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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 <seanj@execpc.com>
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
--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------
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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
========================================================================
== Created with a demo version of BUCKET O' TAB ==
== tablature creation software for Windows ==
== For more info email gse@his.com ==
========================================================================
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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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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Toshi Wanna Be |
#2 by Toshi hira at May 1, 1970 at 9:00 PM EST |
| This song always makes me think of those younger days when sparkin' up a fattie and listening to 2112 was considered a good way to spend an afternoon... Aaaahhh... Mmmmm...... | |
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Callum Average |
#3 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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Person Average |
#4 by Person at Sep 10, 1977 at 4:58 PM EST |
| "This song always makes me think of those younger days when sparkin' up a fattie and listening to 2112 was considered a good way to spend an afternoon... Aaaahhh... Mmmmm......" This sounds like an ideal way to spend an afternoon IMO. I hope it still is. Is for me anyway. Rush Rocks | |
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bill Average |
#5 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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Layne Wanna Be |
#6 by Layne Staley at Jan 22, 1985 at 2:17 PM EST |
| This song is about traveling around the middle east smoking different dopes! | |
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MOTLEY CRUE! Lead Player |
#7 by MOTLEY CRUE! ROCKS! at Sep 22, 1989 at 8:17 PM EST |
| If you read the liner notes from the album, it says "With acknowledgment to the genius of Ayn Rand", which is obvious in the song "2112", but I've always if somehow it also applies to this song as well. | |
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Chris Average |
#8 by Chris Hutt at Oct 5, 1993 at 1:03 PM EST |
| a paen to pot and other drugs ^_^ | |
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fukt Average |
#9 by fukt at Aug 25, 2003 at 3:34 PM EST |
| Most of the places mentioned in the second verse are unfamiliar with marijuana, and it's much more likely they'd be smoking various other plants out of a hookah. | |
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Nick Average |
#10 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! | |