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Rush: A Passage to Bangkok
From the album 2112 (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1976 Core Music Publishing
Music By Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart
Comments/corrections to Sean Jones
Transcribed by Sean Jones
e E s E s s s E s s s E s E s s s q s s e
||-r-|--8 mm.--||----------------------|--------------------||-||-------
||-e-|--rest---||*---------------------|-------------------*||-||*------
||-s-|---------||*-7---5---7p5---------|-3---2---3p2-------*||-||*-7----
||-t-|---------||----0---0-----7-7-0-0-|---0---0-----3-0-0--||-||-------
e e e e E s s s e e e e e E s s s E s e q q e+ e e s e s s e e
----------------|--------------------||--------/4---|-----7-----7-5-4---
----------------|-------------------*||-------5---7-|-------------------
75-5/7---------|-3-32-2/3---------*||-5-5-5-------|---5---5-5---------
--------7-7-0-0-|-----------3-3-0-0--||-------------|-------------------
s s e E s e q e e e e s^s^s^s s s t t s s s s s s s s E s e q q
----7-|---------------|-----------------------------------|---------4---
4-5---|-5-5-4-5-4-5-7-|-----------------------------4-5-7-|-------5-----
------|---------------|-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-------
------|---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------
e+ e q e E s s s s s E s e q e q w+ w E s E s
5-|---4-----7-5-4-----|-------------|---|---||--4 mm.----||-------------
--|---------------7-5-|-5-5-4-5-4/7-|---|---||--rest-----||*------------
--|-----5-5-----------|-------------|-0-|---||-----------||*-7---5------
--|-------------------|-------------|---|---||-----------||----0---0----
s s E s s s E s E s s s q s s e e e e e E s s s e e e e e
------------|--------------------||-||--------------------|-------------
------------|-------------------*||-||*-------------------|-------------
7p5---------|-3---2---3p2-------*||-||*-7-75-5/7---------|-3-32-2/3---
----7-7-0-0-|---0---0-----3-0-0--||-||------------7-7-0-0-|-------------
E s s s E s e q q e+ e e s e s s e e s e E s e q e e e s s s
---------||--------/4---|-----7-----7-5-4-4---|---------------|---------
--------*||-------5---7-|-------------------7-|-5-5-4-5-4-5-7-|---------
--------*||-5-5-5-------|---5---5-5-----------|---------------|-0-0-0---
3-3-0-0--||-------------|---------------------|---------------|---------
t t s s t t s s t t s s s s s s E s e q q e+ e q e e s^s^s^s^s^s^s^
--------------------------------|---------4-5-|---4-----7-7-7-7-7-7-----
------------------------4-5-7---|-------5-----|---------------------7---
4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------5-|-5-5-5-------|-----5-5-----------------
--------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------
s^s^ E s e q e s E w+ w e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e s s
----|---------------|---|---||------------------------|-----------------
7-7-|-5-5-4-5-4-5-7-|---|---||*-----------------------|-----------------
----|---------------|-0-|---||*-2-2-----2-----2-2-----|-----------------
----|---------------|---|---||------2-2---2-2-----2-2-|-2-2-0-0-2-0-0---
e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e 4x e e s s
--------|-----------------------|-----------------------||--------------
--------|-----------------------|-7:-------------------*||-4:-----------
--------|-----------------------|-8:---------------5-4-*||-4:-2-2-------
2-2-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|----5-5-3-3-5-3-3------||--------2-2---
e s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s
--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------
--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------
2-----2-2-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------
--2-2-----2-2-|-2-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-|-5-5-3---
s e s s Q+ w E s e q q e+ e e s e s s e e s s s q e q e e e
----------|---||--------/4---|-----7-----7-5-4-4-----|-------------|----
----------|---||-------5---7-|-------------------5-7-|-5-4-5-4-5-7-|----
--------5-|---||-5-5-5-------|---5---5-5-------------|-------------|----
3-5-3-3---|---||-------------|-----------------------|-------------|----
e s^s^s^s^s^s^s^s^s^s s s s s s e E s e q q e+ e q e e t t s t t s
----------------------------------|---------4-5-|---4-----7-7-7-7-7-7---
--------------------------------7-|-------5-----|-----------------------
0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-5---|-5-5-5-------|-----5-5---------------
----------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------
e E s e q e e e Q e s s s t t s s t t s E s e q q e+
7-|---------------|---r-14-14-14-12-14-14-14-12-14-14|--------/4---|---
--|-5-5-4-5-4-5-7-|---e-------------------------------|-------5---7-|---
--|---------------|-0-s-------------------------------|-5-5-5-------|---
--|---------------|---t-------------------------------|-------------|---
e e s e s e s E e q e q e e e e s e s e s e s e e E s e q e e e+
----7-------7---7-|-------------|---------------------|---------4-4-5---
------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-7-|-------------------7|-------5---------
--5---5-5-5---5---|-------------|-0-0-4-4-5-5-6-6-7---|-5-5-5-----------
------------------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------
e q e e t t s S t S t E s e q e s E Q s s s s s s e s s q s s
|---4-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------|---------------------|---------
|-----------------------|-5-5-4-5-4-5-7-|---------------------|-5-4-4---
|-----5-5---------------|---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------
|-----------------------|---------------|---------------------|---------
q e s E w
--------|---||----------------------------------------------------------
5-4-5-7-|---||----------------------------------------------------------
--------|-5-||----------------------------------------------------------
--------|---||----------------------------------------------------------
========================================================================
== 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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== 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
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Alberto Average |
#1 by Alberto Guglielmino at Jan 25, 1970 at 9:22 PM EST |
| MasterDuncan03...you may be right about the Opium thing but the phrase "burn the midnight oil" means to stay up really late Well this song is about drugs, lol, its one of the fewRush songs thats actually deals with drugs...its a great song nonetheless instrumentals and vocals are amazing as usual! | |
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Callum Average |
#2 by Callum Baker at Mar 7, 1976 at 12:28 AM EST |
| Gotta love this song, I think its about a lot of different narcotics. each place they talk about has its different drug. cannabis, opium, heoin, cocaine, its all there somewhere | |
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bill Average |
#3 by bill i am at Jul 2, 1984 at 1:39 PM EST |
| one of the few Rush songs about drugs. great guitar solo in the middle | |
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Nick Average |
#4 by Nick Meyer at Nov 21, 2004 at 4:31 PM EST |
| Awesome song, definitely got the meaning down and definitely a great way to spend the afternoon. Rush rules! | |
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