Closer To The Heart Bass Tab

A Farewell To Kings Tabs:

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

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

Transcribed by Andy Aledort, Mario D'Alessio, and Sean Jones

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     __         Created using the Bass Tab Creator
   +|oo|+       by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
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  /  []        + = 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 Dylan Average	#1 by Dylan Johnstone at Mar 16, 1973 at 5:11 PM EST
	dude, niel peart is so awesome. just shows that drummers can write songs too, although not many do. Anyway, this song is basically about everyone working together for a better more peaceful world. Oh yeah, and the people in high positions must have the intergrity to start.

No Picture Justin Wanna Be	#2 by Justin for-a-minute at Aug 11, 1975 at 2:34 PM EST
	You can be the Captain I will draw the Chart Sailing into destiny Closer to the Heart In my and Alex Lifeson's opinions this is the ultimate Rush song. To me some of the most beautifully sparce lyrics ever written. This song definately presents a strong positive message without saying much at all. This and Spirit of Radio are my favorite Rush songs. But this one wins. Even the audience agrees. My band does both songs, but Closer to the Heart always gets the biggest response. It's amazing. Our first performance was a battle of the bands against some other more established local teenage bands. We were given the last slot and did our set opening with Spirit of Radio and then our original metal/shred/hard rock originals and then I pulled out my acoustic 12-string and put in on a gracie stand and began the song. People went nuts, but i sometimes wonder if it was because i was playing a different instrument in a different style than the other bands. Then for the second verse I backed off and returned to bass duties and we rocked the song I must say and then closed with an impromptu jam at the end, a-la different stages, to push the song over the edge. Needless to say we ended up winning the battle. It was sweetness. But even almost 30 years this song is still a monster.

No Picture Lily Wanna Be	#3 by Lily at Apr 21, 1986 at 3:57 PM EST
	Another example of the duality that is a theme in Rush lyrics. Peart contrasts pairs of very different people (blacksmith and artist, Philosopher and ploughman, captain and navigator) and says that they all can cooperate and contribute to the creation of a new world

No Picture Alex Professional	#4 by Alex Moser at Dec 6, 1989 at 11:15 AM EST
	this song live....the instrumental part towards the end... ahh, wonderful. this is my favorite song. of my favorite band. of all time.

No Picture MacThistle Wanna Be	#5 by MacThistle at Jan 21, 1993 at 11:26 PM EST
	I just got the CD Exit stage left and i love this song plaed live

No Picture Brad Average	#6 by Brad Cooke at Oct 15, 2002 at 9:23 PM EST
	Although shed27 wrote his statement nearly 2 years ago, I agree that the best versions of this song are live, expecially on "Exit Stage Left." The feeling you get when you have thousands of people singing along to a song this simple and pure. It's almost impossible to describe.

No Picture Alex Average	#7 by Alex Lawrence at Mar 29, 2006 at 8:10 AM EST
	great song thats all i know rush rocks!

No Picture Ben Average	#8 by Ben at Apr 2, 2006 at 9:26 AM EST
	looks like its saying that every creative indivisual could band together to create a better world.

No Picture Toxic Wanna Be	#9 by Toxic Tension at Jul 21, 2006 at 12:53 PM EST
	I agree completely with the Exit...Stage Left opinions. The feeling you get listening to hundreds upon hundreds of people singing along to a song is an indescribable feeling. The jam session at the end is also great, especially if you've listened to the Different Stages (Disc 1) version. A side note to plasmaHD: It's not necessarily a 12-string. I've pulled of the intro on a 6-string (To great acclaim) on several occasions. =)

No Picture JO3H Average	#10 by JO3H 3VAN2 at Nov 23, 2006 at 7:04 AM EST
	Different Stages disc 1 in my opinion holds the greatest version of this song.

No Picture Jordan Wanna Be	#11 by Jordan Thompson at Sep 12, 2007 at 9:05 PM EST
	each of us must cooperate to stop materialism and be closer to the heart