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Grace Under Pressure Tabs:

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Send "Distant Early Warning" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Rush: Distant Early Warning
>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 <seanj@execpc.com>

Transcribed by Don Dianetti and Sean Jones


      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
||--------------------|-----------------|---------------5-|---54-------
||-4:-----5---7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|-----3---5-------|-------0/7---
||-4:-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------7|-3-3---3---0-3---|-------------
||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------


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 e
------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
7-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---7---5---|-----5-----
----7|-----3---5-5--/7-|---7-5-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0---
------|-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 e
--------|---------------5-|---5-4-----------|-----------------|---------
7-7-5---|-----3---5-------|-------0/7-7-5---|-----------------|---------
------7|-3-3---3---0-3---|---------------7|-----3---5-5--/7-|---7-5---
--------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-----3---|---------

                                            <*
e e e e e   e e e e e e e e+  e e e e e e q        q q Q  3x q q Q
----------|-----------------|---------------||------------||------------
----------|-----5---7---5---|-----5---7-7-5||*-7:-------*||-7-7-7------
0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------||*-8:-0-0-0-*||------------
----------|-----------------|---------------||------------||------------

                       *>
       Q q      Q q q        e e e e e e e e+  e e e e e e e e   e e
||---------|-----------||--------------------|-----------------|--------
||*-5:-----|-7:-------*||-4:-----5---7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|--------
||*-8:-----|-8:-------*||-4:-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------7|-3-3----
||-----1-3-|----1-3-3--||--------------------|-----------------|--------


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   e
----------5-|---5-4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----
3---5-------|-------0/7-7-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----
--0---0-3---|---------------7|-----3---5-5--/7-|---7-5-0-3-3-5-5-|-0---
------------|-----------------|-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 e
--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
--5---7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|-----------------|-----------------|---
0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------7|-----3---5-5--/7-|---7-5-0-3-3-5-5-|---
--------------|-----------------|-3-3---0-----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 e e
----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|---5-4-------------
----5---7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|-----3---5-5-----|-------0/7-7-5-----
0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------7|-3-3---3-----3---|---------------7---
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------


   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e s s e   e e e e e e e e+  e e e e e
-|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------
-|-----------------|-------------------|-----5---7---5---|-----5---7----
|-----3---5-5-----|/7-7-5-0-3-3-5-5-5-|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0------
-|-3-3---3-----3-3-|-------------------|-----------------|--------------

    <*                                      *>
e q        q q Q  4x        Q q      Q q q        e e e e e e e e e
----||---------r--||-||---------|-----------||----------------------|---
7-5||*-7:-----e-*||-||*-5:-----|-7:-------*||-4:-------------3---2-|---
----||*-8:-0-0-s-*||-||*-8:-----|-8:-------*||-4:-5-5-5-5-5-5---3---|---
----||---------t--||-||-----1-3-|----1-3-3--||----------------------|---


e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e+  e e e q e e e+  e e e e e e e e
----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---
----------2---3-|-----------------|---------------|-----------3---2-|---
3-3-3-3-3---3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|-----------3-5-|---5-5-5-5---3---|---
----------------|-------------51-|---3-5-3-5-----|-----------------|---


e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e+  e e e q e e e+  e e e e e e e e
----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------r---|---
----------2---3-|-----------------|---------------|-----------3-e-2-|---
3-3-3-3-3---3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|-----------3-5-|---5-5-5-5---s---|---
----------------|-------------51-|---3-5-3-5-----|-------------t---|---


e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e+  e e e q e e e+  e e e e e e e e
----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---
----------2---3-|-----------------|---------------|-----------3---2-|---
3-3-3-3-3---3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|-----------3-5-|---5-5-5-5---3---|---
----------------|-------------51-|---3-5-3-5-----|-----------------|---


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
----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------
----------2---3-|-----------------|-----------------||-----5---7---5----
3-3-3-3-3---3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|-------------3/0-||---0---0---0------
----------------|-------------51-|---3-5-3-3-5-----||------------------


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
--|-----------------|---------------5-|---5-4-4---------|---------------
--|-----5---7-7-5---|-----3---5-5-----|---------7-7-5---|---------------
0-|---0---0-------7|-3-3---3-----3---|---------------7|-----3---5-5---
--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-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 e
----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
----|-----------------|-----5---7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|-----3---5---
-/7-|---7-5-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------7|-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 e
----5-|---5-4-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
5-----|-------0/7-7-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----5-----
--3---|---------------7|-----3---5-5-----|-7-7-5-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0---0---
------|-----------------|-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 e
--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------
7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---
--0---0-|---0---0-------7|-----3---5-5--/7-|---7-5-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0-----
--------|-----------------|-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 q   e e e
----------|-----------------|---------------5-|---5-4-4-------|---------
--7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|-----3---5-5-----|---------7-7-5|---------
0---0---0-|---0---0-------7|-3-3---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 q
----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||--------
----------|-----------------|-----5---7---5---|-----5-5-7-7-5||*-7:----
--5-5-----|-7-7-5-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0---0---0---0-|---0-----------||*-8:----
3-----3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||--------

                                 *>
q q Q  4x        Q q      Q q q         e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e
----r--||-||---------|-----------||---------------------|----------------
----e-*||-||*-5:-----|-7:-------*||*-4:-----------3---2-|-----------2----
0-0-s-*||-||*-8:-----|-8:-------*||*-4:-5-5-5-5-5---3---|-3-3-3-3-3------
----t--||-||-----1-3-|----1-3-3--||---------------------|----------------


e e   e e e e e e e e+  e e e q e e e+    e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e
----|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|---------------
--3-|-----------------|---------------*||-----------3---2-|-----------2---
3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|-----------3-5-*||---5-5-5-5---3---|-3-3-3-3-3-----
----|-------------51-|---3-5-3-5------||-----------------|---------------


e e   e e e e e e e e+  e e e E s e e e+  e e e e e e e e+  e e e e s
----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
--3-|---------------3-|---5-7-5-3-3-2---|---------3---2---|---------2---
3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|---------------5-|---5-5-5---3---3-|---3-3-3-----
----|-------------5---|-----------------|-----------------|-------------


s e e e+  e e e e e e e e+  e e e q e e e+  e e e e e s s e e+  e e e
--------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|---------
2---2---|-----------------|---------------|---------3-----2---|---------
--3---5-|---5-5-5-5-3-----|-----------3-5-|---5-5-5---3-3---3-|---3-3---
--------|-------------51-|---3-5-3-5-----|-------------------|---------


e s s e e e+  e e e e e e e e+  e e e q e e e    q h q   q h q   q h
------------|-----------------|---------------||---r---|---r---|---r----
--2-2---2---|-----------------|---------------||---e---|---e---|---e----
3-----3---5-|---5-5-5-5-3-----|-----------3-4-||-5-s-5-|-3-s-3-|-5-s----
------------|-------------51-|---3-5-3-5-----||---t---|---t---|---t----


e e   q e e e e e e   q h q   q h q   q E s s s e e e+  e e e e e e e
----|---------------|---r---|---r---|-----------r-----|-----------------
----|---------------|---e---|---e---|-----------e-----|-------------3---
3---|-------------3-|-5-s-5-|-3-s-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-s-5-5|---------3-5-----
--5|-1-1-1-3-3-5---|---t---|---t---|-----------t-----|---1-3-5---------


 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
---||-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-5-4-4-------
/--||-----5---7---5---|-----5---7-7-5---|-----3---5-5-----|-------7-7---
-0-||---0---0---0---0-|---0---0-------7|-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 e
------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
5-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---7---5---|-----5-5---
--7-5-|-----3---5-5--/7-|---5-5-0-3-3-5-5-|-0-0---0---0---0-|-0-0-------
------|-3-3---3-----3---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------

      <*                                                              *>
e e q        q q e e e  4x     q q Q  4x        q e q      q e q q
------||----------------||-||---------||-||-----------|-----------------
7-7-5/||*-7:-----7-7-7-*||-||*-------*||-||*-5:-------|-7:--------------
------||*-8:-0-0-------*||-||*-0-0-0-*||-||*-8:-------|-8:--------------
------||----------------||-||---------||-||-----1-1-3-|----1-1-3-3------


        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 q
-||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------
*||*-4:-----------3---2-|-----------2---3-|-----------------|------------
*||*-4:-5-5-5-5-5---3---|-3-3-3-3-3---3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|------------
-||---------------------|-----------------|-------------51-|---3-5-3----


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 q
-------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
------*||-----------3---2-|-----------2---3-|---------------3-|---5-7-5---
--3-5-*||---5-5-5-5---3---|-3-3-3-3-3---3---|-5-5-5-5-5-3-----|-----------
5------||-----------------|-----------------|-------------5---|-----------


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 s
------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
3-2---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------
----3-|-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-3-3-3-3-3---3---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-----------
------|-----------5---5-|-----------3--/5-|---------------5|-1-1-1-3---


s 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
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------
----------|---------3---2-3-|-------------2-3-|-----------------|-------
--------3-|-5-5-5-5---5-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-------
3-3-3-5---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5|-1-1---


e s s e e e e   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e e e e   e s s
--------------|-------7-----------7-----|-------5-------7-5---|---------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------7-|---------
------------3-|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-3-3-3---3-3-3-------|-5-5-5---
1-3-3-3-3/5---|-------------------------|---------------------|---------


e s s e s s e e   e e s s s s e e e e   q H
7-----------7---|---------------------|-----||--------------------------
----------------|-3-3-2-2-3-4-5-3-2---|-----||--------------------------
--5-5-5-5-5-----|-------------------3-|-5-5-||--------------------------
--------------5-|---------------------|-----||--------------------------


Note: Measures bracketed in <* *> should be played on a synth.

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==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        ==
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----------                ----------                ----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


No Picture Bryan Average	#1 by Bryan at Mar 18, 1989 at 11:14 PM EST
	This song always reminds me of when I think about my friends either being in trouble or heading towards trouble, and there's nothing I can do to help them. It's a great song, and definitely one of my favorite Rush songs.

No Picture garrett Rhythm Player	#2 by garrett at Jan 24, 2001 at 2:40 AM EST
	NOTES "no swimming in the heavy water" -a pun on heavy water, an altered form of H2O used in plutonium production. Nuclear fallout is thus hinted at. "no singing in the acid rain" -an ironic pun on the classic hollywood musical "singin' in the rain." The insertion of "acid" into the phrase turns the happy-go-lucky tone of the film on its head, since acid rain is a dangerous result of pollution. "take a page from the red book" -I'm betting this is a rather obscure allusion to Tolkien. We know from "Rivendell" that Peart is a fan, so I think it's fair to assume he is familiar with the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, in which it is claimed that both The Hobbit and LOTR were translated from The Red Book discovered by Tolkien. Many readers of Tolkien noticed parallels between the events in Middle Earth and political events in the '30s and '40s, including the policy of appeasement taken by Britain towards Hitler. Sauron's unchecked rise to power after his defeat by the men and elves mirrors Germany's rise after her defeat in WWI. Since this song addresses the Cold War, to "take a page from the Red Book and keep them in your sights" in this context means to remain vigilant and attempt when possible to check the power of the Soviets. "Absalom, Absalom, Absalom!" -Absalom in the Hebrew Bible is one of King David's sons, who incites and leads a rebellion against his father, splitting the Kingdom of Israel and ultimately precipitating his own death in battle. After David's victory, David mourned his son's death against the wishes of his general, who feared demoralizing the troops. This line is likely an indirect allusion to this biblical story, routed as it were through Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!" which also deals with conflict between father and son. As for how this allusion fits in with the themes in the rest of the song, I'm kind of at a loss.