Red Lenses Rush
Rush - Red Lenses
From the CD 'Grace Under Pressure'
Written by Lee/Lifeson/Peart
Mercury/Polygram Records 818476-2
This tab is a royal mess. It was a real pain to do, and I hope
you people appreciate it. This song isn't so popular, so why the hell did
I tab it? The key is E, switching to Ab for the keyboard interludes.
Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com
= not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
o \_
o / repeat sign (always look for these!)
[x35553] = fret box; this is a C chord - this is the same as standard
tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.
Chord legend:
C#m7 : [9/11/9999]
F# : [244322]
F#7sus4 : [242422]
F#7(AddB) : [x44300]
E : [022100]
[Riff 1]
[Eb7]
e:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~------------------------------- B:--14--14---14--14--14--14--14---14~~------------------------------- G:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~------------------------------- D:--13--13---13--13--13--13--13---13~~------------------------------- A:------------------------------------------------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
[Riff 2]
[Gb6]
e:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-------------------------- B:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-------------------------- G:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-------------------------- D:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-------------------------- A:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9-------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
[Riff 3]
[Ab] [Absus4]
e:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----9--9--9--8-------------------------- B:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9-------------------------- G:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8-------------------------- D:--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-------------------------- A:------------------------------------------------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
Song progression:
I see [C#m7]red. An'it hurts[C#m7] my head.
F# F# F# F# F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB)
I guess it must be something that I read.
[E5] [F#9] [G9] [G#9]
e:------------------------------------------------------------------- B:--5---------9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- G:--4---------9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- D:--2---------8---9--10\--------------------------------------------- A:--2---------9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times
e:------------11--- ------------11--14-- B:--13---14--(11)-- --13---14----------- G:o----------(12)-- -------------------o D:o----------(13)-- -------------------o A:----------------- -------------------- E:----------------- --------------------
[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 1] x2 very freely
It's the color of your heartbeat,
[Riff 2] x2
A rising summer sun,
[Riff 3] x2
The battle lost or won,
[Riff 1] x1 C#m7
The flash to fashion, the pulse to passion feels red,
Inside[C#m7] my head.
F# F# F# F#~ F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB)
And truth is something better left unsaid.
[E] I [E]sai[E]d red, red[C#m7].
I'm thinking about the overhea[C#m7]d, the underfed.[C#m7] [C#m7] [C#m7]
[F#] Couldn't we talk about something[F#7sus4] else ins[F#7(addB)]tead?
[E5] [F#9] [G9] [G#9]
e:------------------------------------------------------------------- B:--5---------9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- G:--4---------9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- D:--2---------8---9--10\--------------------------------------------- A:--2---------9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times
e:------------11--- ------------11--14-- B:--13---14--(11)-- --13---14----------- G:o----------(12)-- -------------------o D:o----------(13)-- -------------------o A:----------------- -------------------- E:----------------- --------------------
[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 1] x2 very freely [Riff 2] x2
We've got Mars on the horizon, says the National Midnight Star.
(It's true.)
[Riff 3] x2
What you believe is what you are.
[Riff 1] x1 C#m7
A pair of dancing shoes the Soviets are the blues. The reds under your
[C#m7]bed,
C#m7 C#m7 F# [F#7sus4] \/ [F#7(addB)] \/
lying in the darkness dead ahead.
[E5] [F#9] [G9] [G#9]
e:------------------------------------------------------------------- B:--5---------9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- G:--4-----x---9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- D:--2-----x---8---9--10\--------------------------------------------- A:--2-----x---9--10--11\--------------------------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 16 times
e:--9-9--9-------9-11-------- B:---------11--9------------- G:o-------------------------o D:o-------------------------o A:--------------------------- E:--------------------------- ---------------
[Play tbis wbole next section twice]
The keyboard plays this whole thing two times:
e:------------------------- ----------------------------------------- B:--------------------7~~-- ----------------------------------------- G:---------6---6--8-------- -----------6---6--8~~-------------------- D:---6--8------------------ ----6---8-------------------------------- A:------------------------- ----------------------------------------- E:------------------------- -----------------------------------------
While the guitar plays this freely:
e:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------ B:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------ G:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------ D:--13-13--13--13--13-13-13-13-13------------------------------------ A:------------------------------------------------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
Then:
e:----------------------------- ------------------------------------- B:--13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-- ------------------------------------- G:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o --11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------ D:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o --11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------ A:--11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-- ---9--9--9--9--------9--9--9--9------ E:----------------------------- ------------------------------------- ---------------
And the mercury is rising; Barometer starts to fall.
You know it gets to us all.
The pain that is learning - and the rain that is burning -
Feel [C#m7]red. Still,[C#m7] go ahead.
C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 F# [F#7sus4] \/ [F#7(addB)] \/ \[E]/
You see black 'n' white, and I see red, red -
[E] [E] [E] not blue.[C#m7]
[C#m13] [C#m7]
e:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------ B:-12-12-12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11----9~------------------------------ G:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------ D:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------ A:-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11---11~------------------------------ E:-------------------------------------------------------------------
[C#m7 freely] F#
I'm thinkin' about the overfed, the under read.
F#7sus4 a few times, then F#7(addB)
[E] C#m7 [Fill 1] x1
Well I said I'm a bled red.
[Fill 1] - palm-muted and with echoed repeats
e:-------------------- B:------9-9----------- G:---9------9--------- D:-------------------- A:-------------------- E:--------------------
C#m7 freely
Thinkin' about what you said.[F#] [F#7(addB)]
I think about it, I think, I think it, yeah![C#m7] [C#m7] [F#7(addB)]
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