Rush - Subdivisions guitar tab
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transcription by pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick M. Ryan)
Subdivisions
from 'Signals'
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Performance notes:
Most of this song is 'power' chords. There are really only 4 chords
in this song: F#, G, A, & Bm. [ Well, actually there is a D thrown in
right toward the end ] The solo sounds nice with a little bit of
flanger/phaser. I think the time signature changes a few times
but I couldn't tell you where. I know, however, that it starts
in 7/4. As is usual, we assume that the reader has heard the song
and can pick out the specific rhythms by ear.
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keyboard intro:
F# F# F# F# F# F#
F# F# F# F# F# F#
guitar comes in:
F# F# F# F# F# F#
F# F# F# F# F# F#
Bm | A | Bm | A | Bm | A
G A Bm G A Bm
[ guitar/keyboard tradeoff ]
G G A A Bm Bm
G G A A Bm
verse:
"sprawling on the fringes of the city"
F# F# F# F# (F# riff)
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---4---4---4---
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-2---2---2---2-
F# F# F# F# (F# riff)
"in geometric order..."
Bm Bm Bm A A A
"an insulated border"
Bm Bm Bm A A A
"in between the bright lights..""
Bm A
"nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone"
G A Bm G A Bm
chorus:
"subdivisions"
"in the high school halls"
[ now alex makes some noise on the G. i can't quite figure it out
but here goes. ]
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-------0---2---4---2---0---
-----0---0---0---0---0----- [ etc, etc. repeat ]
---0-----------------------
-3-------------------------
[ more noise while ged does his one-finger keyboard break ]
repeat for 2nd verse
solo:
[ phaser on ]
[ D rings out ]
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-------------------------------------------14-15--
-7-9-11-9-7-9--4-6-2----12-14-16-14-12-14---------
-0------------------------------------------------
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[ all harmonics ]
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-(5)--------------------
----(5)-----------------
-------(4)(5)---(5)-----
-------------(4)---(5)--
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G Gsus [ ring ] [ big slide down A ]
--7-7-7-7--7-8--8-7--7-8-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------
--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--------------------------------------
--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------
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"Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth
but the suburbs have to charms to soothe
the restless dreams of youth...."
G G A F#
G G A Bm D
[ repeat ]
G G G G
