AWYER
As recorded by Rush
(From the 1981 Album MOVING PICTURES)
Tabbed by: Guitarzan Freak
Duration Legend
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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
Tablature Legend
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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
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| - 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
Words and Music by Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson
Gtr I, II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Geddy Lee - Synth arr. for guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson - Lead w/dist, chorus & slap back echo'
Intro
Q=88
$
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 S E S H. S E S H. S E S H. S E S H.
|------------||---------------|-------0-------|-------3-------|-------0-----||
|------------||-------0-------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3-----||
|------------||-------9-------|-------2-------|-------0-------|-------0-----||
|------------||-------9-------|-------0-------|-------2-------|-------------||
|------------||-------7-------|---------------|-----0-0-------|-------3-----||
|------------||-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-----------|-0-0-0-------||
|
| Gtr II
| Wx4 S E S H. S E S H. S E S H. S E S H.
|------------||-------4-------|-------2-------|-------3-------|-------3-----||
|------------||-------5-------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3-----||
|------------||-------4-------|-------2-------|-------0-------|-------5-----||
|------------||---------------|-------0-------|-------2-------|-------5-----||
|------------||---------------|---------------|-------0-------|-------3-----||
|------------||-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-------||
Verse 1 + 2
S E S H. S E S H. S E S H.
|-------0-------|---------------|-------3-----|
|-------0-------|---------------|-------3-----|
|-------9-------|-------7-------|-------0-----|
|-------9-------|-------7-------|-------2-----|
|-------7-------|-------5-------|-------0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-------|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-------|
|
| S E S H. S E S H. S E S H.
|-------4-------|-------2-------|-------5-----|
|-------5-------|-------3-------|-------5-----|
|-------4-------|-------2-------|-------7-----|
|---------------|-------0-------|-------7-----|
|---------------|---------------|-------0-----|
|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-------|
S E S Q +Q. S S E. S +E E +S E. E E S E T T Q +S E. E E
|-------0---(0)-------|-----------------------|---------0--(0)-0--0-0-|
|-------3---(3)-----x-|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3--3-3-|---------0--(0)-0--0-0-|
|-------0---(0)-----x-|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0--0-0-|---9-9-9-9--(9)-9--9-9-|
|-------------------x-|----0-(0)-2-(2)----0-2-|---9-9-9-9--(9)-9--9-9-|
|-------3---(3)-----x-|-3--2-(2)-0-(0)-3--2-0-|---7-7-7-7--(7)-7--7-7-|
|-0-0-0-----------0---|-----------------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|
|
| S E S H. E. S +E E +S E. E E S E S Q +S E. E E
|-------8-------------|-----------------------|---------4--(4)-4--4-4-|
|-------8-------------|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3--3-3-|---------5--(5)-5--5-5-|
|-------5-------------|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0--0-0-|---------4--(4)-4--4-4-|
|---------------------|----0-(0)-2-(2)----0-2-|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-3--2-(2)-0-(0)-3--2-0-|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0---------------|-----------------------|-0-0-0-----------------|
S E T T Q +S E S S S S S
|---------0--(0)-2----2-2-2---|
|-----3-3-3--(3)-3----3-3-3---|
|-----2-2-2--(2)-5--2-5-5-5p2-|
|-----0-0-0--(0)-0--0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-------------------------|
|
| S E S Q +S E. E E
|---------2--(2)-2----2---2---|
|---------3--(3)-3----3---3---|
|---------2--(2)-2----2---2---|
|---------0--(0)-0----0---0---|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-----------------------|
S E T T Q +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E S S
|-----3-3-3--(3)-2--0-0-|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3----3------||
|-----3-3-3--(3)-3--3-3-|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3----3-0-0--||
|-----0-0-0--(0)-0--0-0-|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0----0-4-4--||
|-----2-2-2--(2)-2--2-2-|----0-(0)-2-(2)------0-2-2--||
|-----0-0-0--(0)-0--0-0-|-3--2-(2)-0-(0)-3----2-2-2--||
|-0-0-------------------|----------------------------||
|
| S E S Q +S E. E E E. S +E E +S E. E S S
|---------5--(5)-5--5-5-|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3----3------||
|---------5--(5)-5--5-5-|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3----3-0-0--||
|---------7--(7)-7--7-7-|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)-0----0-4-4--||
|---------7--(7)-7--7-7-|----0-(0)-2-(2)------0-2-2--||
|---------0--(0)-0--0-0-|-3--2-(2)-0-(0)-3----2-2-2--||
|-0-0-0-----------------|----------------------------||
|
|Both Gtrs substitute on D.S.
| E. S +E E +E E E S S
|-----------------------|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)----3-3-3-3--||
|-----------------------|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)----3-3-3-3--||
|-----------------------|-0--0-(0)-0-(0)----0-0-0-0--||
|-----------------------|----0-(0)-2-(2)----0-0-0-0--||
|-----------------------|-3--2-(2)-0-(0)--------0-2--||
|-----------------------|-------------------3-3-2-0--||
Gtrs I, II
E S S +S S E S S S S +S S E E S S +S S E S S S S +S S E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---0---------0---------------0-|---0---------0-------0-------0---||
|---4---------4---------------4-|---4---------4-------4-------4---||
|-------------------0-------2---|-2---------2-----(0)---------2---||
|-2---------2-----2---0-(0)-----|-----3-(3)-----2-------0-(0)-----||
|-0---2-(2)-----3---------------|-------------------------------3-||
|-Riff A end Riff A-|
Pre-Chorus
Riff A x2.5
E S S +S S E S S S S +S S E H +Q. S S
|-------------------------------------|-2----(2)---2-2-||
|---0---------0-------0-----------0---|-2----(2)---2-2-||
|---4---------4-------4-----------4---|-4----(4)---4-4-||
|-2---------2-----(0)-------------2---|-4----(4)---4-4-||
|-2---3-(3)-----2-------0-(0)-----0---|-2----(2)---2-2-||
|-----------------------------0-------|----------------||
|
|Both Gtrs substitute on D.S.
| |---3----|
| E S S +S S E S S S S +E E E W
|-------------------------------------|----------------||
|---0---------0-------0---------0---0-|----------------||
|---4---------4-------4---------4---4-|----------------||
|-2---------2-----(0)-----------2---2-|----------------||
|-2---3-(3)-----2-------0-(0)---0---0-|----------------||
|-------------------------------------|----------------||
Chorus
Q. S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------4-|-(4)-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|
|-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2---|
|-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-
|