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Double Agent by Rush
Double Agent
Special Notations:
~ slight vibrato (with left hand or whammy bar)
/ slide up the string (toward pickups)
\ slide down the string (toward the nut)
(12) natural harmonic (fret in parens)
P pull-off
X\ pick slide
Guitar enters at 0:16 with Riff 1. Play it once.
Riff 1 (medium distortion with chorus)
F C5
E --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -----------7--5--10--9--7--5------17~------2--2--2----5--5\---------|
D ------------------------------15-----------3--3--3----5--5\---------|
A --5--3--5----------------------------------3--3--3----3--3\---------|
E -------------------------------------------1--1--1------------------|
G F C5
E --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -----------7--5--10--9--7--5------4--------2--2--2----5--5----------|
D ----------------------------------5--------3--3--3----5--5----------|
A --5--3--5-------------------------5--------3--3--3----3--3----------|
E ------------------------------3---3--------1--1--1------------------|
Riff 2 begin at 0:32. Play whole thing and then repeat section between
the vertical bars ONLY 4 times.
Riff 2 (heavier distortion, no chorus)
P P
E -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E --0---0--0---0--0--3--5|-3-0---0--0---0--0--3--5--3-0---0--0---0--0-|
C m7+a9 (???)
E -------------------------------|
B -------------------------------|
G --------/8---8--8---8--8-------|
D --------/8---8--8---8--8-------|
A --------/7---7--7---7--7-------|
E --3--5--/8---8--8---8--8--3--5-|
Riff 3 begins at 0:56. Play the figure between the vertical bar three times
and end with an E5 chord (fretted low to high 022XXX)
Riff 3 (distorted)
P
E -|----------------------------|
B -|----------------------------|
G -|----------------------------|
D -|-------------------1--0-----|
A -|-0--0-----0--------------3--|
E -|-------3-----3--0-----------|
The song returns briefly to Riff 2 at 1:01. Play the section between the
veritcal bar ONCE and then follow with this figure:
Riff 4 (distored, last chord clean with chorus)
P A
E ---------------------------------------------------5--------|
B ---------------------------------------------------5--------|
G ---------------------------------------------------6--------|
D ---------------------------------------------------7--------|
A ---------------------------------------------------7--------|
E --0---0--0---0--0--3--5--3-0---0--0---0--0--3--5---5--------|
The rhythmn of next section of the song makes it uncondusive to transcription
here. Below are the chord changes. Listen to the album for the timing of
rhythmn and chord changes. To further complicate things, two guitars are
here with different tones. The sustained chords are played clean, the choppy
rhythms are distorted. To play this on a single guitar, you'll have to hop
around on your effects rather quickly.
Riff 5 (2 guitars written for a single guitar)
1:12 1:15 1:18 1:21 1:24 1:27 1:29 ..
C#5 A5 C#5 A C#5 B5 C5 B5 A5
E ------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
G ----6------2------6-----6----6----4----5--4--2----------------------|
D ----6------2------4-----7----6----4----5--4--2----------------------|
A ----4------0------4-----7----4----2----3--2--0----------------------|
E ------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
Return to Riff 1 at 1:33. Play it twice.
Play Riff 2 (between the veritcal bars only) three times. (begins at 2:05)
Play Riff 3 three times, end with an E5 chord again (begins at 2:18)
Play Riff 2 (between the vertical bars only) three times and follow with
Riff 4. (begins at 2:24)
Play Riff 5. (begins at 2:33)
Riff 6 begin at 2:54 in lieu of Riff 1. It is played 16 times.
Riff 6 (light distortion)
D C E
E -----------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------|
G -----7---7--7---7--7---5---9\------|
D -----------------------------------|
A -----5---5--5---5--5---3---7\------|
E -----------------------------------|
Play Riff 2 (the whole thing this time) at 3:26.
Begining at 3:32 is the closest thing this song has to a guitar solo.
Finger a natural harmonic at the 24th fret of the 4th string (D). Tremelo
pick (pick as fast as possible) while moving the harmonic up the neck.
Alex does this (or at least, something close to this) at 3:32 - 3:37 and
at 3:41-3:47. Add a healthy dose of flange or chorus and you've got
a cool trick.
Riff 7 (distored, with heavy chorus)
trem picking trem picking pick slds.
E --------------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------X\-----------|
D ---(24)-\\\\\\\\-(3)--3---3---(24)-\\\\\\\\-(3)--3--3--X\--X/-------|
A ----------------------3---3----------------------3--3--X\--X/-------|
E ----------------------1---1----------------------1--1------X/-------|
With all of the effects saturating Alex's guitar tone, its hard to make out
the next part (at 3:50). Riff 8 is the best I could do. Play it 4 times
and follow with a A chord (low to high 577655).
Riff 8 (distored with heavy chorus)
E ----------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------|
G -----------------------17--14-----|
D --17---17--17--15--17-------------|
A ----------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------|
Play Riff 5 (begining at 3:59).
Play Riff 2 (between bar only) 3 times (at 4:20)
Play Riff 3 3 times (at 4:33) and with an A5.
Play Riff 2 twice (between bars only) at 4:39 and end the song with the
begining of Riff 2 (up until the first veritcal bar ONLY).
Where would you rather be?
Anywhere but here
When will the time be right?
Anytime but now
"On the edge of sleep, I was drifting for half the night
Anxious and restless, pressed down by the darkness
Bound up and wound up so tight."
So tight...
"So many decisions, a million revisions
Caught between darkness and light..."
Wilderness of mirrors
World of polished steel
Gears and iron chains
Turn the grinding wheel
I run between the shadows
Some are phantoms, some are real
Where would you rather be?
Anywhere but here
When will the time be right?
Anytime but now
Where would you rather be?
The doubt and the fear
I know would all disappear
Anywhere but here
Anywhere but here...
"On the edge of sleep, I heard voices behind the door
The known and the nameless, familiar and faceless
My angels and my demons at war"
At war...
"Which one will lose depends on what I choose
Or maybe which voice I ignore..."
Wilderness of mirrors
Streets of cold desire
My precious sense of honor
Just a shield of rusty wire
I hold against the chaos
And the cross of holy fire
Wilderness of mirrors
So easy to deceive
My precious sense of rightness
Is sometimes so naive
So that which I imagine
Is that which I believe
"On the edge of sleep, I awoke to a sun so bright
Rested and fearless, cheered by "your nearness
I knew which direction was right
Was right...
"The case had been tried by the jury inside
The choice between darkness and light...
The choice between darkness and light."
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