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A Farewell To Kings Tabs:

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Xanadu Bass Tab

Send "Xanadu" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Rush: Xanadu
>From the album A Farewell to Kings (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1977 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart
Lyrics by Peart

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

Transcribed by Sean Jones


   Rest till       h+Q+  h+Q   h+Q+  h+Q   h+Q+  h+Q   h+Q+  H
||---2:03----||--------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------
||-----------||-7:-----|-----|-5---|-----|-----|-----|-----|------
||-----------||-8:-----|-----|-----|-----|-5---|-----|-----|------
||-----------||----0---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-5---|------


e   h+Q+  h e e e   h+Q+  h e e e   h+Q+  h e e e   h+Q+  h+Q
--|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|-----|---
5/|-----|---------|-5---|---7-5-4-|-----|---------|-----|-----|---
--|-----|-----5-7-|-----|---------|-5---|---7-5-4-|-----|-----|---
--|-0---|---0-----|-----|---------|-----|---------|-5---|-----|---


h+Q+  h+Q   h+Q+  h+Q   h+Q+  h+Q   h+Q+  h+Q      w+  w+  w+
----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|---|---|----
----|-----|-5---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-4:---|---|---|----
----|-----|-----|-----|-5---|-----|-----|-----|-4:---|---|---|----
0---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-5---|-----|----5-|---|---|----


   w+q+     h+Q e+    e e e  e e  e e  e+  e e e  e e  e e  e+
-------|----------||--------------9------|-------------9------|---
5:-----|-4:-------||*-----11-9-11---11---|-----11-9-11---11---|---
4:-----|-4:-----7-||*---7--------------7-|---7--------------7-|---
-------|----------||---------------------|--------------------|---


e e e  e e  e e  e+   e  e  e e  e  e e  e    e  e  e e  e  e e
------------9-------|------------11-9-------|---------------------
----11-9-11---11-12-|----11-9---------12-11-|-12-11-9----11-9-7---
--7-----------------|---------12------------|---------12----------
--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------


e+ 3x e e e  e e  e e  e+  e e e  e e  e e  e+  e e e  e e  e
---||-------------9------|-------------9------|-------------9-----
--*||-----11-9-11---11---|-----11-9-11---11---|-----11-9-11-------
7-*||---7--------------7-|---7--------------7-|---7---------------
---||--------------------|--------------------|-------------------


e  e+   e  e  e e  e  e e  e    e e  e  e e  e  e e    e  e e
------|------------11-9-------|-9--------------------|------------
11-12-|----11-9---------12-11-|---12-11-9-12-11-9----|-11-9-------
------|---------12------------|-------------------12-|------12----
------|-----------------------|----------------------|------------


e  e e  e  e   e  e  e e e  e e e       h+Q+  h+Q   q H
-------------|--------------------||--------|-----|---r-|---------
---9---------|--------------------||-7:-----|-----|---e-|---------
11---12-11-9-|-12-11-9-7-11-9-7---||-8:-----|-----|---s-|---------
-------------|------------------7||----0---|-----|-0-t-|---------


6 mm rest h e q   q q+Q   q s E+q e   q q+Q   q q+Q   q q+Q   q
--------|-r-r---|-------|-----------|-------|-------|-------|-----
--------|-e-e---|-------|-----------|-------|-------|-------|-----
--------|-s-s-7/|-------|---------7/|-------|-------|-------|-----
--------|-t-t---|-0-0---|-0-0-0-----|-0-0---|-0-0---|-0-0---|-0---


s E+e e   q q e e e   q q e s s e    q q E E   q q E s s s   q q
--------|-----------|-------------||---------|-------------|--------
--------|-----------|-------------||---------|-------------|--------
------2/|-7-7-7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-7-7-7-5-|-7-7-7---7---|-5-5----
0-0-----|-------7---|-------------||---------|-------7---7-|--------


E s s s   q e e e e e   q q E E   q e e e e e   q q e e e   q e
--------|-------------|---------|-------------|-----------|-------
--------|-------------|---------|---------4/9-|-7-7-7---7-|-5-7---
5---5---|-5-5---5-4-3-|-2-2-2-0-|-2-4-5-7-----|-------7---|-------
--5---5-|-----5-------|---------|-------------|-----------|-------


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


e   q e e e e e      h+e e e e+  e e e e q e e   w   Q q e q   h+e
--|-------------|--------------|---------------|---|-r/9-7---|--------
--|---------4/9-|-4:-7-----7-5-|---5-----------|---|-e-----9|-5------
0-|-2-4-5-7-----|-4:-----7-----|-----7-8-9-5-7-|---|-s-------|--------
--|-------------|--------------|---------------|-0-|-t-------|--------


e e e   h h   H e s s   e  e e  e  s s  s  s    s  s s   H e e
------|-----|---r-9-9-|-11-9-------9--------------------|-------|----
--5---|-4/7-|---e-----|------12-11---12-11-9------------|-5---5-|----
5---5-|-----|---s-----|----------------------12-11-9----|---5---|----
------|-----|-0-t-----|------------------------------10|-------|----


h h   w   3 mm      H e e   w   H e e   w
----|---|-rest----|-------|-r-|-------|-r-||---
4/9-|---|---------|-------|-e-|-------|-e-||---
----|---|---------|-7-7-7|-s-|-7-7-7-|-s-||---
----|-0-|---------|-------|-t-|-------|-t-||---


    Q q e q+  e e e e e e e e  4x Q e e e q+  e e e e e e e e
||----------|------------------||-----------|-----------------
||*---------|-----9-8-9-8---9-*||-9-9---9-7-|-------7-6-7-6-7-
||*-7---7-9-|---9---------9---*||-----9-----|---7-7-----------
||----7-----|------------------||-----------|-----------------


  Q q e q+  e e e e e e e e   q e e q e e   h h   e e e q q e
|---------|---------------6-|-7-----------|-----|-------------|---
|-9---9-7-|-------7-6-7-9---|---5-6-7---7-|-5---|-------------|---
|---9-----|---7-7-----------|---------7---|---8-|-------------|---
|---------|-----------------|-------------|-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---


q H     e e e q q e   e e e q q e   Q Q q+     e Q      w   Q Q
--r-||--------------|-------------|-------|--------|------|-------
--e-||*---------5---|-7-7---7-5-5-|---9-7-|-2:---5-|-4:-7-|---9---
--s-||*-7-7---7---7-|-----7-------|-7-----|-4:-----|-4:---|-7-----
0-t-||------7-------|-------------|-------|--------|------|-------


q+     e Q      w   e e e q q e   e e e q q e   w+  w     h h
--|--------|------|-------------|-------------|---|----||---------
7-|-2:---5/|-4:---|---------5---|-7-7---7-5-5-|---|---*||---5-----
--|-4:-----|-4:-0-|-7-7---7---7-|-----7-------|-7-|---*||-7-------
--|--------|------|-----7-------|-------------|---|----||---------

               <*                  *>
   w   10 mm     w+  w+   w+  w+  w   q s s e s s e s s e    q
||---|--rest---|---|---||---|---|---|-r-r-7-7-9-7---------||------
||---|---------|---|---||---|---|---|-e-e---------9-7-5---||------
||-5-|---------|-5-|---||---|---|---|-s-s---------------7-||-5----
||---|---------|---|---||---|---|---|-t-t-----------------||------


e e q e e   q e e q e e   q e e q e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e
----------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---------
----------|-------5-4---|-------------|---------5-5-4---|---------
--5-1---1-|-3---3-----7-|-5---5-1---1-|-3-3---3-------7-|-5-5-----
5-----1---|---3---------|---5-----1---|-----3-----------|-----5---


e q e e   q e e e e e e   e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   q e
--------|---------------|-----r-------r-|-----r---5-5-----|-------
--------|-------5-4---5-|-----e-------e-|-----e-------7-5-|-------
5-1---1-|-3---3-----7---|-5-5-s-51-1-s-|-3-3-s-3---------|-5-----
----1---|---3-----------|-----t-------t-|-----t-----------|---5---


e q e e   q e e s s e s s e   e e e e q e e   q e e e e e e   q
--------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-----
--------|-------5-5-4-----5-|---------------|-------5-4---5-|-----
5-1---1-|-3---3-------7-7---|-5-5---5-1---1-|-3---3-----7---|-5---
----1---|---3---------------|-----5-----1---|---3-----------|-----


e e q e e   e e e e s s e s s e   q e e q e e   q e e e e e e
----------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|---
----------|---------5-5-4-----5-|-------------|-------5-5-4---|---
--5-1---1-|-3---3-3-------7-7---|-5---5-1---1-|-3---3-------7-|---
5-----1---|---3-----------------|---5-----1---|---3-----------|---


   h+Q   h+Q      h+Q e+       e e e  e e  e e  e+  e e e  e e  e e
-------|-----|----------||-----------------9------|-------------9------
7:-----|-----|-4:-------||*-4:-----11-9-11---11---|-----11-9-11---11---
8:-5---|-5---|-4:-5---7-||*-4:---7--------------7-|---7----------------
-------|-----|----------||------------------------|--------------------


e+  e e e  e e  e e  e+   e  e  e e  e  e e  e    e  e  e e  e
--|-------------9-------|------------11-9-------|-----------------
--|-----11-9-11---11-12-|----11-9---------12-11-|-12-11-9----11---
7-|---7-----------------|---------12------------|---------12------
--|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------


e e e+ 3x e e e  e e  e e  e+  e e e  e e  e e  e+  e e e  e e
-------||-------------9------|-------------9------|---------------
9-7---*||-----11-9-11---11---|-----11-9-11---11---|-----11-9-11---
----7-*||---7--------------7-|---7--------------7-|---7-----------
-------||--------------------|--------------------|---------------


e e  e+   e  e  e e  e  e e  e    e e  e  e e  e  e e    e  e
9-------|------------11-9-------|-9--------------------|----------
--11-12-|----11-9---------12-11-|---12-11-9-12-11-9----|-11-9-----
--------|---------12------------|-------------------12-|----------
--------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------


e  e  e e  e  e   e  e  e e e  e e e    e e e q q e   q H   e e
----------------|--------------------||-------------|---r-|-------
------9---------|--------------------||-------------|---e-|-------
12-11---12-11-9-|-12-11-9-7-11-9-7---||-------------|---s-|-7-7---
----------------|------------------7||-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-t-|-------


e q q e   e e e q q e   q e q e q      e q e      w   q e q e q      e q e
--------|-------------|-----------|----------|------|-----------|-----------
----5-5-|-7-7---7-5-5-|-----9-9-7-|-2:-7-5-5-|-4:-7-|-----9-9-7-|-2:-7-5-5--
--7-----|-----7-------|-7-7-------|-4:-------|-4:---|-7-7-------|-4:--------
7-------|-------------|-----------|----------|------|-----------|-----------


      w   e e e q q e   e e e q q e   w+  w   e e e q q e   e e
-|------|-------------|-------------|---|---|-------------|-------
/|-4:---|---------5---|-7-7---7-5-5-|---|---|---------5---|-7-7---
-|-4:-0-|-7-7---7---5-|-----7-------|-7-|---|-7-7---7---5-|-------
-|------|-----7-------|-------------|---|---|-----7-------|-------


e q Q   e e e e e e e e      e e e e      w   q e q e q      e
------|-----------------|------------|------|-----------|---------
--7-5-|-------9-9-9-7-7-|-2:-7-5-5-5-|-4:-7-|-----------|-2:------
7-----|-7-7-7-----------|-4:---------|-4:---|-7---9---7-|-4:------
------|-----------------|------------|------|---7---7---|----7----


Q   w   e e e q q e   e e e q q e   w+  w   h h   w
--|---|-------------|-------------|---|---|-----|---|-------------
5/|---|---------5---|-7-7---7-5-5-|---|---|---5-|---|-------------
--|-0-|-7-7---7---5-|-----7-------|-7-|---|-7---|-5-|-------------
--|---|-----7-------|-------------|---|---|-----|---|-------------

         <*                 *>
10 mm     w+  w+   w+  w+  w   e   s s e s s e s s e   q e e q
-rest---|---|---||---|---|---|-r-x-r-7-7-9-7---------|------------
--------|---|---||---|---|---|-e---e---------9-7-5---|------------
--------|-5-|---||---|---|---|-s---s---------------7-|-5---5-1----
--------|---|---||---|---|---|-t---t-----------------|---5--------


e e   q e e e e e e   q e e q e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e q e
----|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------
----|-------5-5-4---|-------------|---------5-5-4---|-------------
--1-|-3---3-------7-|-5---5-1---1-|-3-3---3-------7-|-5-5---5-1---
1---|---3-----------|---5-----1---|-----3-----------|-----5-----1-


e   q e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e s s e   q e e
--|---------------|-----r-------r---|-----r---5-5-4-----|---------
--|-------5-5-4-5-|-----e-------e---|-----e---------7-5-|---------
1-|-3---3---------|-5-5-s-5-1-1-s-1-|-3-3-s-3-----------|-5---5---
--|---3-----------|-----t-------t---|-----t-------------|---5-----


q e e   q e e s s e e e   q e e q e e   q e e e e e e   q e e q
------|-----------------|-------------|-------5-5-4---|-----------
------|-------5-7-5-4-5-|-------------|-------------7-|-----------
1---1-|-3---3-----------|-5---5-1---1-|-3---3---------|-5---5-1---
--1---|---3-------------|---5-----1---|---3-----------|---5-------


e e   q e e s s e s s e   q e e e e e e   q e e e e e e    w+
----|-------------------|---------------|-------5-5-4---||---|----
----|-------5-5-4-4-4-5-|---------------|-------------7-||---|----
--1-|-3---3-------------|-5---5-1-1---1-|-3---3---------||-7-|----
1---|---3---------------|---5-------1---|---3-----------||---|----


w+  w+  w   Q Q q+  w   Q Q q+  H q   Q e q q+  e e e e e e e
--|---|---|-------|---|-------|---9|---------|-----------------
--|---|---|-------|---|-------|-----|---------|-----9-8-9-8-----
--|---|---|-------|---|-------|-----|-7-7---9-|---9---------9---
--|---|---|-0-0-0-|---|-0-0-0-|-----|-----7---|-----------------


e   Q Q e e+  e e e e e  e e e   Q q e q+  e e e e e e e e   Q
--|---------|------------------|---------|-----------------|------
9-|---------|-----9-8-11-9-8---|---------|-----9-8-9-8---9-|------
--|-7---9-9-|---9------------9-|-7---7-9-|---9---------9---|-7----
--|---7-----|------------------|---7-----|-----------------|------


Q e^e^e^  q^ q^ q^ E s  s  E    Q e e e q+  e e e e e e e e   Q
--------|----11---------11----|-----------|-----------------|-----
--------|-11----11---11----11-|-9-9---9-7-|-------7-6-7-6-7-|-9---
--9-9-9-|----------9----------|-----9-----|---7-7-----------|-----
7-------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----


q e q+  e q e e e e e   Q q e q+  e e e e e e e e   Q q e e e+  e
------|---------------|---------|-----------------|-----------|---
--9-7-|-----7-6-7-6-6-|---------|-----9-8-9-8---9-|-----------|---
9-----|---7-----------|-7---7-9-|---9---------9---|-7---7-9-9-|---
------|---------------|---7-----|-----------------|---7-------|---


q e e  e e e   Q q e q+  e e e e e e e e   Q q e q+  e q  e q
-------------|---------|-----------------|---------|--------11----
9---11-9-9---|---------|-----9-8-9-8---9-|---------|---11---------
--9--------9-|-7---7-9-|---9---------9---|-7---7-9-|------9-------
-------------|---7-----|-----------------|---7-----|--------------


e e    Q q e q+  e e e e e e e e   Q q e q+  e q e e e e e   h h
--11-|---------|-----------------|---------|-------------6-|-7------
-----|-9---9-7-|-------7-6-7-6-7-|-9---9-7-|-----7-6-7-9---|---7----
9----|---9-----|---7-7-----------|---9-----|---7-----------|--------
-----|---------|-----------------|---------|---------------|--------


  h h        h+Q+  H e   h+Q+  h+Q        w+  w+  w+  w   w+  w+
|-----||---------|-----|-----|------||------|---|---|---|---|-----
|-5---||*-7:-----|-----|-----|-----*||-4:---|---|---|---|---|-----
|---8-||*-8:-----|-----|-----|-----*||-4:---|---|---|---|---|-----
|-----||-----0---|---0-|-0---|------||----0-|---|---|---|-0-|-----


  w   w   w   w   w   w   w+  w+  w+  w+  w   q e^e^e^q e^e^e^
|---|---|-r-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----------------|---
|---|---|-e-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----------------|---
|---|---|-s-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---------7-7-7-7-|---
|---|-0-|-t-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|---|---|---|---|-0-0-0-0---------|---


q H
--r-||------------------------------------------------------------
--e-||------------------------------------------------------------
--s-||------------------------------------------------------------
0-t-||------------------------------------------------------------


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


==================================================================
==                    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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==           tablature creation software for Windows            ==
==               For more info email gse@his.com                ==
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Xanadu Bass Tab

Send "Xanadu" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/r/rush/120844.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sir Dylan Rhythm Player	#1 by Sir Dylan Deconcini at Jul 20, 1970 at 10:43 AM EST
	Master Lord Santa is right, its about a guy who finds a potion to make himself immortal but is then driven insane by boredom.

No Picture The Four String Lead Player	#2 by The Four String Mother Fucker at Jun 26, 1977 at 3:32 AM EST
	Try and find a Italian import live CD called "Run from the Fans". its distrubuted by KTS records, has the best live version of xanadu on it, the whole cd kicks ass as well.

No Picture Tom Rhythm Player	#3 by Tom at Mar 3, 1982 at 11:30 AM EST
	I absolutely love this song. Anyone who doesn't like it, doesn't know what the hell they are talking about, i agree with cracker in saying this song is completely kick ass! I think everyone should download this song! It's a completely beautiful song, song wise and lyrical wise.

No Picture The Angel of De Lead Player	#4 by The Angel of Death at Dec 11, 1982 at 8:08 PM EST
	This song is a Poem I belive by Beowolf. Neil follows very closely the the original. Read the original poem and see. Just proves how brilliant the "professor" is.

No Picture Roger Lead Player	#5 by Roger Ipswitch at May 24, 1997 at 6:58 AM EST
	And an obvious thing to note is that in the third stanza the man says "to stand within the pleasure dome", but in the final stanza he says that he is "held" within it, so immortality has pretty much just ruined everything for him

No Picture Dimebag Cris Average	#6 by Dimebag Cris at Apr 2, 2007 at 7:03 AM EST
	Peart's inspiration was a poem. It's a great song with the instrumental opening.