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Roll The Bones Bass Tab

Send "Roll The Bones" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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


    Q     e e e e e e s s s s   e e e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e s s
+-----+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
|3:---|4:---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|8:-R-|4:-0-0-R-0-R-0-0---0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3---2-3-|-5-5-R-5-R-5-R-5-7-|
|-----|-----------------3-----|-------------3-----|-------------------|
+-----+-----------------------+-------------------+-------------------+


  e e+h e s s   e e h s s s s   e e e e Q s s   e e h e e   e e e e q+s E
+-------------+---------------+---------------+-----------+---------------+
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
|-0-0---------|-0-0-R-0---0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3-5-|-----R---3-|-5-5-R-5-R---7-|
|-------0-3-4-|---------3-----|---------------|-3-3---3---|---------------|
+-------------+---------------+---------------+-----------+---------------+


  e e e e e e s s s s   e e e e e e e s s   e e H   e e h s s s s
+---------------------+-------------------+-------+---------------+
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|---------------|
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-0---0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3---2-3-|-5-5-5-|-0-0-R-0---0-2-|
|---------------3-----|-------------3-----|-------|---------3-----|
+---------------------+-------------------+-------+---------------+


  e e e e Q s s   e e h e e   e e e e q+s E   e e e e e e s s s s
+---------------+-----------+---------------+---------------------+
|---------------|-----------|---------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-R-3-R-3-5-|-----R---3-|-5-5-R-5-R---7-|-0-0-R-0-R-0-0---0-2-|
|---------------|-3-3---3---|---------------|---------------3-----|
+---------------+-----------+---------------+---------------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   e e q h   q E s s s e e e   s e s e s e s e e s s
+-------------------+-----7---+-----------------+-----------------------+
|-------------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-R-3-R-3---2-3-|-5-5---R-|-5-3---R-------3-|---------------------3-|
|-------------3-----|---------|-----5---5-3-5---|-0-0-0-1-2-2-3-3-5-5---|
+-------------------+---------+-----------------+-----------------------+


  q E s s s e e e   s s q s s q s s s s   q E s s s e e e
+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------+
|-----------------|-3-3---3-3---3-5-3-5-|-----------------|
|-5-3---R-------3-|-----R-----R---------|-5-3---R-------3-|
|-----5---5-3-5---|---------------------|-----5---5-3-5---|
+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------+


  s e s e s e s e e s s   q E s s s e e e   s s q s s q s s s s
+-----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|-----------------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-3---3-5-3-5-|
|---------------------3-|-5-3---R-------3-|-----R-----R---------|
|-0-0-0-1-2-2-3-3-5-5---|-----5---5-3-5---|---------------------|
+-----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+


  q E s s s e e e   s e s e s e s e e s s   q E s s s e e e
+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------+
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-5-3---R-------3-|---------------------3-|-5-3---R-------3-|
|-----5---5-3-5---|-0-0-0-1-2-2-3-3-5-5---|-----5---5-3-5---|
+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------+


  s s q s s q s s s s   e e e e e e e e   e+h e e s s   e e e e e e e s s
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------+
|-3-3---3-3---3-5-3-5-|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----R-----R---------|-----------------|-------5-3-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3---3-------|-----------------3-|
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------+


  e e e s s e s s e e   Q q e e e   e e e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e s s
+---------------------+-----------+-------------------+-------------------+
|---------------------|-----------|---------------0-2-|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-5-|-----------|-------------5-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---------3-----3-----|-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------3-|
+---------------------+-----------+-------------------+-------------------+


  e e e s s e s s e e   e e e e e e s s s s   e e e e e e e s s
+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-5-|-----R---R-------0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3---2-3-|
|---------3-----3-----|-5-5---5---5-5-3-----|-------------3-----|
+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   e e+h s s s s   e e h s s s s   e e e e Q s s
+-------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-5-R-5-R-5-R-5-7-|-------------3-|-----R-----0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3-5-|
|-------------------|-5-5---5-3-5---|-5-5---5-3-----|---------------|
+-------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+


  e e h e e   e e e e q+s E   e e e e e e s s s s   e e e e e e e s s   e e H
+-----------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------+-------+
|-----------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-----R---3-|-5-5-R-5-R---7-|-0-0-R-0-R-0-0---0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3---2-3-|-5-5-5-|
|-3-3---3---|---------------|---------------3-----|-------------3-----|-------|
+-----------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------+-------+


  e e h s s s s   e e e e Q s s   e e h e e   e e e e q+s E
+---------------+---------------+-----------+---------------+
|---------------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
|-0-0-R-0---0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3-5-|-----R---3-|-5-5-R-5-R---7-|
|---------3-----|---------------|-3-3---3---|---------------|
+---------------+---------------+-----------+---------------+


  e e e e e e s s s s   e e e e e e e s s   e e q h   q E s s s e e e
+---------------------+-------------------+-----7---+-----------------+
|---------------------|-------------------|---------|-----------------|
|-0-0-R-0-R-0-0---0-2-|-3-3-R-3-R-3---2-3-|-5-3---R-|-5-3---R-------3-|
|---------------3-----|-------------3-----|---------|-----5---5-3-5---|
+---------------------+-------------------+---------+-----------------+


  s e s e s e s e e s s   q E s s s e e e   s s q s s q s s s s
+-----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|-----------------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-3---3-5-3-5-|
|---------------------3-|-5-3---R-------3-|-----R-----R---------|
|-0-0-0-1-2-2-3-3-5-5---|-----5---5-3-5---|---------------------|
+-----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+


  q E s s s e e e   s e s e s e s e e s s   q E s s s e e e
+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------+
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-5-3---R-------3-|---------------------3-|-5-3---R-------R-|
|-----5---5-3-5---|-0-0-0-1-2-2-3-3-5-5---|-----5---5-3-5---|
+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------+


  s s q s s q s s s s   q E s s s e e e   s e s e s e s e e s s
+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+
|-3-3---3-3---3-5-3-5-|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----R-----R---------|-5-3---R-------3-|---------------------3-|
|---------------------|-----5---5-3-5---|-0-0-0-1-2-2-3-3-5-5---|
+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+


  q E s s s e e e   s s q s s q s s s s   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e s s
+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
|-----------------|-3-3---3-3---3-5-3-5-|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-3---R-------3-|-----R-----R---------|-----------------|-------------5-3-5-|
|-----5---5-3-5---|---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   e e e s s e s s e e   e e e e e e e e
+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------+
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------3-|---------3-----3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
+-------------------+---------------------+-----------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e s s   e s s q e e e e   e e e e e e e e
+-------------------+-----5-------------+-----------------+-----------------+
|-------------------|-------------------|---------2-------|-----------------|
|-------------5-3-5-|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3---5---5-3-2-|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------3-|-----3-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|
+-------------------+-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e s s   e e e s s e s s s E   w
+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------+---+
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---|
|-------------5-3-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-5-|---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------3-|---------3-----3-----|-0-|
+-------------------+-------------------+---------------------+---+


  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e s s
+-----------------+-------------------+-------------------+
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-3-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------3-|
+-----------------+-------------------+-------------------+


  e s s e s s e e s 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
+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------2-|-----------------|
|-3-3---5-5-5-7-5-3-5-2-|-----------------|-------------5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-----3-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|---------------3-|
+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+


  e e e e e e e e   w   E E e Q e   E E e+h   E E e Q e   E E Q s s e
+-----------------+---+-----------+---------+-----------+-------------+
|-----------------|---|-----------|---------|-----------|-------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-R-|-------R---|---------|-------R---|-------------|
|-----------------|---|-----------|-----3---|-----------|-----5-5-3---|
+-----------------+---+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-----+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-------5-+


  E E e Q e   E E Q s s e   E E e Q e   E E q s s s s e   E E e Q e   E E e+h
+-----------+-------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+---------+
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
|-------R---|-------------|-------R---|-----------------|-------R---|---------|
|-----------|-----3-3-3---|-----------|-----5-5---5-5-3-|-----------|-----3---|
+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-------5-+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-----5-------+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-----+


  E E e Q e   E E q s s s s e   H q   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e s s
+-----------+-----------------+-----+-----------------+-------------------+
|-----------|-----------------|-----|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------R---|-----------------|-R---|-----------------|-------------5-3-5-|
|-----------|-----5-5---5-5-3-|---5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-----5-------+-----+-----------------+-------------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   e e e e e e q   E E e Q e   E E Q s s e   E E e Q e
+-------------------+-------------7-+-----------+-------------+-----------+
|-------------------|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------R---|-------------|-------R---|
|-----------------3-|---------------|-----------|-----5-5-5-3-|-----------|
+-------------------+---------------+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5---------+-3-5-0---0-+


  E E Q s s e   E E e Q e   E E q s s s s e   E E e Q e   E E q Q   +h+Q s s
+-------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+---------+----------+
|-------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|----------|
|-------------|-------R---|-----------------|-------R---|-------R-|--------3-|
|-----3-3-3---|-----------|-----5-5---5-5-3-|-----------|-----3---|------5---|
+-3-5-------5-+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-----5-------+-3-5-0---0-+-3-5-----+----------+


  E E e s s e e e   s e s e s e s e e s s   E E e s s e e e   s s q s s q q
+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------+---------------+
|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-3-----|
|-5-3---R-------3-|---------------------3-|-5-3---R-------3-|-----R-----R-7-|
|-----5---5-3-5---|-0-0-0-1-2-2-3-3-5-5---|-----5---5-3-5---|---------------|
+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------+---------------+


  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e s s
+-----------------+-------------------+-------------------+
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-3-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------3-|
+-----------------+-------------------+-------------------+


  e s s e s s e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e s s
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-3---5-5-5-7-5-3-2-|-----7-----------|-------------5-5-7-|
|-----3---------------|-0-0---0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   q q e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e s s
+-------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+
|-------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-5-3-5-7-5-|-----------------|-------------5-3-5-|
|-----------------3-|-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+-------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   q e s s e e s E   e e e q e e e   e e e q e e s s
+-----5-------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------+
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-3-5-5-5-7-5-R-3-|---------------|-----------5-5-7-|
|-----------------3-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+-------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------+


  e e e q e e s s   s s e e e e e e e   e e e q e e e   e e e e e e e s s
+-----------------+-------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-5-7-5-7-5-3-2-|-----7---------|-------------5-5-7-|
|---------------3-|-------------------|-0-0---0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+-----------------+-------------------+---------------+-------------------+


  e e e e e e e s s   e s s e s s e e e e   e e e q e e e   e e e e e e e s s
+-------------------+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3---5-5-5-7-5-3-5-|---------------|-------------5-3-5-|
|-----------------3-|-----3---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+-------------------+---------------------+---------------+-------------------+


  e e e q 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 s
+-------------2-+-4-2-------------+-----------------+-------------------+
|-----5-----5---|-----5-4-5-4-2---|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-3---3-3-----|---------------5-|-----------------|-------------5-3-5-|
|---------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+---------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+


  e s s e e e s 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 s s
+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+
|---------------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-5-|-----5-5-3-2-----|-----------------|-------------5-3-5-|
|-----3---------3-----|-------------5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+


  e e e q e e e   w
+---------------+---+
|-----5-----5---|---|
|-3-3---3-3---3-|-3-|
|---------------|---|
+---------------+---+

Roll The Bones Bass Tab

Send "Roll The Bones" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/r/rush/140848.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mike Lead Player	#1 by Mike nobody at Jul 16, 1990 at 3:48 PM EST
	Roll the bones is about taking chances and not sitting on ones laurels and waiting for things to happen. Ya gotta grab life by the cahones and squeeze if you want anything

No Picture Anton Average	#2 by Anton Eklund at Jul 27, 1993 at 1:45 AM EST
	"Don't wait for fate, take life into your own hands" is the motto of this song. It goes very well with Free Will.

No Picture guido Average	#3 by guido at Jul 30, 2000 at 11:04 PM EST
	The theme of the entire song and its accompanying album are about atheism and humanity's wishing for order when none exists. This song in particulary describes the real randomness of life and juxtaposed this against humans' various religious and quasi-religious activities (zodiac, faith, etc.). Peart puts it plainly, "We draw our own designs...Fate is just the weight of circumstances." There is no god or gods and Peart is simply reflecting this reality.

No Picture Mr. Shen Average	#4 by Mr. Shen at Feb 5, 2006 at 11:29 AM EST
	Makes me want to fire up the old bass and play!

No Picture Musical Genius	#5 by oh.... THAT guy at Apr 13, 2006 at 4:42 AM EST
	Oh, yeah, even though it's supposed to be a skeleton. I think.

No Picture Im Hearing Voic Average	#6 by Im Hearing Voices As The Wind Blows at Aug 6, 2006 at 2:12 PM EST
	This would be my favorite song if it werent for the fucking hip hop nonsense.

No Picture Benjamin Average	#7 by Benjamin Nield at Aug 16, 2006 at 6:50 AM EST
	Bah, my least favorite from Roll The Bones. The hip hop part sucks, imho. Rush ain't gay, they're just different. I know that's hard to believe in a world where everyone acts the same. =P

No Picture Professional	#8 by at Aug 16, 2006 at 7:25 PM EST
	Sorry. :P Not trying to be an ass, but. You missed all the bends, and, a lot of the stuff is incorrect. And this is played on a regular old four-string =]

No Picture [Cody]♥ Rhythm Player	#9 by [Cody]♥ [Confined]Has A Body Count at Jul 11, 2007 at 4:35 PM EST
	Sounds like luck and randomness to me. I also see the "there's no god-ness" in this song. BTW, FYI, it's Geddy doing the rap verses.