
Like a pair of vagabonds who wave between to passing trains
Or the glimpse of a woman's smile through a window in the rain
Riff C and Riff E
I can smell her perfume, I can taste her lips
I can feel the voltage from her fingertips
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your heartbeat round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Outro:Riff G
