The Enemy Within Rush
Rush - The Enemy Within
From the CD 'Grace Under Pressure'
Written by Lee/Lifeson/Peart
Mercury/Polygram Records 818476-2
This song is in D. The guitar is chorused. This tab is not
entirely correct as there are many picking nuances throughout the song
and I didn't tab out each and every one. I just tabbed the main ones and
you are free to experiment with them.
Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com
= not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
s = slide
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
[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.
PM = Palm Mute; lightly touch the strings at the bridge with the edge of
the fret hand
Chord legend:
A : [x0222x]
[Riff 1] - Let each note ring out
Bm some kind of D Bm? Asus4 addD?
e:------------------- ------------0--- ------2-------- -------------- B:--------0----3----- ------0--3------ ----3---------- ------3---2--- G:------4---------0-- ----2---------0- --4------2----- ----2-------4- D:----0-------------- -0-------------- 2------------2- --0----------- A:--2---------------- ---------------- -----------0--- 0------------- E:------------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------
[Riff 2]
[Bm] [G] [A]
e:--------------7---------------7\---------------3----------------5-- B:--------------7---------------7\---------------3----------------5-- G:--------------7---------------7\---------------4----------------6-- D:--------------9---------------9\----------------------------------- A:--9--9-9-9-9------9--9-9-9-9-------5--5-5-5-5-------7--7-7-7-7----- E:--7--7-7-7-7------7--7-7-7-7-------3--3-3-3-3-------5--5-5-5-5----- PM ---------- PM ---------- PM ---------- PM ----------
[Riff 3]
[Bm] [D] [A] [A/C#]
e:-------7~--------7~--------7~--------------- ---------------------- B:-------7~--------7~--------7~-----10~------- ---------------------- G:-------7~--------7~--------7~-----11~-11---- --2--2-2-2--2-2--2---- D:-------9~--------9~--------9~-----12~-12---- --2--2-2-2--2-2--2---- A:--9-9-----9-9-9-----9-9-9-----9---12~-12---- --0--0-0-0--0-0--4---- E:--7-7-----7-7-7-----7-7-7-----7---10~-10s12- ---------------------- e:---------------------------- B:-------------------2-------- G:-----2-------------2-------- D:-----2--2----0-----2-------- A:--4--4--4------0---0---0---- E:----------------------------
[Riff 4]
[Bm] [G] [A]
e:------------------------------------------------------------------- B:--------------------7---------------------------------------------- G:---------7--------7------------------4----------6------------------ D:-----------9----9------------------5----------7-------------------- A:------9--------------------------5----------7---------------------- E:---7---------------------------3----------5------------------------ PM ----------------------------------------------
Progression:
[Riff 1] x2
[Riff 2] x4
[Riff 2] x8 /w lyrics:
Things crawl in the darkness that imagination spins.
Needles at your nerve ends crawl like spiders on your skin.
Pou - pou - pou - pounding in your temples, and a surge of adrenalin.
Every muscle tense to fence the enemy within.
[Riff 3] x1
[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:
I'm not not giving in to security under pressure,
I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure,
I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,
Experience to extremes, experience to extremes...
[Guitar tacet] while keyboard and bass imply [Riff 2] x4
[Riff 2] x8 /w lyrics:
Suspicious looking stranger flashes you a dangerous grin.
Shadows across your window, was it only trees in the wind?
Every breath a static charge, a tongue that tastes like tin.
Steely-eyed outside to hide the enemy within.
[Riff 3] x1
[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:
I'm not not giving in to security under pressure,
I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure,
I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,
Experience to extremes, experience to extremes...
[Riff 4] x8
[Riff 1] x3
To you is it movement or is it action? Is it contact or just reaction?
And you, revolution, just resistance? Is it living or just existence?
Yeah you, it takes a little more persistance to get up and go the
d[A]ist[A]ance.
[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:
I'm not not giving in -
I'm not missing out -
I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,
Experience to extremes...
[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:
I'm not not giving in to security under pressure,
I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure,
I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,
___(some kind of weird chord here
\/ can't make it out)
Experience to extremes, experience to extremes...
[Riff 4] x5
e:------------------------------------------------------------------- B:----------------------7-------------------------------------------- G:---------7----------7---------------------------------------------- D:------------9-----9----------------5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--------------- A:------9----------------------------5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--------------- E:---7-------------------------------3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--------------- PM -------------------------
Hey hey hey yeah!
Until fadeout:
[Bm] [G] [A]
e:-----7--7-----7--7-----7-----7-------3-------3------5-5-----5------ B:-----7--7-----7--7-----7-----7-------3-------3------5-5-----5------ G:-----7--7-----7--7-----7-----7-------4-------4------6-6-----6------ D:-----9--9-----9--9-----9-----9------------------------------------- A:--9--------9--------9-----9------5--------5------7-------7--------- E:--7--------7--------7-----7------3--------3------5-------5---------
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