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Red Lenses by Rush
Red Lenses
| = 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:
C#m7 C#m7
I see red. An'it hurts 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,
C#m7
Inside my head.
F# F# F# F#~ F#7sus4 3x F#7(addB)
And truth is something better left unsaid.
E E E C#m7
I said red, red.
C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 C#m7
I'm thinking about the overhead, the underfed.
F# F#7sus4 F#7(addB)
Couldn't we talk about something else instead?
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,
F#7sus4 F#7(addB)
C#m7 C#m7 F# \/ \/
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:---------------------------|
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[Play this whole 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:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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 -
C#m7 C#m7
Feel red. Still, go ahead.
F#7sus4 F#7(addB) E
C#m7 C#m7 C#m7 F# \/ \/ \/
You see black 'n' white, and I see red, red -
E E E C#m7
not blue.
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
F# F#7(addB)
Thinkin' about what you said.
C#m7 C#m7 F#7(addB)
I think about it, I think, I think it, yeah!
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