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Send "Losing It" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Losing It
By Rush
Transcribed by Sean Jones
Any comments, questions, or corrections, please contact Sean at seanj@execpc.com
Last Updated 10-9-98

Notes bracketed by <* *> should be played on a synth.

                <*
                Q+q+  Q+q+  Q+q+  Q+q   Q+q+  Q+q   Q+q+  Q+q+  Q+q+
||-----20 mm.-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---
||-5:---rest--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-4---|-----|-----|-----|-----|---
||-8:---------|-6---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-2---|-----|-----|---
||------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---


Q+q   Q+q+  Q+q+  Q+q+  Q+q   Q+q+  Q+q   Q+q+  Q+q+  Q+q   Q e e   Q
----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----r-|-----
----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-4---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----e-|-----
----|-6---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-2---|-----|-----|-6-6-s-|-6---
----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----t-|-----


e e   Q e e       w+  w+  w+  w      Q e e   Q e e    Q+q+  Q+q   Q q
--r-|-----r-||------|---|---|---|--------r-|-----r-||-----|-----|-r-r---
--e-|-----e-||-4:---|---|---|-4-|-5:-----e-|-----e-||-----|-----|-e-e---
6-s-|-6-6-s-||-4:-4-|---|---|---|-8:-6-6-s-|-6-6-s-||-6---|-----|-s-s---
--t-|-----t-||------|---|---|---|--------t-|-----t-||-----|-----|-t-t---

                                 *>
  Q q   Q+q+  Q+q   Q+q+  Q+q+  Q+q   Q q     h e   Q+q   h e   Q+q
|-r-r-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-r-r-||------|-----|-----|-----|---
|-e-e-|-4---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-e-e-||*-----|-----|-----|-----|---
|-s-s-|-----|-----|-2---|-----|-----|-s-s-||*-6-6-|-6---|-6-6-|-6---|---
|-t-t-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-t-t-||------|-----|-----|-----|---


h e   Q+q   h e   Q+q   h e   h e     h e   Q+q   h e   Q+q   h e   Q+
----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
4-4-|-4---|-----|-----|-----|-----*||-----|-----|-----|-----|-4-4-|-4---
----|-----|-2-2-|-2---|-2-2-|-2-2-*||-6-6-|-6---|-6-6-|-6---|-----|-----
----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----


q   h e   h e   h e    Q e e   Q e e   Q e e       w+  w+  w   w
--|-----|-----|-----||-----r-|-----r-|-----r-||------|---|---|---|------
--|-----|-----|-----||-----e-|-----e-|-----e-||-4:---|---|---|-4-|-5:---
--|-2-2-|-2-2-|-2-2-||-6-6-s-|-6-6-s-|-6-6-s-||-4:-4-|---|---|---|-8:---
--|-----|-----|-----||-----t-|-----t-|-----t-||------|---|---|---|------

                                <*
Q e e   Q e e   e e e e e       w   w   w+  w   w   w   w+  h e Q   w
----r-|-----r-|-----3---4-||------|---|---|---|---|---|---|-------|-----
----e-|-----e-|---4---6---||-4:---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-------|-----
6-6-s-|-6-6-s-|-6---------||-4:-6-|-4-|-3-|---|-6-|-4-|-3-|-3-3-4-|-6---
----t-|-----t-|-----------||------|---|---|---|---|---|---|-------|-----


  w   w+  w   w   w   w   w     w   w   w   h h        Q e e   Q e e
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||----|---|---|------||--------r-|-----r----
|---|---|---|---|---|---|-5-||*---|---|---|-----*||-5:-----e-|-----e----
|-4-|---|---|-3-|-5-|-3-|---||*-2-|-4-|-2-|-4---*||-8:-6-6-s-|-6-6-s----
|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---||----|---|---|------||--------t-|-----t----
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||----|---|---|---2--||----------|----------


       w+Q+  w+Q   w+Q+  w+Q   w+e e e   w+Q+  w+Q   w+Q   w+Q   w+e
||---------|-----|-----|-----|---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------
||-11:-----|-----|-----|-----|-----4-3-|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------
||-8-:-6---|-----|-6---|-----|-6-------|-6---|-----|-6---|-----|-6------
||---------|-----|-----|-----|---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------

                                                 *>
e e   w+Q+  w+Q   w+Q+  w+e e e   w+Q+  w+Q     w+Q  8x q q e e q e e
----|-----|-----|-----|-----3---|-----|-----||-------||-----------------
4---|-3---|-----|-4---|-------4-|-6---|-----||*-----*||-----------------
--6-|-----|-----|-----|---------|-----|-----||*-6---*||-4-4-4-3-4-4-4---
----|-----|-----|-----|---------|-----|-----||-------||-----------------

                     <*      *>
e   q q e e q e e e   w+Q+  w+Q     e e e e e e e e e e e e  4x    e
--|-----------------|-----|-----||------3--------------------||---------
--|-----------------|-----|-----||*---4---6-3-------4-6-3---*||-5:------
3-|-4-4-4-3-4-4---4-|-6---|-----||*-6---------4---6-------4-*||-8:------
--|-------------4---|-----|-----||--------------6------------||----6----

                                                  Repeat and Fade
                                                   <*           *>
e e e e   e e e e e   Q e e   Q e e   Q e e        w   w   w   h h
--------|-----------|-----r-|-----r-|-----r-||-------|---|---|--------||
--4---3-|-----4---3-|-----e-|-----e-|-----e-||*-4:---|---|---|-------*||
6---4---|---6---4---|-2-2-s-|-2-2-s-|-2-2-s-||*-4:-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-----*||
--------|-6---------|-----t-|-----t-|-----t-||-------|---|---|--------||
--------|-----------|-------|-------|-------||-------|---|---|---2----||




========================================================================
==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        ==
========================================================================

----------                ----------                ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6--- Tap
----------                ---------- Note           --------
----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------

----------                ----------                -----p--
----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7-- Pop
----------                ---------- Note           --s-----
----58--- 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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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture kevin Average	#1 by kevin Kicks at Jun 24, 1973 at 7:39 PM EST
	This is by far the saddest song by Rush there is. Especially the line "sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it" forces the tears to wet my eyes. As Alex said on the Boys In Brazil documentary, you should do every thing in life as if it is the very last time.

No Picture tyler Average	#2 by tyler staplers at Sep 5, 1980 at 10:38 PM EST
	I couldn't sing this without crying. My favouite part is the last stanza.

No Picture k Wanna Be	#3 by k k at Jul 9, 1982 at 5:54 AM EST
	I think the verses about the writer relate to Ernest Hemingway. The song as a whole seems to highlight the agony of not being able to perform, or deliver any more, that which once came so easily. Ben Mink's electric violin is beautiful!