Afterimage Bass Tab

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Rush: Afterimage
From the album Grace Under Pressure (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1984 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Comments/corrections to Sean Jones 

Transcribed by Sean Jones

Note: This entire song is performed on a synth.  The fifth string, when
notated, is a low B.


   w   Q q e e e   w   Q q e e e   e e H   Q q e e e   h+e q e   Q q
||---|-----------|---|-----------|-------|-----------|---------|--------
||---|-----------|---|-----------|-------|-----------|---------|--------
||-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|---|-----------|-------|-----------|---------|--------
||---|-----------|-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-1---1-1-|-1-1----


e e e   e e H   Q q e e e   q H   Q q e e e   w   Q q e e e   Q e h
------|-------|-----------|-----|-----------|---|-----------|-------|---
------|-------|-----------|-----|-----------|---|-----------|-------|---
------|-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----------|---|-----------|-------|---
1-0-1-|-------|-----------|-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-|---


Q q e e e    e e H   Q q e e e   h+Q e   Q q e q   w   Q q e q   Q Q
----------||-------|-----------|-------|---------|---|---------|--------
----------||-------|-----------|-------|---------|---|---------|--------
----------||-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|-------|---------|---|---------|--------
1-1-1-1-1-||-------|-----------|-0---0-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1----


e e   Q Q e e     e e e q Q   e e e q Q   e h q e   w  4x     w   w
----|---------||------r-----|-----r-----|---------|----||-||----|---|---
----|---------||*-----e-----|-----e-----|---------|---*||-||*---|---|---
----|---------||*---0-s---0-|---0-s---0-|---------|---*||-||*-1-|---|---
1-1-|-1-1-1-1-||--3---t-3---|-3---t-3---|---------|----||-||----|-3-|---
----|---------||------------|-----------|-3-3-3-1-|-1--||-||----|---|---


w   e Q e Q     w   w   e e H   e Q e Q    w   Q q e q   e e q h+  Q
--|----------||---|---|-------|---------||---|---------|---------|------
--|---------*||---|---|-------|---------||---|---------|---------|------
--|---------*||-1-|---|-------|---------||-0-|-0-0-0-0-|---------|------
--|----------||---|-3-|-------|---------||---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|------
3-|-1-1-3-3--||---|---|-3-3-3-|-1-1-3-3-||---|---------|---------|------


q e q   w   Q q e q   Q e+h   Q e+h   e e e q Q   e e e q Q   e q q q
------|---|---------|-------|-------|-----r-----|-----r-----|-----------
------|---|---------|-------|-------|-----e-----|-----e-----|-----------
------|---|---------|-------|-------|---0-s---0-|---0-s---0-|-----------
0-0-0-|-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1---|-1-1---|-3---t-3---|-3---t-3---|-----------
------|---|---------|-------|-------|-----------|-----------|-3-3-3-3---


e   w     e e e q Q   e e e q Q   e h q e+  w  3x     w   w   w   h q
--|---||------r-----|-----r-----|---------|----||-||----|---|---|-------
--|---||*-----e-----|-----e-----|---------|---*||-||*---|---|---|-------
--|---||*---0-s---0-|---0-s---0-|---------|---*||-||*-1-|---|---|-------
--|---||--3---t-3---|-3---t-3---|---------|----||-||----|-3-|---|-------
1-|-1-||------------|-----------|-3-3-3-1-|----||-||----|---|-3-|-1-3---


e e     w   w   e e+H   h h   w   w    e e H+  w+  w+  h e e e e    e e
-----||---|---|-------|-----|---|---||-------|---|---|---r-------||-----
----*||---|-0-|-------|---0-|---|---||-0-0---|---|---|---e-------||-----
----*||-1-|---|-------|-3---|-1-|---||-------|---|---|---s---5---||-5---
-----||---|---|-------|-----|---|-3-||-------|---|---|---t-------||-----
1-3--||---|---|-3-3---|-1-3-|---|---||-----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 e e
r-----------||--r-----------r---|-----------------|-----r-----------|---
e-----------||*-e-----------e---|-----------------|-----e-----------|---
s---5---5---||*-s---5---5---s---|-5---5---7---3---|-3---s---3---3---|---
t-3---3---3-||--t-3---3---3-t-3-|---3---3---3---1-|---1-t-1---1---1-|---


e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e  4x e e e e e e e
r-----------r---|-----------------|-----r------------||-r-----------r---
e-----------e---|-----------------|-----e-----------*||-e-----------e---
s---3---3---s---|-3---3---7---5---|-5---s---5---5---*||-s---5---5---s---
t-1---1---1-t-1-|---1---1---1---3-|---3-t-3---3---3--||-t-3---3---3-t---


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 H     e
--|-----------------|-----r-----------|-r-----------r---|-------||------
--|-----------------|-----e-----------|-e-----------e---|-------||*-----
--|-5---5---7---3---|-3---s---3---3---|-s---3---3---s---|-3---3-||*-5---
3-|---3---3---3---1-|---1-t-1---1---1-|-t-1---1---1-t-1-|---1---||------


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 e
------r-------|-----r-----------|-r---------------|---------r-------|---
------e-------|-----e-----------|-e---------------|---------e-------|---
--5---s---5---|-5---s---5---5---|-s---5---5---5---|-3---3---s---3---|---
3---3-t-3---3-|---3-t-3---3---3-|-t-3---3---3---3-|---1---1-t-1---1-|---


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 e
----r-----------|-r----------------||---------r-------|-----r-----------
----e-----------|-e---------------*||---------e-------|-----e-----------
3---s---3---3---|-s---3---3---3---*||-5---5---s---5---|-5---s---5---5---
--1-t-1---1---1-|-t-1---1---1---1--||---3---3-t-3---3-|---3-t-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 e h+
--|-r---------------|---------r-------|-----r-----------|-r---------|---
--|-e---------------|---------e-------|-----e-----------|-e---------|---
--|-s---5---5---5---|-3---3---s---3---|-3---s---3---3---|-s---3---3-|---
3-|-t-3---3---3---3-|---1---1-t-1---1-|---1-t-1---1---1-|-t-1---1---|---


   h       w   Q q s s e e   w   Q q s s e e   e e H   Q q s s q   Q
-----||------|-------------|---|-------------|-------|-----------|------
2:---||-4:---|-------------|---|-------------|-------|-----------|------
4:---||-4:-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---|-------------|-------|-----------|------
-----||------|-------------|-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-1----


e+h   Q q e e e   e e H   Q q s s q   e e q h   Q q e e e   w   Q q s
----|-----------|-------|-----------|---------|-----------|---|---------
----|-----------|-------|-----------|---------|-----------|---|---------
----|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|-----------|---|---------
1---|-1-1-1-1-1-|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-|-3-3-3---


s q   Q e+h   Q e+h    e e e q Q   e e e q Q   e q q q e+  w    e e e
----|-------|-------||-----r-----|-----r-----|-----------|---||-----r---
----|-------|-------||-----e-----|-----e-----|-----------|---||-----e---
----|-------|-------||---0-s---5-|---0-s---5-|-----------|---||---0-s---
3-3-|-1-1---|-1-1---||-3---t-3---|-3---t-3---|-----------|---||-3---t---
----|-------|-------||-----------|-----------|-3-3-3-3-1-|---||-----r---


q Q   e e e q Q   e h q e+  w    w   w   h+e q e   h+e q e   w   w
----|-----r-----|---------|---||---|---|---------|---------|---|---|----
----|-----e-----|---------|---||---|---|---------|---------|---|---|----
--5-|---0-s---5-|---------|---||-1-|---|---------|---------|-1-|---|----
3---|-3---t-3---|---------|---||---|-3-|---------|---------|---|-3-|----
----|-----------|-3-3-3-1-|---||---|---|-3---3-3-|-1---3-3-|---|---|----


e e H   h h   w   e e H   w   Q e+h   w   e e H   e e H   Q e+h   q q
------|-----|---|-------|---|-------|---|-------|-------|-------|-r-----
------|-----|---|-------|---|-------|---|-------|-------|-------|-e-----
------|-----|-1-|-------|---|-------|-1-|-------|-------|-------|-s-1---
------|-----|---|-3-3-3-|---|-------|---|-3-3-3-|-------|-------|-t-----
3-3-3-|-1-3-|---|-------|-3-|-1-3---|---|-------|-3-3-3-|-1-3---|-r-----


q e e   q q q e e   q H
r-----|-r---r-----|-r---||----------------------------------------------
e-----|-e---e-----|-e---||----------------------------------------------
s-1-1-|-s---s-----|-s---||----------------------------------------------
t-----|-t-3-t-3-3-|-t---||----------------------------------------------
------|-----------|---3-||----------------------------------------------




========================================================================
==                       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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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mad Mark Rhythm Player	#1 by Mad Mark Rude at Mar 14, 1983 at 3:27 AM EST
	It's interesting how Peart tries hard to stay objective........even when it comes to death. I applaud the bravery it takes to do this.

No Picture Brendon Wanna Be	#2 by Brendon Cooper at May 30, 1989 at 12:35 PM EST
	I was just listening to the Grace Under Pressure album last night, and I heard this song. I guessed by the "suddenly you were gone" and "this can't be understood" that it meant something about a death. I just didn't know who it was. R.I.P. Mr. Whalen.

No Picture mason Average	#3 by mason coats at May 17, 1993 at 11:50 AM EST
	i had no idea that was what this song was about...i liked it in the first place, but knowing that makes it an even more unbelievable song. Neil Peart writes some of the best lyrics.

No Picture Nikki Sixx Badass	#4 by Nikki Sixx Is The Flippin God. at Jun 6, 2001 at 2:15 PM EST
	This is my all-time favourite Rush track. Obviously not for the subject matter, but for the sound. The guitar solo for me is Alex's best, it sounds like his guitar is actually crying. Geddy's vocals do the same thing and if anyone has a copy of the "Through The Camera Eye" video, Neil's look at the end of the song. All these things are testament to the loss suffered.