Song: The Spirit of Radio Band: Rush Tabber: Chris Here it is, Spirit of Radio. I have studied this song, and I assure you this tab is absolutely 100% correct and true. Enjoy! ;) Key to Notation: / slide p pull-off h hammer-on ~ vibrato b bend (song requires prerequisite knowledge of the terms 'Divebombing', and 'tremolo picking') 8x E --2p0-------5p0-------2p0--------4p2p0------------------- B -------3p0-------3p0---------3p0------------------------- G --------------------------------------------------------- Guitar 2 start at 3rd series of Intro riff. Let P. Chords ring freely G --9-------------------9------------------------ ------------------------ D --9-------------------9---------------------4p2p0----------------------- A --7------------------ 7----------------------- -------4p2p0------------ E --0-------------------0----------------------- ------------------------ 4x G -------------------2---------------------------------- D -2-----------------2---------------------2------------ A -2-----------------0---2---h3--h4--------------------- E -0---2---3---4---------------------------------------- G --9--(8)------------------------------------------ -------------------- D --9---9---11---/6--6--6--6--6--6--6---7--7--7- 7--7--7--7---9---------- A --7---9---11---/6--6--6--6--6--6--6---7--7--7- 7--7--7--7---9---------- E --0---7----9---/4--4--4--4--4--4--4---5--5--5 -5--5--5--5---7--------- E ------------0------------------0--------------- ----0----------------------- B ---------------0------------------0------------ -------0-------------------- G --9------------------(8)-------------------- ---------------------6--4--- D --9-------------------9---------------------6-----------------7---6--4---- A --7-------------------9---------------------6-----------------7---4--2---- E --0---0------------0--7--0-------------9---/4- -4---------0---5------------- E ------------0------------------0--------------- ----0------------------------ B ---------------0------------------0------------ -------0--------------------- G --9------------------(8)----------------------- ----------------------------- D --9-------------------9---------------------6-----------------7--7--9--9----- A --7-------------------9---------------------6-----------------7--7--9--9----- E --0---0------------0--7--0-------------9---/4- -4---------0---5--5--7--7----- E ------------0------------------0--------------- ----0-------------------------- B ---------------0------------------0------------ -------0----------------------- G --9------------------(8)----------------------- ------------------------------ D --9-------------------9---------------------6-------------6---6----/7--7--7--9--9--------- A --7-------------------9---------------------6-------------6---6----/7--7--7--9--9--------- E --0---0------------0--7--0-------------9---/4- -4---------4---4----/5--5--5--7--7----------- E -------------4-------------------7--------------------4p0---------------------- B ----------------5-------------------7-----------------4p0---------------------- G --9---------------------------------------------------------------------------- D --9--------------------9--------------------6---------------------------------- A --7--------------------9--------------------6----------------------7---7---9---9---- E --0--------------------7--------------------4------------------0---5---5---7---7--- E -------------4-------------------7--------------------4p0------------------------- B ----------------5-------------------7-----------------4p0------------------------- G --9------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D --9--------------------9--------------------6------------------------------------- A --7--------------------9--------------------6----------------------7---7---9---9--- E --0--------------------7--------------------4------------------0---5---5---7---7--- E ------------0------------------0--------------- -------------------------------------------------- B ---------------0------------------0------------ ------------------------------------------------- G --9------------------(8)----------------------- ------------------------------------------------ D --9-------------------9------------------6-6--6--6--6--6--6---7--7--7- 7--7--7--7---9---- A --7-------------------9------------------6-6--6--6--6--6--6---7--7--7- 7--7--7--7---9----- E --0---0------------0--7--0----------9---/4-4--4--4--4--4--4---5--5--5 -5--5--5--5---7p0-- 14x E --2p0-------5p0-------2p0-------4p2p0---------------- B -------3p0-------3p0-------3p0-------------------------- G --------------------------------------------------------- Let chords ring freely 4x E --0---0---0-----0---0---------2---2---2---2---2----------4---4---4---4---4---- B --0---0---0-----0---0---------4---4---4---4---4----------4---4---4---4---4---- G --9---9---9-----9---9---------4---4---4---4---4----------5---5---5---5---5---- D --9---9---9-----9---9---------4---4---4---4---4----------6---6---6---6---6---- A --7---7---7-----7---7---------2---2---2---2---2----------6---6---6---6---6---- E --0---0---0-----0---0---------2---2---2---2---2----------4---4---4---4---4---- E --0---0---0---0---0-----------2---2---2---2---2----------------------------- B --2---2---2---2---2-----------4---4---4---4---4----------------------------- G --2---2---2---2---2-----------4---4---4---4---4----------------------------- D --2---2---2---2---2-----------4---4---4---4---4----------------------------- A --0---0---0---0---0-----------2---2---2---2---2----------------------------- E ------------------------------2---2---2---2---2----------------------------- E ------0----------------------------------------------------------------------- B ------0----------------------------------------------------------------------- G --9---------------(8)--------------------------------------------------------- D --9----------------9------9-----------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---/7-7-7-7-7---/9------- A --7----------------9------9-----------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---/7-7-7-7-7---/9------- E --0----------------7------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---/5-5-5-5-5---/7p0----- 12x E --2p0-------5p0-------2p0-------4p2p0--------------- B -------3p0-------3p0-------3p0----------------------- G ----------------------------------------------------- I believe I hear a second guitar playing the other riff.. (u know, with the power chords then u hit E and A open...the riffs that are played when the vocals begin) playing that riff softly while the main chords are being played by the main guitar with perhaps some minor variations. E --0---0---0---0---0---------5---5---5---5---5-------7---7----7-----7---7----7- B --0---0---0---0---0---------7---7---7---8---7-------9---9----10----9---10---9- G --9---9---9---9---9---------7---7---7---7---7-------9---9----9-----9---9----9- D --9---9---9---9---9---------5---5---5---5---5-------7---7----7-----7---7----7- A --7---7---7---7---7---------5---5---5---5---5-------7---7----7-----7---7----7- E --0---0---0---0---0---------5---5---5---5---5-------7---7----7-----7---7----7- E --5---5---5---5---5--------0---0---0---0---0---------------------------------- B --7---7---7---8---7--------0---0---0---0---0--------3---3-----3---3---3------- G --7---7---7---7---7--------9---9---9---9---9--------2---2-----2---2---2------- D --5---5---5---5---5--------9---9---9---9---9--------0---0-----0---0---0------- A --5---5---5---5---5--------7---7---7---7---7--------x---x-----x---x---x------- E --5---5---5---5---5--------0---0---0---0---0--------2---2-----2---2---2------- E --0---0---0-----0---0--------------------------------------------------------- B --0---0---0-----0---0----------3---3-----3---3---3---------------------------- G --1---1---1-----1---1----------2---2-----2---2---2--------------------------- D --2---2---2-----2---2----------0---0-----0---0---0-------------------------- A --2---2---2-----2---2----------x---x-----x---x---x---------------------------- E --0---0---0-----0---0----------2---2-----2---2---2---------------------------- E --0------0-------2------2---------4------4--------0-----0-----0------2------2- B --0------0-------4------4---------4------4--------2-----2-----2------4------4- G --9------9-------4------4---------5------5--------2-----2-----2------4------4- D --9------9-------4------4---------6------6--------2-----2-----2------4------4- A --7------7-------2------2---------6------6--------0-----0-----0------2------2- E --0------0-------2------2---------4------4---------------------------2------2- Ok, at this point of the song, there is a cool bass note that sorta jumps out of nowhere but sounds excellent. For those of you who don't have bass accompaniment & would like to interject this chord I kinda just discovered, to play around with, see if you like it. It can be sort of a pain in the butt at first, but if u have the fingers and wanna try it... :) (Fingers I use) E --0------0---------- B --5------5---------- 1st (index) G --9------9---------- 4th (pinky) D --9------9---------- 3rd (ring) A --7------7---------- 2nd (middle) Barred E --7------7---------- 2nd (middle) Barred INSERT & REPLACE HERE |||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||| VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV E --0------0----------2------2-------------------------------------------------- B --0------0----------4------4-------------------------------------------------- G --9------9----------4------4-------------------------------------------------- D --9------9----------4------4-------6-6--6--6--6--6--6---7--7--7-7-7--7--7--9 A --7------7----------2------2-------6-6--6--6--6--6--6---7--7--7-7-7--7--7--9 E --0------0----------2------2-------4-4--4--4--4--4--4---5--5--5-5-5--5--5--7p0 2x E --2p0------5p0-------2p0------4p2p0-------------- B -------3p0------3p0-------3p0------------------------ G ------------------------------------------------------- I have seen Alex Lifeson play this part live, and I am 99.9% certain that this is the scale he plays. E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G --7--5--4------------------------------------------------------------- D ------------7--5--4-------------------4bp2-------------------------- A ----------------------7--5--------------------5-4-5-4--2------------- E -----------------------------8--7--5----------------------------------- 4x G -------------------2------------------------------------- D -2-----------------2---------------------2-------------- A -2-----------------0---0-2--h3--h4--------------------- E -0---2---3---4------------------------------------------ Just mess around with these different notes and match em to the song E ----(4)--(5)----(7)--------(0)-------------------------------------- B ----------------------(0)------------------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------- G -------------------2------------------------------------ D -2-----------------2---------------------2-------------- A -2-----------------0--0-2---h3--h4---------------------- E -0---2---3---4------------------------------------------ G -------------------2-------------------------9----------- D -2-----------------2---------------------2---9----------- A -2-----------------0--0-2---h3--h4-----------7----------- E -0---2---3---4-------------------------------0----------- Just mess around with the different notes and match em to the song (some notes are lightly-palm muted, others are normal notes) E ----(4)--(5)----(7)---------(0)------------------------------------- B ----------------------(0)------------------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2x G -------------------2------------------------------------- D -2-----------------2---------------------2-------------- A -2-----------------0--0-2---h3--h4--------------------- E -0---2---3---4------------------------------------------ Solo: E ----------------------------------------------------------------------- B --15b---17p15------14b~--15p14p12-------------------------------------- G ---------------16---------------------18p16--14--16--18--16b--14~------ Tremolo pick this chord, listen to song to figure out how much u need to strum(best with a wah effect) E --------------------------18b~------------------------------- B --17----------------------18b~------------------------------- G --16--------------------------------------------------------- D --14--------------------------------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------- E --------------------------------3//--EXECUTE--DIVEBOMB------- Tremolo pick these chords also (wah effect) E --------------------------------15-13-12-------------12-13b~- B -8--10--8--10--12--13--12--13--------------15-13-12---------- G -7--9---7--9---11--12--11--12-------------------------------- D -5--7---5--7---9---10--9---10-------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------- E ------------------------------------------------------------- 4x G -------------------2------------------------------------- D -2-----------------2---------------------2-------------- A -2-----------------0--0-2---h3--h4--------------------- E -0---2---3---4------------------------------------------ G ----------------------------------------------------- D -2---2-----------------2---2---------------------- A -2---2-----------------2---2---------------------- E -0---0---2---3---4-----0---0---2---3---4--------- E --2p0-------5p0-------2p0-------4p2p0--0--------------------------------| B -------3p0-------3p0-------3p0---------0--------------------------------| G -----------------------------------------------------9-------------9----| D -----------------------------------------------------9-------------9----| A -----------------------------------------------------7-------------7----| E -----------------------------------------------------0-------------0----|