The Pass Bass Tab

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Rush: The Pass
>From the album Presto (Atalantic Records)
Copyright 1989 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

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

Transcribed by Sean Jones


       e q e  h+   w    e q e  h+   w    e q e h+  w   e q e h+  w
||-----7-7-10-10-|----|-7-7-10-10-|----|-5-5-8-3-|---|-5-5-8-3-|--------
||*-4:-5-5-8--8--|----|-5-5-8--8--|----|-3-3-6-1-|---|-3-3-6-1-|--------
||*-4:-----------|----|-----------|----|---------|---|---------|--------
||---------------|----|-----------|----|---------|---|---------|--------


 3x    e e e e      Q e Q e+  e e q e e e e   Q e Q e+  e e q e e e
-||------------|------------|---------------|---------|-----------------
*||-2:---------|-4:---------|---------------|---------|-----------------
*||-4:-8-8-8---|-4:---------|-------8-8-8---|---------|-------8-8-8-----
-||----------6-|----6-6-6-6-|---6-6-------6-|-6-6-6-6-|--6-6-6-----------


e    Q e Q e+  e e q e e e e    Q e Q e+     e e q       Q q e e e
---|---------|----------------|---------|----------||----------r---|----
---|---------|----------------|---------|-2:-------||-4:-------e---|----
10|-6-6-6-6-|---6-6-8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|-4:---6-6-||-4:-5-5-5-s-5-|----
---|---------|----------------|---------|----------||----------t---|----


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 q e e e   e
----r-----------|-----r-----r---|-----r-----------|-----r-----r---|-----
----e-----------|-----e-----e---|-----e-----------|-----e-----e---|-----
0-0-s-0-3-3-0-3-|-5-5-s-5-5-s-5-|-0-0-s-0-3-3-0-3-|-----s-----s---|-----
----t-----------|-----t-----t---|-----t-----------|-3-3-t-3-3-t-3-|-5---


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 q e e e   e e
--r-----------|-----r-----r---|-----r-----------|-----r---------|-------
--e-----------|-----e-----e---|-----e-----------|-----e---------|-------
--s---3-3---3-|-5-5-s-5-5-s-5-|-0-0-s-0-3-3-0-3-|-----s---------|-------
5-t-5-----5---|-----t-----t---|-----t-----------|-3-3-t-3-3-3-3-|-5-5---


e e e e e e    Q e Q e   Q e e e e e    Q e Q e      Q e      q H
-------------|---------|--------------|---------|--------|------r-||----
-------------|---------|--------------|---------|-2:-----|-4:---e-||----
----8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|-4:-6-6-|-4:-6-s-||----
5-5----------|---------|--------------|---------|--------|------t-||----


e q e  h+   w    e q e  h+   w    e q e h+  w   e q e h+  w     e  e
7-7-10-10-|----|-7-7-10-10-|----|-5-5-8-3-|---|-5-5-8-3-|---||----------
5-5-8--8--|----|-5-5-8--8--|----|-3-3-6-1-|---|-3-3-6-1-|---||*---------
----------|----|-----------|----|---------|---|---------|---||*-10-10---
----------|----|-----------|----|---------|---|---------|---||----------


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
-------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------
---8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|----------8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---
10-----------|-----------------|-10-10-10-----------|-------------------
-------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------


  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
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------
|-8-8-8-106-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-106-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6---
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------


e e        e e e e      Q e Q e+  e e q e e e e   Q e Q e+  e e q e e
-----||------------|------------|---------------|---------|-------------
----*||-2:---------|-4:---------|---------------|---------|-------------
6-6-*||-4:-8-8-8---|-4:---------|-------8-8-8---|---------|-------8-8---
-----||----------6-|----6-6-6-6-|---6-6-------6-|-6-6-6-6-|---6-6-------


e e    Q e Q e+  e e q e e e e    Q e Q e+     e e q       Q q e e e
-----|---------|----------------|---------|----------||----------r------
-----|---------|----------------|---------|-2:-------||-4:-------e------
8-10|-6-6-6-6-|---6-6-8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|-4:---6-6-||-4:-5-5-5-s-5----
-----|---------|----------------|---------|----------||----------t------


  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 q e e e
|-----r-----------|-----r-----r---|-----r-----------|-----r-----r---|---
|-----e-----------|-----e-----e---|-----e-----------|-----e-----e---|---
|-0-0-s-0-3-3-0-3-|-5-5-s-5-5-s-5-|-0-0-s-0-3-3-0-3-|-----s-----s---|---
|-----t-----------|-----t-----t---|-----t-----------|-3-3-t-3-3-t-3-|---


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 q e e e   e
----r-----------|-----r-----r---|-----r-----------|-----r---------|-----
----e-----------|-----e-----e---|-----e-----------|-----e---------|-----
----s---3-3---3-|-5-5-s-5-5-s-5-|-0-0-s-0-3-3-0-3-|-----s---------|-----
5-5-t-5-----5---|-----t-----t---|-----t-----------|-3-3-t-3-3-3-3-|-5---


e e e e e e e    Q e Q e   Q e e e e e    Q e Q e      Q e      q H
---------------|---------|--------------|---------|--------|------r-----
---------------|---------|--------------|---------|-2:-----|-4:---e-----
------8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|-4:-6-6-|-4:-6-s-----
5-5-5----------|---------|--------------|---------|--------|------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
||---------------------|------------------||-||-------------------|--------
||*----------8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-*||-||*------------------|--------
||*-10-10-10-----------|-----------------*||-||*-8-8-8-106-6-6-6-|-6-5----
||---------------------|------------------||-||-------------------|--------


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
-------------||------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----
------------*||-2:---------|-4:-----------------|-----------------|-----
5-6-6-------*||-4:-8-8-8---|-4:-----------------|---------8-8-8---|-----
------6-6-6--||----------6-|----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-------6-|-6---


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
--------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------
--------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------
--------------|---------8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-6-|---------8-8-8-10---
6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6----------|-----------------|---6-6-6------------


   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   Q e Q e+  e e q e e e e   Q e
-|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------------|--------
-|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------------|--------
|-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-6-|-6-------8-8-8---|---------|-------8-8-8---|--------
-|-----------------|---6-6-6-------6-|-6-6-6-6-|---6-6-------6-|-6-6----


q e+  e e q e e e e    Q e Q e+  e e q e e e e    Q e Q e+  e e q e e
----|----------------|---------|----------------|---------|-------------
----|----------------|---------|----------------|---------|-------------
----|-------8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|---6-6-8-8-8-10|-6-6-6-6-|---6-6-8-8---
6-6-|---6-6----------|---------|----------------|---------|-------------


e e   q H    Q q e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e q e e e   e e e e e
----|---r-||-------r---|-----r-----------|-----r-----r---|-----r--------
----|---e-||-------e---|-----e-----------|-----e-----e---|-----e--------
8-8-|-6-s-||-5-5-5-s-5-|-0-0-s-0-3-3-0-3-|-5-5-s-5-5-s-5-|-0-0-s-0-3----
----|---t-||-------t---|-----t-----------|-----t-----t---|-----t--------


e e e   e e e q e e e   e e e e s E e e   e e e q e e e   e e e e e e
------|-----r-----r---|-----r-----------|-----r-----r---|-----r---------
------|-----e-----e---|-----e-----------|-----e-----e---|-----e---------
3-0-3-|-----s-----s---|-----s---3-3---3-|-5-5-s-5-5-s-5-|-0-0-s-0-3-3---
------|-3-3-t-3-3-t-3-|-5-5-t-5-----5---|-----t-----t---|-----t---------


e e   e e e q e e e   e e e e e e e e      q e e e e e e   e e e e e
----|-----r---------|------------------||----------------|--------------
----|-----e---------|------------------||*---------------|--------------
0-3-|-----s---------|---------8-8-8-10||*-6-6-6-6-5-5-6-|-6-------8----
----|-3-3-t-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5----------||----------------|---6-6-6------


e e e   3x q e Q e e   e e e e q q   w
--------||-----------|-----------r-|-r-||-------------------------------
-------*||-----------|-----------e-|-e-||-------------------------------
8-8-10*||-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-s-|-s-||-------------------------------
--------||-----------|-----------t-|-t-||-------------------------------




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


No Picture Seth Wanna Be	#1 by Seth Johnson at Jan 16, 1988 at 4:23 AM EST
	some reason this sounds like its about neil pearts daughter who died in a car crash when she was only 19. it might have been written before that though. im not positive. but that seems to fit

No Picture Andy Wanna Be	#2 by Andy at Feb 13, 1991 at 1:05 PM EST
	Although points to suicide are mentions, i really feel that this also has to do with adolesents, and the fact that we've all been told that "teenagers think that they know everything". To me, it seems more like that. A teen, just finishing school, thinking they know all there is to know, think that they've seen it all; and then the real world comes up and smacks them in the face. They are scared and confused (perhaps contemplating suicide as an escape), they realize how naive they were. I think that everyone, at some point in their life, has felt such despair.

No Picture beast Average	#3 by beast at Dec 12, 1993 at 12:41 AM EST
	The song is written about the epidemic of teenage suicide. As Neil peart says "It still brings a tear to my eye to play that song, I think that's one of our better crafted ones lyrically and musically". very strong both musically and lyrically, both upbeat and melancholic, further proof, if it were ever needed that Rush are the best band ever.

No Picture robert Average	#4 by robert liedberg at Oct 31, 1998 at 5:09 AM EST
	"Don't turn your back And slam the door on me" I agree with SuperSpud. Whether or not suicide is implied in its literal or figuritive sense, the conversation seems to be internal... Someone's subconscious trying to reason with its depressed counterpart. One of Neal's most impressive lyrically, which is saying something.