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From: butterwo@cs.tulane.edu (Blake Butterworth)
Subject: TAB Overture (2112)
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"Overture"
				     by  Rush
				    from  2112

[synths for app. 46 sec]

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------3---------------|-------------------------------3---------3-|
|----2----2-----2----5----2-2-2-|----2----5----------2----2-----2---2-----2-|
|-2--2----2--2--0----5----2-2-2-|-2--2----5--5----2--2----2--2--0---2--2--0-|
|-2--0----0--2-------3----0-0-0-|-2--0----3--5----2--0----0--2------0--2----|
|-0----------0------------------|-0----------3----0----------0---------0----|

(with effect)
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-|
|----2----5----------2----2-----2-|
|-2--2----5--5----2--2----2--2--0-|
|-2--0----3--5----2--0----0--2----|
|-0----------3----0----------0----|

(effect off)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3---------3---------3-|
|----2----5----------2---2--2---2-----2---2-----2-|
|-2--2----5--5----2--2---2--0---2--2--0---2--2--0-|
|-2--0----3--5----2--0---0------0--2------0--2----|
|-0----------3----0----------------0---------0----|

|--------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------3------3-|--------------2-------|
|-7---6---4---7---2------2-|--------------2--2----|
|-5---4---2---5---0------0-|-5--2--5--7------2--2-|
|--------------------2-----|-3--0--3--5---------0-|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|                          |                      |
|-15--14--12--15--10--7----|-8--5--8--10--5--0----|
|------------------------3-|--------------------2-|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|

(continue below)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------7--------------------
|-12\---9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--7--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--7--5--7--7-7-7--7-7--
|-10\---9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--7--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5--5--7--7-7-7--7-7--
|-10\---7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--5--3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-----3--5--5-5-5--5-5--

(x3)
 --------------------------|--------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------|--------------------------------------------------
 -9--7---------------------|--------------------------------------------------
 -9--7--7--9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-12\---9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--7--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-
 -7--5--7--9--9-9-9--9-9-9-|-12\---9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--7--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-
 -------5--7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-10\---7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--5--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-

--------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------|
 ------7--------------------9--7-------|
 -5-5--7--5--7--7-7-7--7-7--9--7--7--9-|
 -5-5--5--5--7--7-7-7--7-7--7--5--7--9-|
 -3-3-----3--5--5-5-5--5-5--------5--7-|

(effect)                 (x4)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------2--4-4--7--6-6--2--4-4--7-7-|
|-------------------2--4-4--7--6-6--2--4-4--7-7-|
|-------------------0--2-2--5--4-4--0--2-2--5-5-|
|-0--2--3--5--3--2------------------------------|

(x2)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------12-12-|---------------------------|
|-------------------4--8-8--11-11-|-4--------------7--6--2--4-|
|-------------------4--8-8--9--9--|-4----5----7----7--6--2--4-|
|-------------------2--6-6--------|-2----5----7----5--4--0--2-|
|-0--2--3--5--3--2----------------|------3----5---------------|

(x2)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------3-----5-|---|
|-------------------4--------------------4--------------------2--2--4-|-4-|
|-------------------4--------------------4--------------------0--2--2-|-4-|
|-------------------2--------------------2-----------------------0----|-2-|
|-0--2--3--5--3--2-----0--2--3--5--3--2-----0--2--3--5--3--2----------|---|
							     1st time---^

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------5-------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5--5--7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--5--7-|
|----------------0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------3--5-|

''
Solo:                                                  '  '
  hb '   ' p    tr  v                     v         b'     '  h p   v       v
|---'-'-'-----------------------------2-3-5--5-5--7/8---8-8--5-7-5--5--7--7-7-
|-5'---'--------------------------2-4-----------------------------------------
|-4-------4-0--0-(2)--------2-4-5---------------------------------------------
|--------------------3--3-5---------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

b  hb       b b                    v  AH----------v|  h p        v
 -7--7--7--5--7-7--5-7-5---------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------7-5-7-5-------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------7-5--------2---5-4-2--2-4-2---2-----|
 ------------------------------------7--3-5---5--------------5---5-3-|
 --------------------------------------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------------------------------------|

(this section with solo)
			       (x3)
|---0------0------1----------------|---0------0------------------------------|
|-----0------0------1--------------|-----0------0----------------------------|
|---------------------4----5-------|-----------------------------------------|
|-7------5------3-------3--5--5--7-|-7------5------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-7------5------3----------3--5--7-|-7------5------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5------3------1-------------3--5-|-5------3------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

1                                     (x4) 2      lr
|---|------------------------------------------|---------|
|---|-------------------3----------------------|-5--3----|
|-5-|-/4-4-4-4--4--4-4--2--/4-4-4-4--4--4-4----|-4--2--5-|
|-5-|-/4-4-4-4--4--4-4--0--/4-4-4-4--4--4-4--5-|-2--0--5-|
|-3-|-/2-2-2-2--2--2-2-----/2-2-2-2--2--2-2--5-|-------3-|
|---|----------------------------------------3-|---------|

1 (x1) 2      1 (x4 w/Fill 1 last 2x)
|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|

Fill 1
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----4---4---4-5-7-4-4------4---4-5-7-4-4-|
|-5-7---7---7------------5-7---7-----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|
|-------3---------3---------------------|
|-2-----2---2-----2---------------------|
|-2--2--0---2--2--0---0---2--2--2--2--2-|
|-0--2------0--2----------2--2--2--2--2-|
|----0---------0----------0--0--0--0--0-|

"And the meek shall inherit the earth"
|-----------3------------------------0------|
|-------------5----------------------1------|
|---------5-------5-----7------------2------|
|-------5-------5-----7---7---5---4--2------|
|-0-2-3-------------5-------3---2----0------|
|-------------------------------------------|

KEY:
b       bend
hb      half bend
tr      trill
p       pull-off
h       hammer-on
v       vibrato
lr      let ring
AH      artificial harmonic
/       slide up
\       slide down

NOTES:
Some parts of the song include backups with acoustic guitars (probably six or twelve
strings).  I didn't notate this since its pretty much the same thing.

Trascribed by:  Blake Butterworth
		butterwo@cs.tulane.edu

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From: ad070@freenet.carleton.ca (Steve Portigal)
To: ad070@freenet.carleton.ca
Subject: Re: TAB: Rush, 2112 Overture (new!)
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Status: OR

In a previous article, irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) says:

>
>[note: this is from my brother once again, but I'll forward comments.  Enjoy!]
>
>               2112:Overture
>               Words by Neil Peart
>               Music by Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee
>
>                                         transcribed by Damon Schmidt
> Guitar 1
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----------------------------------3------------------------------------------
>---------2-------5---------7-------0----2--2--2-----------2-------5-----------
>-----2---2-------5----5----7-------2----2--2--2-------2---2-------5----5------
>-----2---0-------3----5----5-------3----0--0--0-------2---0-------3----5------
>-----0----------------3-------------------------------0----------------3------
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------2-------5---------7----5---------7--------2-------5----------------2-
>-----2---2-------5----5----7----5----5----7----2---2-------5----5-------2---2-
>-----2---0-------3----5----5----3----5----5----2---0-------3----5-------2---0-
>-----0----------------3--------------3---------0----------------3-------0-----
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----5---------7----------2------5---------------2----------7------5-------7--
>-----5----5----7------2---2------5----5------2---2------5---7------5---5---7--
>-----3----5----5------2---0------3----5------2---0------5---5------3---5---5--
>----------3-----------0---------------3------0----------3--------------3------
>
>------------------------3---3---0---3-----3---0---3-------0---3---0-----------
>------------------------3---2---1---3-----2---2---2-------1---3---1---3------
>-----5---------7--------0---3---0---0-----3---2---3-------0---4---0---2-------
>-----5----5----7--------x---0---2---x-----0---2---0-------2---5---2---0-------
>-----3----5----5--------2---0---x---2---------0-----------x---0---x---x-------
>----------3---------------------3-------------------------3-------3---2-------
>                        |
>  Guitar 2(overdub)played with above chords
>   (electric)        |
>------------------------15--14--12--15--------------------8---5---8---10------
>------------------------------------------15----------------------------------
>----------------------------------------------14------------------------------
>--------------------------------------------------12--------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                         Section 2 (Play 4 times)
>  Guitar 1
>-----0----0----0--------|-----------------------------------------------------
>-----2----2----2--------|-4---4--4---4---4--4---4---4--4---4------------------
>-----2----2----2--------|-4---4--4---4---4--4---4---4--4---4--2---------------
>-----2----2----2--------|-4---4--4---4---4--4---4---4--4---4--2--5---5--5-----
>-----0----0----0--------|-2---2--2---2---2--2---2---2--2---2--0--5---5--5-----
>-----0----0----------7\-|----------------------------------------3---3--3-----
>                                                              |
> Guitar 2(overdub cont.)                                      |
>-----5------------------                                      |
>------------------------                                      |
>----------4----2--------                                      |
>------------------------                                      |
>------------------------                                      |
>------------------------                                      |
>                         (The transition chords in this part are hard to
>                          hear, but they are there!)  |   |  |  |  |
> Guitar 1                 |  |                        |   |  |  |  |
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------
>--------------------------7--6------------------------9---9--9--7--6---|------
>-----5---5--5---5---5--5--7--6--7---7--7---7---7--7---9---9--9--7--6---|------
>-----5---5--5---5---5--5--5--4--7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7--5--4---|------
>-----3---3--3---3---3--3--------5---5--5---5---5--5--------------------|------
>
>     First 3 times, section 2         4th time
>     ends with this part.                 |
>              |                           |
>----------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------
>-----4---4--4---4---4--4--4---7---|---4----------------------|----------------
>-----4---4--4---4---4--4--4---7---|---4----------------------|----------------
>-----4---4--4---4---4--4--4---7---|---4----------------------|----------------
>-----2---2--2---2---2--2--2---5---|---2------------0---------|---------------
>----------------------------------|-------0--2--3-----3--2---|----------------
>
>     Repeat 4 times with overdub
>
>-----0---0--0---2---0--0---0---0--0---2--0--0---------------------------------
>-----2---0--0---3---2--2---2---0--0---3--2--2---------------------------------
>-----2---0--0---4---2--2---2---0--0---4--2--2---------------------------------
>-----2---2--2---4---2--2---2---2--2---4--2--2---------------------------------
>-----0---0--0---0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0---------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                                           |
>    Guitar 2(overdub)-played during ending A chords of section 3
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--------------------------------------------------0---------------------------
>-----------------------------------------0--2--3-----3--2---------------------
>
>  Here it sounds like the guitar goes up, but it's just Geddy's HUGE bass tone
>                  |
>  Guitar 1        |       Play 2 times
>------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
>-----4----7--7----4--4--|-4---------------------------------------------------
>-----4----7--7----4--4--|-4--------------------------------7---6---2---4------
>-----4----7--7----4--4--|-4----------5----------7----------7---6---2---4------
>-----2----5--5----2--2--|-2---2--0---5----------7----------5---4---0---2------
>------------------------|------------3---2--3---5---4--5----------------------
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----------------------4--------------------4---------------------------------
>-----------------------4--------------------4---------------------7--2--9-----
>-----------------------4--------------------4---------------------7--2--9-----
>--------------0--------2-----------0--------2-----------0---------5--0--7-----
>-----0--2--3-----3--2-----0--2--3-----3--2-----0--2--3-----3--2---------------
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--4--------------------4--------------------4---------------------------------
>--4--------------------4--------------------4---------------------7--2--9-----
>--4--------------------4--------------------4---------------------7--2--9-----
>--2-----------0--------2-----------0--------2-----------0---------5--0--7-----
>-----0--2--3-----3--2-----0--2--3-----3--2-----0--2--3-----3--2---------------
>
>  slightly muted
>        |
>--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
>--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------------
>--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-----5---------------
>--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5--5--5---------------
>--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--5--3---------------
>--------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------3------------------
>
>  Section 3(play 4 times w/solo)               First three times play this
>     |                                                       |
>-----------0-----------------------0-----0---|-------------0------------------
>--------1-----1-----------------0-----0------|----------0-----0---------------
>-----0--------------0--------0---------------|-------2-----------2---5-----5--
>--2--------------2---------------------------|----3------------------5--5--5--
>--0--------------0--------3------------------|-----------------------3--5--3--
>---------------------------------------------|-1------------------------3-----
>
>  4th time(builiding gradually)
>
>--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------|
>--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------5---|
>--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------5---|
>--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------5---|
>--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------3---|
>--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------|
>
>  Section 4(play 4 times with Guitar 3)
>  Guitar 1        |
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--4---4-4--4-4---4---7---4---4-4--4-4---4-------------------------------------
>--4---4-4--4-4---4---7---4---4-4--4-4---4---5---------------------------------
>--2---2-2--2-2---2---5---2---2-2--2-2---2---5---------------------------------
>--------------------------------------------3---------------------------------
>
>  Guitar 3(acoustic)-played with electric section above
>             |
>--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----3---------------------------------
>--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3---------------------------------
>--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----0---------------------------------
>--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----0---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----0---------------------------------
>--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----x---------------------------------
>--------------------------------------------3---------------------------------
>
>   Section 5
>   Guitar 1
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---9------------7-------------------------------------------------------------
>---9------------7-------------5----4----5----4----5----4----------------------
>---9------------7-------------5----4----5----4----5----4----------------------
>---7------------5-------------3----2----3----2----3----2----------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   Guitar 3
>
>-------7-7-7--------5-5-5-----33-3-22-2-33-3-22-2-33-3-2----------------------
>-------8-8-8--------6-6-6-----44-4-33-3-44-4-33-3-44-4-3----------------------
>---9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-7-----55-5-44-4-55-5-44-4-55-5-4----------------------
>---9-9----------7-7-----------55-5-44-4-55-5-44-4-55-5-4----------------------
>---7-7----------5-5-----------33-3-22-2-33-3-22-2-33-3-2----------------------
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   Repeat Sections 4 and five once, then section 4 four times,then:
>
>-------------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
>---5---------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
>---5-----5---5-----5-----1-------1-------1-------1-------1---|
>---5--5--5---5--5--5-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
>---3--5--3---3--5--3-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
>------3---------3--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
>
>"And the meek shall in  -  her   -    it    the       earth."
>
>-----------------3------------------------------------0---|
>--------------------1---------------2-----------------1---|
>--------------0-----------0------------0-----0----0---2---|
>-----------2------------------0--4--------------------2---|
>--0--2--3--------3-----3------------------3-----2-----0---|
>----------------------------------------------------------|
>
>
>    Well, that's the most complete version I can do for now.
> I'll try and figure out the solo later.  This is how I play
> it and I transcribed this myself.  I think you'll agree that
> it's the most complete, accurate transcription of 2112:Overture
> around (like there are a lot of 'em :) and hey, it's free!
>
>    Questions, comments, requests for other tab-Rush and pretty
> much anything else- are welcome.  Enjoy!
>
>                                   Damon Schmidt
>--
>Ian Schmidt         | "Too many hands on my time    | Watch for the GS<>IRC
>Two Meg Software US |  Too many feelings            | Musik Disk #2, coming
>irsman@iastate.edu  |  Too many things on my mind"  | sometime in 1993 :-)
>At Home for Summer! |  Neil Peart, "The Analog Kid" | -- space for rent --
>

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|  Steve Portigal, Dep't of CIS, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1   |
|  email: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca    Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext 3580  |
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