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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 22:05:12 -0700 (MST)
From: "Anthony John Zimmermann" <97445@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>
Rush
Prime Mover
Hold Your Fire
Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart
Transcribed by Tony Zimmermann
<97445@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>
Comments Welcome
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Palm mute, 2x D, 2x
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D Bm A (2x)
Top part: Rhy. Fig. 1
Basic Elemental...
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(Bm) (D) (A) (Bm) (D) (A)
Alternating currents in a tidewater surge
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(Bm) (D) (A) (Bm) (D) (A)
Rational resistance to an unwise urge
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G
(G)
Anything can happen
Verses: (Guitars are Nashville-tuned w/4 bottom strings up 1 octave)
(D) (G)
>From the point of conception
(Bm) (E) E:022100
To the moment of truth
(D) (G)
At the point of surrender
(Bm) (A)
to the burden of proof
w/Rhy.Fig.1 (3x)
>From the point of ignition
(E)
to the final drive
w/Rhy.Fig.1 (3x)
The point of the journey
(A)
is not to arrive
(G)
Anything can happen
Guitar Tacet until "Alternating Currents..."
I set the wheels in motion....
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(C#m) (E5) (B) E5: x799xx
I set the clouds in motion
(C#m) (E5) (B)
Turn up light and sound
(C#m) (E5) (B)
Activate the window
(A)
and watch the world go 'round
Palm Mute: (2x) 1. 2.
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Depress Tremolo bar before
striking note
Outro chords:
D A G
D/F# G E A D/F#: 20023x
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