EARTHSHINE
As recorded by Rush
(From the 2002 Album VAPOR TRAILS)
Words by Peart Music by Lee and Lifeson Arranged by Rush
E5 D6sus2 D6sus2/C# B5VII
0 2 2 4 0 0 x 5 7 7 0 0 x 4 7 7 0 0 7 9 9 x x x
D5X
10 12 12 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar3'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar4'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar5'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Mandola arrngd for Acoustic Guitar Pre-Chorus'
Intro
Q=130
B5VII D5X D5/A
3/4 2/4 3/4 2/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V
E Q Q E E Q Q +E E E E +E E Q Q E E Q Q +E Q Q
|-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|-------------|--------|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|-------------|--------|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------|-------------|--------|
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|--------|
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-5--5---|
|-7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--(7)-|-10-10-10-(10)-|-7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--(7)-|-5--5---|
Verse
B5VII D5X
3/4 2/4
E Q Q E E Q Q +E E E E +E
||------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-----------|-------------|----------------|
||------------|-------------|----------------|
||--9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-|
||o-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-|
||--7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--(7)-|-10-10-10-(10)-|
To Coda
D5/A
3/4 2/4
E Q Q E E Q Q +E Q Q 5x
|-----------|-------------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|-------o||
|-----------|-------------|--------||
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|--------||
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-5--5--o||
|-7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--(7)-|-5--5---||
Pre-Chorus
E5 D6sus2 D6sus2/C#
3/4 2/4
Gtrs I, III, VI
E E S S E S S E +E E S S E E E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
E5 D6sus2 D6sus2/C#
3/4 2/4
E E S S E S S E +E E S S E E E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
||------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|---------------------|---------------o||
||------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||
||------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|---------------------|---------------o||
||------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------||
E5 D6sus2 D6sus2/C#
3/4 2/4
E E S S E S S E E E S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------||
Chorus
B5 A5 Asus2
3/4 2/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V
Q +E E E +E Q +E E E E Q Q
||-----------------|--------------|-0--0--|
||o----------------|--------------|-0--0--|
||--4--(4)-4-4-(4)-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-|-2--2--|
||--4--(4)-4-4-(4)-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-|-2--2--|
||o-2--(2)-2-2-(2)-|-0--(0)-0-0-0-|-0--0--|
||--x--(x)-x-x-(x)-|-x--(x)-x-x-x-|-x--x--|
Dsus4 Dadd11
3/4 2/4
E E E Q E Q +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------o||
|-12-12-12-12--12-|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12----------||
|-12-12-12-12--12-|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12----------||
|-10-10-10-10--10-|--9---(9)--9--9--9-|--9-10-9----o||
|-10-10-10-10--10-|-10--(10)-10-10-10-|-10------10--||
B5 A5 Asus2Dsus4
3/4 4/4 3/4
Q +E Q +E Q +E E E E Q E E E Q E
|---------------|--------------0--|-----------------|
|---------------|--------------0--|-----------------|
|-4--(4)-4--(4)-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-2--|-12-12-12-12--12-|
|-4--(4)-4--(4)-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-2--|-12-12-12-12--12-|
|-2--(2)-2--(2)-|-0--(0)-0-0-0-0--|-10-10-10-10--10-|
|-x--(x)-x--(x)-|-x--(x)-x-x-x-x--|-10-10-10-10--10-|
Dadd11 B5
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q +E E E +E
|-------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12------------|-4--(4)-4-4-(4)-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12------------|-4--(4)-4-4-(4)-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9-10-9----7--|-2--(2)-2-2-(2)-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10------10----|-x--(x)-x-x-(x)-|
D.C. al Coda
A5 Asus2 Dsus4 Dadd11
4/4 3/4 2/4
Q +E Q +E Q E Q E +E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|--------0--(0)-0--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------||
|--------0--(0)-0--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------||
|-2--(2)-2--(2)-2--|-12-12--12-(12)-12-|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12----------||
|-2--(2)-2--(2)-2--|-12-12--12-(12)-12-|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12----------||
|-0--(0)-0--(0)-0--|-10-10--10-(10)-10-|--9---(9)--9--9--9-|--9-10-9-----||
|-x--(x)-x--(x)-x--|-10-10--10-(10)-10-|-10--(10)-10-10-10-|-10------10--||
Pre-Chorus
&
E5
3/4
Gtrs I, III, VI
E E S S E S S E +E E S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
D6sus2 D6sus2/C#
2/4
S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
E5
3/4
E E S S E S S E E E S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
||------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
D6sus2 D6sus2/C#
2/4
S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W 3x
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|---------------o||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|----------------||
|---------------------|---------------o||
|---------------------|----------------||
Chorus
$
B5 A5 Asus2Dsus4 Dadd11
3/4 4/4 3/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V
Q +E E E +E Q +E E E E Q E E E Q. Q +E E E E
||-----------------|--------------0--|----------------|-------------------|
||o----------------|--------------0--|----------------|-------------------|
||--4--(4)-4-4-(4)-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-2--|-12-12-12-12----|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|
||--4--(4)-4-4-(4)-|-2--(2)-2-2-2-2--|-12-12-12-12----|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|
||o-2--(2)-2-2-(2)-|-0--(0)-0-0-0-0--|-10-10-10-10----|--9---(9)--9--9--9-|
||--x--(x)-x-x-(x)-|-x--(x)-x-x-x-x--|-10-10-10-10----|-10--(10)-10-10-10-|
B5 A5 Asus2
2/4 3/4 4/4
E E E E Q E Q +E Q +E Q. Q
|------------|-------------|--------0----0--|
|------------|-------------|--------0----0--|
|-12---------|-4--4-4--(4)-|-2--(2)-2----2--|
|-12---------|-4--4-4--(4)-|-2--(2)-2----2--|
|--9-10-9----|-2--2-2--(2)-|-0--(0)-0----0--|
|-10------10-|-x--x-x--(x)-|-x--(x)-x----x--|
1. 2.
To Dbl. Coda
Dsus4 Dadd11
3/4 2/4 3/4
E E E Q E Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------||-|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|------------o||-|-----------------||
|-12-12-12-12--12-|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12----------||-|-12--------------||
|-12-12-12-12--12-|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12----------||-|-12--------------||
|-10-10-10-10--10-|--9---(9)--9--9--9-|--9-10-9----o||-|--9-10-9-----9--||
|-10-10-10-10--10-|-10--(10)-10-10-10-|-10------10--||-|-10------10-10--||
Interlude
E5 E5 D6sus2
3/4 4/4
Gtrs I, III
E E S S E Q E E S S E Q Q S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W 4x
||---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------||
||o--------------|-----------------|------------------------------o||
||---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------||
||---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------||
||o--------------|-----------------|------------------------------o||
||---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
W H. Q Q. Q +S S Q +W
|-----------|--------------|-------------------|--------|
|-12--------|-10-----------|-------------------|--------|
|-----------|--------------|-------------------|--------|
|-----------|----------11--|-12----9--(9)s7-7--|-(7)----|
|-----------|--------------|-------------------|--------|
|-----------|--------------|-------------------|--------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TP TP
E E +H. W +Q. Q E Q +H Q Q
|-12-14-(14)------|-12--------|-(12)--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------|--------15--15-15--|-(15)-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|---------xs=x---|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|---------xs=x---|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|----------------|
.25/
~~~~~~
E +E H Q +Q Q H
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------16--|-(16)--16--14----|
|-12-(12)s====16--------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
~~~~~~
+H. Q +E E E E E E Q
|---------------|---------------------19---|
|-----------17--|-(17)-17-17-17-17-15------|
|-(14)----------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|
~~ ~~~~
Q. Q E S E. W Q. Q E Q +W
|-19----19--19-19p17--|-17--------|-22----22--22-22--|-(22)----||
|---------------------|-----------|------------------|---------||
|---------------------|-----------|------------------|---------||
|---------------------|-----------|------------------|---------||
|---------------------|-----------|------------------|---------||
|---------------------|-----------|------------------|---------||
Pre-Verse
B5VII
Gtrs II, IV
E E E E +H +W +E E E E +H +W
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
+W W W W
|-(22)-------------|-----------|----------------|-------|
|------------------|-----------|----------------|-------|
|------------------|-----------|----------------|-------|
|------------------|-----------|----------------|-------|
|------------------|-----------|----------------|-------|
|------------------|-----------|----------------|-------|
B5VII D5/A
Gtrs II, IV
+E E E E +H +W +E E E E +H +W
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs I, III, V
< <
W W E Q Q E E E +E Q +E Q Q
|----------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------|--9-7---9----7-9-7-|-(7)-9--(9)--------|
|----------------|-----------|--9-7---9----7-9-7-|-(7)-9--(9)-5--5---|
|----------------|-----------|--7-7---7----7-7-7-|-(7)-7--(7)-5--5---|
Verse
B5VII D5X
3/4 2/4
Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V
E Q Q E E Q Q +E E E E +E
||------------|-------------|----------------|
||o-----------|-------------|----------------|
||------------|-------------|----------------|
||--9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-|
||o-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-|
||--7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--(7)-|-10-10-10-(10)-|
B5VII D5/A
3/4 2/4
E Q Q E E Q Q +E Q Q
|-----------|-------------|--------||
|-----------|-------------|-------o||
|-----------|-------------|--------||
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|--------||
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-5--5--o||
|-7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--(7)-|-5--5---||
B5VII D5X
3/4 2/4
E Q Q E E Q Q +E E E E +E
|-----------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------|-------------|----------------||
|-----------|-------------|----------------||
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-||
|-9-7--9--7-|-9-7--9--(9)-|-10-12-10-(10)-||
|-7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--(7)-|-10-10-10-(10)-||
Pre-Chorus
E5
3/4
Gtrs I, III, VI
E E S S E S S E +E E S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
D6sus2 D6sus2/C#
2/4
S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
E5
3/4
E E S S E S S E E E S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
||------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|
D.S. al Dbl. Coda
D6sus2 D6sus2/C#
2/4
S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W 3x
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|----------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|----------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------||
&&
Dadd11 B5 A5 Asus2 Dsus4
2/4 3/4 4/4 3/4
E E E E Q E Q +E Q +E Q. Q E E E Q E
|------------|-------------|--------0----0--|-----------------|
|------------|-------------|--------0----0--|-----------------|
|-12---------|-4--4-4--(4)-|-2--(2)-2----2--|-12-12-12-12--12-|
|-12---------|-4--4-4--(4)-|-2--(2)-2----2--|-12-12-12-12--12-|
|--9-10-9----|-2--2-2--(2)-|-0--(0)-0----0--|-10-10-10-10--10-|
|-10------10-|-x--x-x--(x)-|-x--(x)-x----x--|-10-10-10-10--10-|
Dadd11
3/4 2/4
Q +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------|
|-------------------|------------|
|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12---------|
|-12--(12)-12-12-12-|-12---------|
|--9---(9)--9--9--9-|--9-10-9----|
|-10--(10)-10-10-10-|-10------10-|
Outro
B5 Asus2
3/4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S E E. S E H. +H. +H.
|---------------|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)----*|
|---------------|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)----*|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-|-2-------|-(2)------|-(2)----*|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-|-2-------|-(2)------|-(2)----*|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)----*|
|-x--x-x-x--x-x-|-x-------|-(x)------|-(x)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
