Tai Shan Bass Tab

Hold Your Fire Tabs:

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Rush: Tai Shan
>From the album Hold Your Fire (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1987 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

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

Transcribed by Erik Habbinga

Note the low B string.  Geddy occasionally used a 5-string Wal in this period.


    q     +w   +w   +w   +w   +w   +w   +w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w
+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+
|1:---|4:----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|
|4:-R-|4:----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|
|-----|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|-0-|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|-2-|
+-----+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+


  +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w
+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+
|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|
|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|
|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|-2-|----|
+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+


  Q q e e e   Q q e e e   Q q e e e   Q q e e e   w   +e e e Q e e   e h+Q
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---+----4-6-7-6-4-+-7-4---+
|-4-3---6---|-4-3---6---|-4-3---6---|-4-3---4---|---|--------------|-------|
|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|-2-|--------------|-------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---|--------------|-------|
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---+--------------+-------+


  e s s e Q q   w   +Q e q q   w   e q e e Q   w   +Q e q q   h h
+-4-3-4-3-----+---+----------+---+-----------+---+----------+-----+
|---------6---|---|----------|---|-4-6-6-6-4-|---|----------|-----|
|-----------R-|-2-|------2-4-|---|-----------|-4-|------4-6-|-----|
|-------------|---|----2-----|-2-|-----------|---|----4-----|-2-2-|
+-------------+---+----------+---+-----------+---+----------+-----+


  e q e e e s E   w   +Q e q q   w   q q h   w   +w   w   +w   q e e e e e e
+---------------+---+----------+---+-------+---+----+---+----+---------------+
|---------------|---|----------|---|-----6-|---|----|---|----|---------------|
|-----------4-6-|-2-|------2-4-|---|---R---|-4-|----|-2-|----|-2-R-2-R-2-R-2-|
|-2-4-4-4-2-----|---|----2-----|-2-|-2-----|---|----|---|----|---------------|
+---------------+---+----------+---+-------+---+----+---+----+---------------+


  q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e   q e e e e q   q e e e e q
+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2-R-2-R-2-R-2-|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|-2-R-2-R-2-R-|-2-R-2-R-2-R-|
|---------------|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2-|-------------|-------------|
+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+


  q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|
|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2-|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0-|
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+


  q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|---R---R---R---|
|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2-|-0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0-|
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+


  q e e e e e e   q e e h   w   w   w   h+Q e   w   +h+Q e   w   +w   w
+---------------+---------+---+---+---+-------+---+--------+---+----+---+
|---------------|---------|---|---|---|-------|---|--------|---|----|---|
|---R---R---R---|---R---R-|-4-|---|---|-------|---|--------|---|----|-2-|
|-2---2---2---2-|-2---2---|---|---|---|-----2-|-2-|------2-|-2-|----|---|
+---------------+---------+---+-2-+-2-+-2-----+---+--------+---+----+---+


  +Q e q q   w   e q e e Q   w   +Q e e e q   w   +Q e e e s E   w   +Q e q q
+----------+---+-----------+---+------------+---+--------------+---+----------+
|----------|---|-4-6-6-6-4-|---|------------|---|--------------|---|----------|
|------2-4-|---|-----------|-4-|------4-6-R-|---|----------4-6-|-2-|------2-4-|
|----2-----|-2-|-----------|---|----4-------|-2-|----2-4-2-----|---|----2-----|
+----------+---+-----------+---+------------+---+--------------+---+----------+


  w   +h q q   w   +Q e q q   w   +w   Q q e q   Q q e e e   Q q e e e
+---+--------+---+----------+---+----+---------+-----------+-----------+
|---|--------|---|----------|---|----|-4-3---6-|-4-3---6---|-4-3---6---|
|---|--------|-4-|------4-6-|-2-|----|-----4---|-----4---4-|-----4---4-|
|-2-|----2-4-|---|----4-----|---|----|---------|-----------|-----------|
+---+--------+---+----------+---+----+---------+-----------+-----------+


  Q q e e e   h+Q s s   E E e+h   q^q^q^h   +w   w   +Q e q q   w   h h   w
+-----------+-----4-4-+-4-6-8---+-6-4-8-4-+----+---+----------+---+-----+---+
|-4-3---6---|---------|---------|---------|----|---|----------|---|-----|---|
|-----4---4-|-2-------|---------|---------|----|-2-|------2-4-|---|-----|-4-|
|-----------|---------|---------|---------|----|---|----2-----|-2-|-2-4-|---|
+-----------+---------+---------+---------+----+---+----------+---+-----+---+


  +w   +w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w   w   +q q q q   w   w   w   +w   w
+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----------+---+---+---+----+---+
|----|----|----|---|----|---|----|---|----|---|----------|---|---|---|----|---|
|----|----|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----------|---|---|---|----|---|
|----|----|----|---|----|-2-|----|---|----|-2-|----2-2-2-|-0-|-0-|-2-|----|-0-|
+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+----+---+----------+---+---+---+----+---+


  h h   h h   h h   w   +w   h h   h h   w   +w   w   +w   w   +w
+-----+-----+-----+---+----+-----+-----+---+----+---+----+---+----+
|-----|-----|-----|---|----|-----|-----|---|----|---|----|---|----|
|-----|-----|-----|-2-|----|-----|-----|-2-|----|---|----|---|----|
|-0-0-|-2-2-|-2-2-|---|----|-2-2-|-2-2-|---|----|-2-|----|-0-|----|
+-----+-----+-----+---+----+-----+-----+---+----+---+----+---+----+


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     __         Created using the Bass Tab Creator
   +|o |        by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
   +|oo|+
   +|oo|+       Notes:  w = Whole  h = Half  q = Quarter
     ||                 e = 8th    s = 16th  t = 32nd  x = 64th
     ||
     ||                 Capital durations are dotted notes
     ||                 (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)
     ||
     ||             #
     ||         +----+                   +----+
  _  ||  _      |*--*+  = MEASURE        |4:--|  = TIME
  _||_//      |*--*+    REPEATS        |4:--|    SIGNATURES
   | [] |       +----+   (#=Num Repeats) +----+
   | || |
  /  []        + = TIE         ^  = TRIPLET           > = BEND
  ______/      H = HAMMER ON     = SLIDE TO FRET     R = Rest
                P = PULL OFF    X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE  ~ = Trill

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture clair Average	#1 by clair holman at Sep 5, 1984 at 6:30 AM EST
	Breathtaking, epic and yet concise, a masterpiece, no two ways about it.

No Picture Andrew Average	#2 by Andrew Safwat at Sep 22, 1995 at 5:00 PM EST
	this is my least fav. rush song...the song just doesnt have any feeling

No Picture Daniel Wanna Be	#3 by Daniel Phillips at Sep 30, 2001 at 6:31 PM EST
	shed27 - this song doesn't have any feeling? Are you sure we're even listening to the same song here? This song is amazingly powerful and evocative.

No Picture Black Saints Average	#4 by Black Saints at Mar 23, 2006 at 1:39 AM EST
	A cinematic representation of the groups' visit to the mountain when in china. This song relates in structure to "cygnus" and "countdown".

No Picture 'MAGS' Badass	#5 by 'MAGS' Bondoc at Jul 16, 2007 at 5:56 AM EST
	how can you say this song doesnt have feeling? i think it's one of rush's most emotional songs. i love this song. it makes me smile everytime i hear it.