Rush - Totem bass tab
Totem
By Rush
Copyright 1996 Core Music Publishing
Transcribed by Doug Taylor and Sean Jones
Any comments, questions or corrections, please contact Sean at seanj@execpc.com
Last Updated 6-20-00
Dropped D Tuning
(2x) I've got twelve...
e s e s s s q q e s e s s s q q e s s s s s s s s s s
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||-4:-||*-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1/*||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---
||-4:-||*-----------------|-----------------*||-------------------------
||----||------------------|------------------||-------------------------
s s s s s s s s s s e s s e s s e e s s e s s s s s s e e e s s
--------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------
8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------------------|----------
--------|---------------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8-|-6-6-6---
--------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------
s s s s s s s s e e e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s e s s
--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------
--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------
6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------
I've got a pantheon...
e s s e e s s s s e s s e s s e e s s s s e s s e e e e s s s s
--------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------
--------|-------------------------|---------------------3/|-8-8-8-8-8---
5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------
--------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------
s s s s s s s s e e s s s s s e s s s s e e s s s s e e s
-------------------------|--------------------h10---|-------------------
8-8/12-12-12-12-12-12-12\|-5-5-5-5-5-5/8-8-8-8----8\|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8---
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
s e e Q q e e e e e s s e e e s s e e e s s s s s s s s e s s e
------|-----r-------|-----------r---------|-----------------------------
8-8-8\|-----e-------|-----------e---------|-----------------------------
------|-6-6-s-6-5-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-s-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
------|-----t-------|-----------t---------|-----------------------------
e s s s s e s s e s s e e s s s s e s s e e e w+ h q q w+
|-------------------------|-----------------------||-5-|-------|-5-|----
|-------------------------|-----------------------||---|-------|---|----
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-||---|---5\1/|-3-|----
|-------------------------|-----------------------||---|-------|---|----
I believe in...
w e s s s s e q q e s s s s e q q e s s s s e q q e s s s s e
--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5/7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5/7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---
--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
Oh....
h 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 s e q e
5-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------
--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------
--||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3----
--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------
Angels and demons....
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 e s s e q
----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
3-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-5-3---
----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------
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 e e s s e
------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
3-5-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------
------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3---
Oh...
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 e e e e s
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------
--1-1-1-3-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-----------------|-------
3---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3---
(2x) I've got celestial...
s e e e e e e e s e s s s q q e s e s s s q q e s s e e s s
--------------||------------------|------------------||-----------------
--------------||*-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1/*||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---
------1-1-1-3-||*-----------------|-----------------*||-----------------
3-3-3---------||------------------|------------------||-----------------
e s s e e s s e q e e e e s s e e s s e e e e s s s s s s e e e
--------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------
8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------|-----------------------
--------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5---
--------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------
e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e e e e s s e e s s e e e
--|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------
--|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------
6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
--|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------
I've got idols...
e s s s s e e e e e e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|---------
|-------------------3/|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\|-5-5-5---
|-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1---|---------------------------------------|---------
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|---------
s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e e e e e e s s
------------------|-------------------------|---------r-------|---------
5-5-5/8-8-8-8-8-8\|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8\|---------e-------|---------
------------------|-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-s-6-5-6-|-8-8-8---
------------------|-------------------------|---------t-------|---------
s s e s s e e e e s s s s e s s e s s e e s s s s e s s e e e e
-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----
-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----
8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-1---
-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----
I believe...
s s e e e e e e w+ h s s s s q w s s s s s s s s q q
----------------||-5-|--------------|-5-|/9-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-9-10\|--
----------------||---|--------------|---|----------------------------|--
1-0-1-1-1-1-0-1-||---|-3-5-5-5-5/12\|-3-|----------------------------|--
----------------||---|--------------|---|----------------------------|--
e s s s s s s q q e s s s s s s q q e s s s s s s e e q e s s e
------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------
------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7\|-3-3-3-3---
------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------
Angels and demons...
e h 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 s s e
--5-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------
----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------
3-3-||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3----
----||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|------------
q 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 e e s s
--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------
--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------
3-3-3-5-|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3---
--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------
Angels and demons...
e q 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 e e s
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------
5-3-3-3-5-|---------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-----------------|-------
----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3---
s e e e e 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
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------
------1-1-0-3/5-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------
3-3-3-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---
Guitar Solo
e s s e e e e e e H q e e e e e e e e e e e e s s e s s e
|-------------------|-5---||-----------------|---------------------|----
|-------------------|-----||-----------------|---------------------|----
|-----------1-0-1-1-|---8\||---------------3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-1-|----
|-3-3-3-3-3---------|-----||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------------|----
e e e e e e e s s e s s e e s s e s s e e e e e e e e e e e e e
------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------
------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------
--------------3/5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------
s s e s s e e e e e e e e e e s s s s e e s s s s e e e e e e e
------------|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------
------------|---------1-----1-|-------3-3---------3-3---|---------------
3-3-3-5-5-3-|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------
------------|-1-1-1-1---1-1---|-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---
Angels...
e e e e e e s s e e e q+s E h+ w q e e e e e e e s s e e e
----|-------------------|---------|---||---------------|----------------
----|-------------------|---------|---||---------------|----------------
--5-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|---------|---||---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3----
5---|-------------------|-1---1-1-|---||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------
e e e e e s s e s s e e e e s s s s e s s e e e e e e e e e e e
------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------
------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------
3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-|-------------------
------|---------------------|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
e s s e e e e e e s s e e e e e e e e s s e e e e e e e e e e
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|-----------
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-5---
Angels....
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 s s s s e e
--------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----
--------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----
------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----
5-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-5---
e e e e e e e e e e e s s e s s e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e s
--------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------
--------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------
------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------
s e e s e s s s q q e s s s s s s e s s q e s e s s s q q
----||-----------------|-----------------14-14-14\|-----------------|---
--5-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------15\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|---
5---||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|---
----||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|---
I believe...
e s e s s s s s s s q e e e e q q e e e e q q e e e e q q e
-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------
3-3-3-3-3-3-3h5-5-5-12\|-3-3-3-3-5/7\|-3-3-3-3-5\1/|-3-3-3-3-5/7\|-3----
-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------
-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------
Oh...
e e e h 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 s
------5-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------
3-3-3---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------
--------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-----------------|-3-3----
--------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------
Angels and demons...
s e 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 e
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-------------------
----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
e s s e q 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
|-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-5-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---
Oh...
e E s e e e e e s s e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
--|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
--|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
--|---------1-1-0-3/5-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-------------
1-|-3-3-3-3-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1---
Sweet chariot...
e e e E s 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
------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------
------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------
------|-----------1---1-3-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|---------
1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3---3-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1-1---
e e e e e e e e e e e e e w+ w+ w+ w
----------|-----------------|---|---|---|---||--------------------------
----------|-----------------|---|---|---|---||--------------------------
----------|---------1-1-0-1-|---|---|---|---||--------------------------
1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3---------|-5-|---|---|---||--------------------------
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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
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---------- ---------- ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost ----6--- Tap
---------- ---------- Note --------
----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------
---------- ---------- -----p--
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop
---------- ---------- Note --s-----
----5\8--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap
---------- ||------|| Repeat --------
----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend
---------- ||*----*|| --------
---------- ||------|| --------
---------- ---------- --------
-4:------- Time ---------- --------
-4:------- Signature ---------- --------
---------- ---------- --------
Rhythm:
w = whole note W = dotted whole
h = half note H = dotted half
q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter
e = eighth note E = dotted eighth
s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth
t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd
x = 64th note X = dotted 64th
^ = triplet
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