Rush - Tai Shan bass tab

Rush: Tai Shan

>From the album Hold Your Fire (Mercury Records)

Copyright 1987 Core Music Publishing

Music by Lee and Lifeson

Lyrics by Peart

Comments/corrections to Sean Jones

Transcribed by Erik Habbinga

Note the low B string. Geddy occasionally used a 5-string Wal in this period.

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__ Created using the Bass Tab Creator

+|o | by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)

+|oo|+

+|oo|+ Notes: w = Whole h = Half q = Quarter

|| e = 8th s = 16th t = 32nd x = 64th

||

|| Capital durations are dotted notes

|| (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)

||

|| #

|| +----+ +----+

_ || _ |*--*+ = MEASURE |4:--| = TIME

\\_||_// |*--*+ REPEATS |4:--| SIGNATURES

| [] | +----+ (#=Num Repeats) +----+

| || |

/ [] \ + = TIE ^ = TRIPLET > = BEND

\______/ H = HAMMER ON \ = SLIDE TO FRET R = Rest

P = PULL OFF \X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE ~ = Trill

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