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A Farewell To Kings Bass Tab

Send "A Farewell To Kings" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Rush: A Farewell to Kings
>From the album A Farewell to Kings (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1977 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Comments/corrections to Sean Jones <seanj@execpc.com>

Transcribed by Sean Jones


       H                   H                 H h                 H
||-----r-|----3 mm---||----r-|----2 mm--|----r-r-|----9 mm--|----r-|----
||*-3:-e-|-4:-rest--*||-3:-e-|-4:-rest--|-5:-e-e-|-4:-rest--|-3:-e-|-4:-
||*-4:-s-|-4:-------*||-4:-s-|-4:-------|-4:-s-s-|-4:-------|-4:-s-|-4:-
||-----t-|-----------||----t-|----------|----t-t-|----------|----t-|----


           H                                     Q e Q e   q e e e e
-3 mm-|----r-|----2 mm--|----3 mm--|----2 mm--||---------|--------------
-rest-|-3:-e-|-4:-rest--|-5:-rest--|-4:-rest--||---7-7-5-|-5---4-5-4----
------|-4:-s-|-4:-------|-4:-------|-4:-------||-0-------|---7----------
------|----t-|----------|----------|----------||---------|--------------


q   Q e Q e      q e e e e      Q e Q e      q e e e e      Q e Q e
--|---------|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|---
--|---------|-3:---------4-|-4:---7-7-5-|-3:-5---4-5-4-|-4:---------|---
7-|-5------|-4:---4-5-7---|-4:-0-------|-4:---7-------|-4:-5------|---
--|---2-2-3-|----3---------|------------|--------------|------2-2-3-|---


   q e e e e      Q e e e e e      q e e e e      Q e Q e   q e e e e
-------------|----------------|--------------|------------|-------------
3:---------4-|-4:---7-7-9-7---|-3:-5---4-5-4-|-4:---------|---------4---
4:---4-5-7---|-4:-0---------7-|-4:---7-------|-4:-5------|---4-5-7-----
---3---------|----------------|--------------|------2-2-3-|-3-----------


q   q H           H q     Q q e e e   E s e q e e e   E s e q e e e
--|---r-|-------|-r---||------------|-------------7-|---------------|---
--|---e-|-------|-e-2/||*-7-7-7-7---|---------------|-5-5-4-5-4-5---|---
2/|-0-s-|-------|-s---||*---------7-|-8-8-8-7-7-5---|-------------5-|---
--|---t-|-------|-t---||------------|---------------|---------------|---


e e e e e e e e     e s s s s q e e e   e s s s s q e e e   e q q e e
-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|---------r---
----------------*||-4-x-x-x-x-5---5---|-4-x-x-x-x-5---5-5-|-5-----7-e---
7-----7-----7---*||-------------5---5-|-------------5-----|---0-0---s---
--0-0---0-0---0--||-------------------|-------------------|---------t---


e   Q e e q e   e q q e e e   e q h e   e q q q e   h e e e e    e e
--|-9---------|---r---------|---r-----|-----------|-----------||---r----
7-|-------7-7-|-4-e-5---5---|-4-e-5-5-|-5----/7-9-|-----------||-5-e----
--|---7-7-----|---s---5---5-|---s-----|---0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-||---s----
--|-----------|---t---------|---t-----|-----------|-----------||---t----


e s s e e e e   e s s e s s e e e e+  e q q q e+  e q q e e e   e s s
--r-----------|---r-----r-----------|-----------|-------------|---r-----
5-e---5-4-5---|-5-e---5-e---4-5-4---|------/7-7-|---7-7-7---7-|-5-e-----
--s-5-------5-|---s-5---s-5-------0-|---0-0-----|---------7---|---s-5---
--t-----------|---t-----t-----------|-----------|-------------|---t-----


e s s e e e e   e e e e e e e e+  e Q e q e+  h e e e e   e e e e e e
--r-----------|-r-------r-------|-----r-----|---r-------|---------r-----
5-e---5-4-----|-e-------e-------|-----e/7-7-|---e-7-5-7-|-5-4-----e-----
--s-5-----7-5-|-s-4-5-2-s-4-2-0-|---0-s-----|---s-------|-----7-5-s-4---
--t-----------|-t-------t-------|-----t-----|---t-------|---------t-----


e e   e e e e e e e e+  e Q e e e e+  e e e q e e e   w   Q q e q   e
----|-r-------r-------|-----r-----9-|-------9-------|---|---------|-----
----|-e-------e-------|-----e-7-----|---7-----7---7-|-5-|-4-------|-----
5-7-|-s-5-4-2-s-4-2-0-|---0-s---7---|-----7-----7---|---|---7-5-4|-0---
----|-t-------t-------|-----t-------|---------------|---|---------|-----


q e h   w   q H           H q    Q q e e e   e s s e q e e e   E s e
r---r-|---|---r-|-2 mm.-|-r---||-----------|-----------------|----------
e---e-|-5-|---e-|-rest--|-e-2/||-7-7-7-7---|---------------7-|-5-5------
s-2-s-|---|-0-s-|-------|-s---||---------7-|-8-8-8-8-7-7-5---|-----5----
t---t-|---|---t-|-------|-t---||-----------|-----------------|----------


q e e e   e e e e e e e e   Q q e e e   E s e q e e e   e e e e e e e
--------|-----------------|-----------|-------------7-|---7-7---7---7---
--4-5---|-----------------|-7-7-7-7---|---------------|-5-----5---5-----
5-----5-|-7-----7-----7---|---------7-|-8-8-8-7-7-5---|-----------------
--------|---0-0---0-0---0-|-----------|---------------|-----------------


e   e e e e e e e e   e q q e e e   e q h e   e q e e q e   q e q e q
--|-----------------|---r---------|---r-----|-------------|-9-------9---
5-|-----------------|-4-e-5---5---|-4-e-5-5-|-5-7---7---7-|---7-7-7-----
--|-7-----7-----7---|---s---5---5-|---s-----|-----0---0---|-------------
--|---0-0---0-0---0-|---t---------|---t-----|-------------|-------------


   e q q e e e   e q q q e   e Q e q e+  e q q  e q        q q
|---r---------|---r-------|-----------|----/11-9----||--------||-------
-|-4-e-5---5---|-4-e-5-5-5-|-5-7-7-----|----------11||-2:---7-||*-5:---
-|---s---5---5-|---s-------|-------0-0-|---0---------||-4:-0---||*-8:---
-|---t---------|---t-------|-----------|-------------||--------||-------


E E q      E e s E s q  3x E E q e s e s   E s q E E      E s E e s
------|-----------------||---------------|-----------|----------------
------|-7:-7-7-7-----7-*||-------7-7-7-7-|-----7-----|-5:-----7-7-7---
0-0-0-|-8:-------0-0---*||-0-0-0---------|-0-0---0-0-|-8:-0-0---------
------|-----------------||---------------|-----------|----------------


     E s q E E      E s E e s      E s q s s s e s      E s E e s
|--------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|---
|-7:-----7-----|-5:-----7-7-7-|-7:-----7-5-4---5-7-|-5:-----7-7-7-|---
|-8:-0-0---0-0-|-8:-0-0-------|-8:-0-0-------7-----|-8:-0-0-------|---
|--------------|--------------|--------------------|--------------|---


   E s q E E      q E e s      q E s s s s s e      E s E e s      E
-------------|------------|--------------r-----|--------------|---------
7:-----7-5-7-|-5:---7-7-7-|-7:---7---4-5-e-----|-5:-----7-7-7-|-7:------
8:-0-0-------|-8:-0-------|-8:-0---0-----s-5-7-|-8:-0-0-------|-8:-0----
-------------|------------|--------------t-----|--------------|---------


s E s s s s s e      E s E e s      E s E s E E      q E e s      E s
----------------|--------------|----------------|------------|----------
--7---5-4-x-5-7-|-5:-----7-7-7-|-7:-----7-7-----|-5:---7-7-7-|-7:-------
0---0-----------|-8:-0-0-------|-8:-0-0-----0-0-|-8:-0-------|-8:-0-0---
----------------|--------------|----------------|------------|----------


q Q      q e s e s      q E s s s s s e      E s E e s      e e e e s
----|--------------|--------------------|--------------|----------------
7-7-|-5:---7-7-7-7-|-7:---7---5-4-x-----|-5:-----7-7-7-|-7:-----7---5---
----|-8:-0---------|-8:-0---0-------5-7-|-8:-0-0-------|-8:-0-0---0-----
----|--------------|--------------------|--------------|----------------


s   s e      E s E e s      e e e e s s s s s s      E s E e s      e
--------|--------------|------------------------|--------------|--------
4-x-----|-5:-----7-7-7-|-7:-----7---5-4-0-5-4-0-|-5:-----7-7-7-|-7:-----
----5-7-|-8:-0-0-------|-8:-0-0---0-------------|-8:-0-0-------|-8:-0---
--------|--------------|------------------------|--------------|--------


e e e s s s s s s      E s S S S S      E s E s E E        q E E
------------------|----------------|----------------||-----------|------
--7---------------|-5:-----7-7-7-7-|-7:-----7-7-----||*-5:---7-7-|-7:---
0---0-0-2-4-4-5-7-|-8:-0-0---------|-8:-0-0-----0-0-||*-8:-0-----|-8:---
------------------|----------------|----------------||-----------|------


q q E E  4x    q E E        w+  w   w+  w  3x
---------||----------||-------|---|---|----||---
--7-----*||-5:---7-7-||*-4:---|---|-5-|---*||---
0---0-0-*||-8:-0-----||*-4:-0-|---|---|---*||---
---------||----------||-------|---|---|----||---


  w+  w   q e e e e e e   e e e e q q    e e E s e e e e   e s s
|---|---|---------------|-----------r-||-----------------|---r------
|---|---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-e-||-5---5---5-4-5---|-5-e------
|-0-|---|---------------|-----------s-||-------5-------5-|---s-5----
|---|---|---------------|-----------t-||---3-------------|---t------


e s s e e e e+  e q q e e e+  e q q e e e   e e e s s e e e e   e e e
--r-----------|-------------|-------------|-------r-----------|-r-------
5-e---4-5-4---|------/7---7-|---7-7-7---7-|-5---5-e---5-4-----|-e-------
--s-5-------0-|---0-0---0---|---------7---|-------s-5-----7-5-|-s-4-5---
--t-----------|-------------|-------------|---3---t-----------|-t-------


e e e e e+  e Q e e e e+  h e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e+
--r-------|-----r-------|---r-------|---------r-------|-r-------r---------
--e-------|-----e/7---7-|---e-7---7-|-5-4-5-4-e-------|-e-------e---------
2-s-4-2-0-|---0-s---0---|---s---0---|---------s-7-5-7-|-s-5-4-5-s-4-2-0---
--t-------|-----t-------|---t-------|---------t-------|-t-------t---------


  e Q e e e e+  e h e q   w   Q Q q   e q e h   w   e e E s e e e e
|-----r-------|---------|---|-------|---r---r-|---|-----------------|---
|-----e-7---7-|---7-7-7-|-5-|-4-----|---e/9-e-|---|-5---5---5-4-5---|---
|---0-s---7---|---------|---|---7-5|-0-s---s-|---|-------5-------5-|---
|-----t-------|---------|---|-------|---t---t-|-3-|---3-------------|---


e s s e s s e e e e+  h e q e+  e e e s s e s s e e   e e e s s e e e
--r-----r-----------|---r-----|---------------------|-------r-----------
5-e---5-e---4-5-4---|---e-7-7-|-----7-6-7---6-7---7-|-5---5-e---5-4-----
--s-5---s-5-------0-|---s-----|---0-------0-----0---|-------s-5-----7---
--t-----t-----------|---t-----|---------------------|---3---t-----------


e   e e e s s e e e e+  Q e Q e   q e e e e q   Q e Q e   q e e e e q
--|---r---r-----------|---------|-------------|---------|---------------
--|-5-e-5-e---5-4-----|---9-9-5-|-5---4-5-4---|---------|---------4-----
5-|---s---s-5-----7-0-|---------|---7-------7-|-5------|---4-5-7---2---
--|---t---t-----------|---------|-------------|---2-2-3-|-3-------------


  q e s s Q e      q e e e e      Q e Q e      q e e e e      Q e Q e
|---r---------|--------------|------------|--------------|--------------
|---e-7-7-7-5-|-3:-5---4-5-4-|-4:---------|-3:---------4-|-4:---7-7-5---
|-0-s---------|-4:---7-------|-4:-5-------|-4:---4-5-7---|-4:-0---------
|---t---------|--------------|------2-2-3-|----3---------|--------------


     q e e e e      Q e Q e   w+  w   w   w
|--------------|------------|---|---|-r-|---||--------------------------
|-3:-5---4-5-4-|-4:---------|---|---|-e-|-9-||--------------------------
|-4:---7-------|-4:-5-------|---|---|-s-|---||--------------------------
|--------------|------2-2-3-|-3-|---|-t-|---||--------------------------




========================================================================
==                       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

========================================================================
==            Created with a demo version of BUCKET O' TAB            ==
==              tablature creation software for Windows               ==
==                  For more info email gse@his.com                   ==
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A Farewell To Kings Bass Tab

Send "A Farewell To Kings" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Adam Average	#1 by Adam ****** at Aug 31, 1970 at 12:25 AM EST
	I think this song warns of the corruption of our leaders, and the peoples general disillusionment and complacency in regards to politics. We turn away from the "Castles" which are the centers of political power, and take the path of least resistance. While corrupt politicians spread fear, lies, and corruption in our society. Rush is saying that people are going to have to start caring, and acting in order for real positive change to occur in our society.

No Picture michael Average	#2 by michael at Dec 9, 1997 at 3:59 AM EST
	I think we all have bits and pieces we interpret differently. I think the first paragraph can be translated to our unhealthy use of the planet. Instead of pouring ourselves a glass of soda, we are on the run and opt for cans we never recycle and require the production of plastic rings that never degrade. Instead of looking toward the American Dream, we choose the 'path of least resistance' and use credit cards for instant gratification, but only end up falling into debt. I can't get enough of Geddy's screeches.

No Picture bob Wanna Be	#3 by bob morton at Aug 15, 2004 at 3:13 PM EST
	You all may be right, but I think that in this song Rush isn't only speaking of world leaders and business tycoons; using pronouns like "we" and "us" suggest that they mean everybody, not just the people in charge. There is corruption everywhere (in the words of George Carlin, "Bullshit is rampant"). I think the "Castles" mentioned are the castles in the sky -- that society of our dreams, the one everyone fantasizes about when thinking of their own Utopia. This song advises us to turn away from atrocities of the past and even of the present, and start working productively together to make life better for everyone. One of my favorites.

No Picture mikey Average	#4 by mikey firkins at Apr 2, 2006 at 12:58 PM EST
	I think this song warns of the corruption of our leaders, and the peoples general disillusionment and complacency in regards to politics. We turn away from the "Castles" which are the centers of political power, and take the path of least resistance. While corrupt politicians spread fear, lies, and corruption in our society. Rush is saying that people are going to have to start caring, and acting in order for real positive change to occur in our society.

No Picture Tom Average	#5 by Tom Someguy at Oct 5, 2006 at 11:49 AM EST
	It doesn't even only apply to politicians. It can be some head of a corporation who wants nothing but money. We have shelved cars that run soley on vegetable oil and mere garbage and are millions of times more effecient, because we want the income from gas money. It's sickening, and Neil hits the nail on the head... like always.

No Picture Paul Wanna Be	#6 by Paul Ellefson at Apr 21, 2007 at 11:19 PM EST
	yep. Great song imo.