The Spirit Of Radio bass tab by Rush

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Rush: The Spirit of Radio
From the album Permanent Waves (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1980 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Comments/corrections to Sean Jones 

Transcribed by Eric Habbinga
Corrected by Sean Jones and Eddie Easterly


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|4:-R-|----|---|-----R-R-----|-----R-7-7-R-7-7---R-|
|4:---|----|---|-------------|-----------------5---|
+-----+----+-0-+-------------+---------------------+


    s s e e s^s^s^s s E e s e e     w      s s q
+-------------------------------+-----+----------+
|5:-7-7---R-4-4-4-4-5-4-------R-|4:---|-3:-----R-|
|4:-----5---------------5-5-7---|4:---|-8:-0-0---|
+-------------------------------+---0-+----------+


    s^s^s^s s s s^s^s^s s s s s s s e     e s s s s s s
+---7-7-7-7-5-4-----------------------+-----------------+
|4:-------------7-7-7-5-4---4---------|2:-4-2-0---0-----|
|4:-----------------------7---7-5-4-0-|4:-------4---4-2-|
+-------------------------------------+-----------------+


    q q e e e e  +e s s e e e e e e   +q q q e e
+---------------+-------------------+------------+
|4:---------R---|---------------2---|------------|
|4:-----------0-|---0-0-2-0-3-4-----|----------0-|
+---0-2-3-3-----+-----------------0-+----2-3-4---+


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+------------------+--------------+------------------+--------------+
|--------------2---|--------------|--------------2---|--------------|
|----0-2-0-3-4-----|------------0-|----0-2-0-3-4-----|------------0-|
+----------------0-+----2-3-3-4---+----------------0-+----2-3-3-4---+


  +e e e e e e e e  +w   w   e e e e e e e e   e^e^e^e^e^e^e Q   q e q e e s s
+------------------+---+---+-----------------+-----------------+---------------
|--------------2---|---|---|-----------------|-----------------|---R-----------
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+----------------0-+---+---+-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-+-0---0-0-0-----


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+-------------+-----------------+---------+-----------------+
|-------------|-----R-----------|-------2-|---R-------------|
|-2-2-2-0-2---|-----------------|-0-4-2---|-------------2-4-|
+-----------4-+-4-4---4-4-4-2-4-+---------+-0---0-0-0-0-----+


  e e e q s s e e   q e e e s s e e   q e q q e   q e q e e s s   q e q e e e
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------+---------------+-------------+
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  q e e e e e e   e e e q s s s s s s   q e q e e s s   e s s s s s E e s s e
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+-4---4---4---4-+---------------------+-0---0-0-0-----+---------------------3-+


  q e e e s s s s s s   Q q q e   q e q s s e e   e e e E s e e e
+---------------------+---------+---------------+-----------------+
|---R---R-------------|-------2-|---R-----------|-----R-----------|
|---------------------|-0-4-2---|---------------|-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
+-4---4---4-4-2-2-4-4-+---------+-0---0-0-0-0-0-+---------------4-+


  e e e e e e e e   e e e q q e   e e e q e e s s   e e e e e s s e e
+-----------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------------+
|-----R---R-------|-----R-------|-----R-----------|-----R---R---------|
|-----------------|-0-0---0-2-4-|-------------2-4-|-2-2---2---2-2-2---|
+-4-4---4---4-2-4-+-------------+-0-0---0-0-0-----+-----------------4-+


  e e e e e e e e   e e s s e e e s s e   q e E s e e s s
+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------+
|-----R---R-------|-------------------2-|---R-------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-4-2-2-4---|-------------2-4-|
+-4-4---4---4-2-4-+---------------------+-0---0-0-0-0-----+

                                                          <*
  e s s s s s e e s e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e q   w   +w   w+
+-----------------------+-----------------+---------------+---+----+---+
|---R---------R---------|-----------------|-------------R-|---|----|-2-|
|-2---2-2-0-2---2-0-2---|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2---|---|----|----
+---------------------4-+-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+---------------+-0-+----+----


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+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|---|-2-|-4-|-6-|-4-|-2-|---|-2-|-4-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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       *>
  w   w   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
+---+---+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
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|---|---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
+---+---+-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-+-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-+-0-0---0---0-0-0-+


  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 e
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
|-----R-------|-----R-----------|-----R---R-------|-----R-----------|
|-2-2---2-2---|-----------------|-0-0---0---2-2-4-|-----------------|
+-----------3-+-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-+-----------------+-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-+


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+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+
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  e e e 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
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|-----R---------|-----R---------|-----R---------|-----R---------|
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+-------------3-+-4-4---4-4-4-4-+---------------+-0-0---0-0-0-0-+


  e e e q e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e s s s s e   q e E s e e s s
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------+
|-----R---------|-----R---R---R---|-R---R---R---------2-|---R-------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2---|-----------------|---0---0---2-4-2-4---|-------------2-4-|
+-------------3-+-4-4---4---4---4-+---------------------+-0---0-0-0-0-----+

                                                      <*
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+-------------------+-----------------+---------------+---+----+---+---+
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---------|4:-------------|4:-----------|4:-----2---------|4:---------|
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|4:-----2---2---2-|4:-----------------|-----2-------2-----|-----------|
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|4:-------------|4:-------------|4:-----2-------|4:-----------------|
+---------------+---2-2---2---2-+---------------+---4-4---4---4---4-+


    e e e e e e     e e e e e e e e   s s e e e e e e e   q e q e e s s
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|4:-------------|4:-----------------|-----2-------2-----|-----------2-4-|
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  q e E e s e e   q e E s e e e   q e q q s s   q e q e e s s   e e e q e e e
+---------------+---------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+
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+-------------3-+-4---4-4-4-2-4-+-------------+-0---0-0-0-----+-------------3-+


  e e e e e e e e   e^e^e^e^e^e^e Q   w   +w
+-----------------+-----------------+---+----+
|-----------------|-----------------|---|----|
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|-----------------------7---7-5-4-0-|4:-------4---4-2-|-----------0-|
+-----------------------------------+-----------------+-0-2-3-3-----+


  +e e e e e e e e   +q q e e e e   +e e e e e e e e   +e e q q e e
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+----------------0-+----2-3-3-4---+----------------0-+----0-2-3-4---+


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|----2-0-3-4-----|------------0-|----0-2-0-3-4------|-------|-----------6---|
+--------------0-+----0-2-3-4---+-------------------+-0-0---+-------7-7-----+


  e e H   e e q e e e e   q H   e e q e e e e   e e e e e e e e
+-------+---------------+-----+---------------+-----------------+
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|-------|-----------6---|-----|---------6-----|---------------0-|
+-0-0---+-------7-7-----+-0---+-------7-----0-+---0-2---3---4---+


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+------------------+------------------+------------------+-------+
|--------------2---|--------R---R-----|--------------2-2-|-----R-|
|----0-2-0-3-4-----|----------------0-|----0-2-0-3-4-----|-------|
+----------------0-+----0-2---3---4---+------------------+-0-0---+


  e e q e e e e   e e H   e e q e e e e   +e e q q e e   +q e e e e e e
+---------------+-------+---------------+--------------+----------------+
|-7-7-R-------9-|-----R-|-7-7-R---------|--------------|------------2---|
|-----------6---|-------|-----------6---|------------0-|----2-0-3-4-----|
+-------7-7-----+-0-0---+-------7-7---0-+----0-2-3-4---+--------------0-+


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


  +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 e
+------------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------+
|------------------|-------------2---|------------------|----4-4---2-------|
|----------------0-|-0-2-2-0-3-4-----|----------------0-|--------4---4-2---|
+----0-2-2-3-3-4---+---------------0-+----0-2-2-3-3-4---+----------------0-+


  +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 e
+------------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------+
|------------------|-----------2-----|------------------|--------------2---|
|----------------0-|-0-2-2-0-2---4---|----------------0-|----0-2-0-3-4-----|
+----0-2-2-3-3-4---+---------------0-+----0-2-2-3-3-4---+----------------0-+


  +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 e
+------------------+-----------------+------------------+------------------+
|--------R-----R---|---R-------2-----|------------------|--------------2---|
|----------------0-|-0---2-2-4---4---|----------------0-|----0-2-2-3-4-----|
+----2-2---4-4-----+---------------0-+----0-2-2-3-3-4---+----------------0-+


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


  +h e e e e   h e e e e   w   q q h   +w   +H q
+------------+-----------+---+-------+----+------+
|------------|-R---------|-R-|---R---|----|------|
|--------2---|-------2---|---|-------|----|------|
+----3-4---0-+---3-4---0-+---+-0---0-+----+----0-+


Notes bracketed by <* *> should be played on a synth.

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                Created using the Bass Tab Creator
     __         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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