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Xanadu by Rush
Xanadu
[0:00]
e:--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
B:--------|--5----------|-[5]-------------|--------------------------|
G:--------|----4--------|----[4]----------|o------------------------o|
D:--------|------2------|--------[2]------|o---2~-------------------o|
A:--------|-------------|-----------------|----------4~-----2~-------|
E:-0------|--------0----|------------[0]--|-------0------0-----------|
[0:31]
e:-<12>-------<7>----------------------------------------------------|
B:------<12>---------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------------<7>-----------<5>------<7>----------<12>-----|
E:-----------------<7>-------<7>--<4>-----<5>------<7>-<4>-----------|
[0:38]
e:-<12>-------<9>------------------<5>-------------------------------|
B:------<12>------<9>------------------<5>---------------------------|
G:--------------------<9>-----<9>---------------------<5>------------|
D:------------------------<9>--------------------<5>-----------<7>---|
A:-------------------------------------------<5>-----------<7>-------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[0:46]
e:-12~--0--7--9~---0-4-5--0-|--12~--0-7-9--0---------------7---------|
B:--------------------------|----------------9--10----7--9---10-9~---|
G:o------------------------o|----------------------9-----------------|
D:o------------------------o|----------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
[1:01]
e:--16--12-14------|---16--12-14-------------------------------------|
B:------------12~--|-------------12--16-14----------12-14~-----------|
G:o---------------o|------------------------13-14~----------13-14~---|
D:o---------------o|-------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
[1:16]
e:-----------|----------------------------------------------------12-|
B:-----------|---10--9----------10~-9~-------------------------12----|
G:-----------|---------9--7~-----------9--7~-----11--9----9-11-------|
D:-14--12~---|--------------------------------9--------9-------------|
A:-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|
[1:30]
e:---------------------12-----------|--------------------------------|
B:-12---------------12----12--------|--------------------------------|
G:----11--9---9--11----------11--9--|--------------------------------|
D:----------9-----------------------|----9-11----9----7---7----------|
A:----------------------------------|-11-------7---9--5---4---7---7--|
E:----------------------------------|-------------------------5---4--|
[1:37] [1:41]
e:---------------<5>--0----|-----------------------------------------|
B:-<12>-<12>-<7>-----------|-----------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-------<7>------------<7>----------------|
E:-------------------------|--<12>-----<7>--<9>-------<7>--0---------|
[1:49]
e:--------11---------12--|
B:--10-12----9--10-------|
G:o----------------9----o|
D:o---------------------o|
A:-----------------------|
E:-----------------------| repeat until free time ends at 2:03
Riff A1 (7/8 time)
24x
e e e e e e e
e:------12----------11-----------------------------------------------|
B:----------10--12------9---10---------------------------------------|
G:o-9---------------------------------------------------------------o|
D:o-----------------------------------------------------------------o|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff A2 (7/8 time) (with riff A1)
h+ Q+ h+ Q h+ Q+ h+ Q h+ Q+ h+ Q
e:---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|------------------|
B:---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|------------------|
G:o--------|---------|--5--(5)-|-(5)-(5)-|--------|------------------|
D:o-2--(2)-|-(2)-(2)-|--5--(5)-|-(5)-(5)-|--5-(5)-|-(5)-(5)----------|
A:--2--(2)-|-(2)-(2)-|--3--(3)-|-(3)-(3)-|--5-(5)-|-(5)-(5)----------|
E:--0--(0)-|-(0)-(0)-|---------|---------|--3-(3)-|-(3)-(3)----------|
3x (4/4 time) (5/4 time) (4/4 time)
h+ Q+ h+ Q w+ w+ w+ w+q+ h+ Q e+
e:---------|----------|-----|------|------|-------------|------------|
B:---------|----------|-----|------|------|-------------|------------|
G:--2--(2)-|-(2)-(2)-o|-----|------|------|-------------|------------|
D:--2--(2)-|-(2)-(2)-o|--2--|-(2)--|-(2)--|-(2)---------|-(2)-(2)----|
A:--0--(0)-|-(0)-(0)--|--2--|-(2)--|-(2)--|-(2)---------|-(2)-(2)----|
E:---------|----------|--0--|-(0)--|-(0)--|-(0)---------|-(0)-(0)-0--|
Riff B (4/4 time)
e e h+ e e+ e e h+ e e+
e:-----------0---(0)-----|-----------0---(0)------------|
B:-----------0---(0)-----|-----------0---(0)------------|
G:-----------4---(4)-----|-----------4---(4)------------|
D:-----------2---(2)-----|-----------2---(2)------------|
A:-----------2---(2)-----|-----------2---(2)------------|
E:---(0)--0--0---(0)--0--|---(0)--0--0---(0)--0---------|
e e h+ (e) e+
e:-----------0---(0)-----|
B:-----------0---(0)-----|
G:-----------4---(4)-----|
D:-----------2---(2)-----|
A:-----------2---(2)--5--|
E:---(0)--0--0---(0)-----|
Riff C1 (4/4 time)
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e+
e:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A:-(5)-4-------/9--7--5--4--|--5--4----------------------------------|
E:--------7--5--------------|--------7--5-/9--7--5--0----------------|
Riff C2 (4/4 time)
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
e:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A:-(5)-4-------/9--7--5--4--|--7--5--4-----5--4----------------------|
E:--------7--5--------------|-----------7--------7--5----------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e w+ w
e:--------------------------|--------------------------|--0---|-(0)--|
B:--------------------------|--------------------------|--0---|-(0)--|
G:--------------------------|--------------------------|--4---|-(4)--|
D:--------------------------|--------------------------|--2---|-(2)--|
A:--------------------------|-----------------------2--|--2---|-(2)--|
E:-/9--7--5--4--7--5--4--2--|--5--4--2--0--4--2--0-----|--0---|-(0)--|
Riff D1 (7/8 time)
e e e e e s s s s e e e e e q
e:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
B:--12----12----12-12-12-12-12-|--12----12----12-12s10---------------|
G:--13----13----13-13-13-13-13-|--13----13----13-13s11---------------|
D:--14----14----14-14-14-14-14-|--14----14----14-14s12---------------|
A:--14----14----14-14-14-14-14-|--14----14----14-14s12---------------|
E:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
e e e e e s s s s e e e e e q
e:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
B:--10----10----10-10-10-10-10-|--10----10----10-10s7----------------|
G:--11----11----11-11-11-11-11-|--11----11----11-11s8----------------|
D:--12----12----12-12-12-12-12-|--12----12----12-12s9----------------|
A:--12----12----12-12-12-12-12-|--12----12----12-12s9----------------|
E:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
e e e e e s s s s e e e e e q
e:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
B:--7-----7-----7--7--7--7--7--|--7-----7-----7--7s5-----------------|
G:--8-----8-----8--8--8--8--8--|--8-----8-----8--8s6-----------------|
D:--9-----9-----9--9--9--9--8--|--9-----9-----9--9s7-----------------|
A:--9-----9-----9--9--9--9--9--|--9-----9-----9--9s7-----------------|
E:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
e e e e e s s s s e e e e e e e
e:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
B:--5-----5-----5--5--5--5--5--|--3-----3-----3--3-------------------|
G:--6-----6-----6--6--6--6--6--|--4-----4-----4--4-------------------|
D:--7-----7-----7--7--7--7--7--|--5-----5-----5--5-------------------|
A:--7-----7-----7--7--7--7--7--|--5-----5-----5--5-------------------|
E:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
Keyboard (arranged for guitar) played over above riff
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-5s12~-----------------------------5s12~-------12--10-9-10-9--10---|
G:-------------9~--------7~------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-12~----12--10-9-10-9--10--12~--10-9-------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------9~------9--9--9-9-9--7--7--7--7|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:----------|
B:--5~------|
G:----------|
D:----------|
A:----------|
E:----------|
Riff D2 (7/8 time)
e e e e e s s s s e e e e e q
e:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
B:--12----12----12-12-12-12-12-|--12----12----12-12s10---------------|
G:--13----13----13-13-13-13-13-|--13----13----13-13s11---------------|
D:--14----14----14-14-14-14-14-|--14----14----14-14s12---------------|
A:--14----14----14-14-14-14-14-|--14----14----14-14s12---------------|
E:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
e e e e e s s s s e e e e e q
e:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
B:--10----10----10-10-10-10-10-|--10----10----10-10s7----------------|
G:--11----11----11-11-11-11-11-|--11----11----11-11s8----------------|
D:--12----12----12-12-12-12-12-|--12----12----12-12s9----------------|
A:--12----12----12-12-12-12-12-|--12----12----12-12s9----------------|
E:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
e e e e e s s s s e e e e e q
e:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
B:--7-----7-----7--7--7--7--7--|--7-----7-----7--7s5-----------------|
G:--8-----8-----8--8--8--8--8--|--8-----8-----8--8s6-----------------|
D:--9-----9-----9--9--9--9--8--|--9-----9-----9--9s7-----------------|
A:--9-----9-----9--9--9--9--9--|--9-----9-----9--9s7-----------------|
E:--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0-------------------|
q e e e e e e e e e e e e
e:--0--------0--------|-----------0----------------------------------|
B:--0-----0-----0-----|--------0-----------0-------------------------|
G:--6--6-----------6--|-----4-----------3----------------------------|
D:--7-----------------|--5-----------4-------------------------------|
A:--7-----------------|--5-----------4-------------------------------|
E:--5-----------------|--3-----------2-------------------------------|
Riff E
e:----0-----------0------0--0--0--------0-----------0------0--0--0---|
B:------0-----------0----0--0--0----------0-----------0----0--0--0---|
G:--------1-----------1--4--3--6------------1-----------1--4--3--8---|
D:--2-----------2--------5--4--7------2-----------2--------5--4--9---|
A:--2---------2----------5--4--7----2-----------2----------5--4--9---|
E:--0-------0------------3--2--5--0-----------0------------3--2--7---|
Riff F (Coleridge verse)
e:---0--0--0-----------0------|---0--0--0-----------0----------------|
B:---0-----0--------0-----0---|---0-----0--------0-----0-------------|
G:o--1-----3-----3-----------o|o--8-----6-----6---------------------o|
D:o--2-----4--4--------------o|o--9-----7--7------------------------o|
A:---2-----4------------------|---9-----7----------------------------|
E:---0-----2------------------|---7-----5----------------------------|
Riff G
e:--2--0--3--1-------------------------------------------------------|
B:--3--1--3--1-------------------------------------------------------|
G:--2--2--4--2-------------------------------------------------------|
D:--0--2--5--3--2-2-2-2---2--2-2-------------------------------------|
A:-----0--5--3--2-2-2-2---2--2-2-------------------------------------|
E:--------3--1--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-------------------------------------|
Riff H (verses 1 and 3)
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:---------------2-2-2-2---------4--2-----2------4--2-----2----------|
D:--2-2-2-2---5--2-2-2-2---5--2--4--2--5--2---2--4--2--5--2----------|
A:--2-2-2-2---5--0-0-0-0---5--2--2--0--5--0---2--2--0--5--0----------|
E:--0-0-0-0---3------------3--0--------3------0--------3-------------|
e:----------------------------0--------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------0--------------------------------------|
G:---------------2-2-2-2------4--------------------------------------|
D:--2-2-2-2---5--2-2-2-2---5--2--------------------------------------|
A:--2-2-2-2---5--0-0-0-0---5--2--------------------------------------|
E:--0-0-0-0---3------------3--0--------------------------------------|
Fill 1 (verse 3)
e:--13b15~---------|
B:-----------------|
G:-----------------|
D:-----------------|
A:-----------------|
E:-----------------| uses delay of approx. 300 msec
Riff I ("Xanadu")
e:--0----3----2------------------------------------------------------|
B:--0----3----3------------------------------------------------------|
G:--1----0----2------------------------------------------------------|
D:--2----0----0------------------------------------------------------|
A:--2----2----0------------------------------------------------------|
E:--0----3----2------------------------------------------------------|
Riff J (4/4 time) (verses 2 and 4) (12-string)
e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e
e:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B:--------3-----------3-----|--------3-------------------------------|
G:-----2-----0-----------0--|-----------0----------------------------|
D:--0--------------3--------|-----2----------------------------------|
A:--------------1-----------|--3-------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------|--------------3--2--0-------------------|
| |
| (accompaniment if no 12-string available) |
| e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e |
e:--------------------------|-----0----------------------------------|
B:--3-----3-----------3-----|--1-----3-------------------------------|
G:-----2-----0--3--------0--|-----------0----------------------------|
D:-----------------3--------|--------------5--4--2-------------------|
A:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Keyboard (arranged for guitar) played over above riff
e:--------19-----17~-------------------------------------------------|
B:--19-20----20-------20-19-17~--------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------19-18-16~--18-19--14~------17~--16--|
D:-----------------------------------------------------15~-----------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--14---------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----17--12~--p0h12~-p0h12p0h12~-----------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff K
e:--2----2----2------------------------------------------------------|
B:--3----3----3------------------------------------------------------|
G:--2----2----2------------------------------------------------------|
D:--0----0----0------------------------------------------------------|
A:--0----0----0------------------------------------------------------|
E:--2----2----2------------------------------------------------------|
Riff L (4/4 time) (12-string)
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
e:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B:--------3-----------3-----|--------3-------------------------------|
G:-----2-----0-----------0--|-----------0----------------------------|
D:--0--------------3--------|-----2----------------------------------|
A:--------------1-----------|--3-------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------|--------------3--3--2--0----------------|
| |
| (accompaniment if no 12-string available) |
| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e |
e:--------------------------|-----0----------------------------------|
B:--3-----3-----------3-----|--1-----3-------------------------------|
G:-----2-----0--3--------0--|-----------0----------------------------|
D:-----------------3--------|--------------5--5--4--2----------------|
A:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Keyboard (arranged for guitar) played over riff F
e:-----12~----------------------------0~-----------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(w/ bar) (w/ bar)
Solo (over riff F)
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------17~--19~--19b21~--21b22~------------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:--0b2--0b2-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------- (behind the nut bend, or pull up on floating tremolo)
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------9-11b13-(13)r11~------11-11-9-11b13-(13)r11p9----9~-------------|
D:--9-11------------------9-11-------------------------11----------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:------------------------------------------------------------------12---|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--7-6-4-------------------------------11b12r11-9~--9b11--9b11r9~-------|
D:--------7-5-4-5-4------------------------------------------------------|
A:------------------7-5-4-0----------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------2b3-(3)r2-0----------------------------------|
e:--15p12----12--15p12----12 15b17-15-15-15-15-14-12---------------------|
B:--------15-----------15----------------------------15-14-12------------|
G:------------------------------------------------------------14-13-12---|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:------------------------------------------------------12-15------------|
B:---------------------------------------------12h15----------15---------|
G:------------------------------------12h14----------14------------------|
D:--14-13-12--------------------12h14-------14---------------------------|
A:-----------14-13-12-----12h14------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------15-------------------------------------------------|
e:--12-15-----------------------------17b19-(19)r17-17-15s14-------------|
B:--------15-17b19--17b19-17-17b19r17------------------------17-15~-\----|
G:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:------2-------------0-------------3----------------1---------|
B:--------3-------------1-------------3------------1-----------|
G:----2--------------------------------------------------------|
D:--0---------------2------------------------------------------|
A:----------------0---------------5--------------3-------------|
E:------------------------------3--------------1---------------|
Riff M (played over riff A1)
e:--0----0--0----0----0--0----0--------------------------------------|
B:--0----0--0----0----0--0----0--------------------------------------|
G:--4----4--4----4----4--4----4--------------------------------------|
D:--2----2--2----2----2--2----2--------------------------------------|
A:--2----2--2----2----2--2----2--------------------------------------|
E:--0----0--0----0----0--0----0--------------------------------------|
Riff N (12-string, fades in)
e:--------------12-0------------|
B:--------------------12-0------|
G:-----------13-----------------|
D:-----14-----------------------|
A:--------14--------------------|
E:--12--------------------------|
Keyboard (arranged for guitar) played over above riff
e:--11h12-11-9-----9----------------------|
B:-------------12-------------------------|
G:o-------------------11---11h13--11--9~-o|
D:o--------------------------------------o|
A:----------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------|
Lead (played over riff N)
e:-----------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------10s11-9-------9-------------------------------|
D:--12-11-9------------12-11---12-11-9--12-11-9-7--11-9-7-6--|
A:----------12-----------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------------|
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--9-7-6-----7-6--------6-----------------------------------------|
A:--------9-------9--7-----9--7------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------9\---------------------------------|
Conclusion
e:--0----------0------------|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0---------------------|
B:--0----------0------------|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0---------------------|
G:--4----------9------------|--9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9---------------------|
D:--2----------9------------|--9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9---------------------|
A:--2----------7------------|--7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------------------|
E:--0----------0------------|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0---------------------|
repeatedly and rapidly
To seek the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise...'
I had heard the whispered tales of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book I took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eastern lands unknown
Time and Man alone
Searching for the lost Xanadu
Xanadu...
To stand within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste anew the fruits of life
The last immortal man
To find the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
Oh, I will dine on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise
A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end, weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost
Xanadu
Xanadu...
Held within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Nevermore shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honeydew
And drunk the milk of Paradise
Standard tuning applies. Key is E.
By the way, there are at least three guitars in this song, 1
clean for the intro, one with distortion for the fast parts, the solo and
the riffs between [2:03] and [4:20], and a 12 string w/chorus for the
slow parts before and during Geddy's singing. The second guitar takes
over when the song speeds up.. "I have heard the whispered tales..." and
then returns to the chorused guitar when it slows back down.
Initially my task was to identify a few unnotated chords and glue together
Charles Grogan's and Jimmy Pena's work. The most significant edit was
my replacement of Jimmy's notation of Riff A at the end of the song; his
differed from Charles's, but the instances of the riff sounded identical
to me. I've since revised the D riffs and added rhythm notation to them.
Eventually the whole tab will be notated this way (except for the free
time part, of course). As yet this doesn't merit the rhythm-notation
version of the tablature explanation, so just remember that "q" means
quarter notes, "e" means eighths, and "s" sixteenths.
It is unclear to me whether the low E string should be muted for the
full-chord strumming in riffs D1 and D2. This part was played on an
electric 12-string so it sounds pretty muddy. Given that the high open E
is present as a "drone tone", harmonically it doesn't make a lot of
difference if you mute the low E or not.
Tablature explanation:
| - music separator, not a standard notation bar line
|----|
|----|
|o--o| repeat
|o--o|
|----|
|----|
h - hammer on
p - pull off
tr - trill
b - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r - release bend
s - slide
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - muted, struck string
() optional note, or note held from previous articulation
<> natural harmonics
[] artificial (pinch) harmonics
NH natural harmonics
AH artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute
---------------
version 2
intro riff
1
--12-------11---------12------11--------|
-----10-12----9--10------10-12---9--10--|
9-------------------9-------------------|
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
main theme
2 3
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--4-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--2-|-0-------4-2-0---0---------------|----------------------------------|
--2-|---4-2-0-------4---4-2-0->-4-2-0-|----------------------------------|
0---|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
long scale after main theme
4
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------|
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------|
----------------------------------------------------------------4-|----------|
0-------4-2-0---2-0-----0---------------------------------------2-|----------|
--4-2-0-------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0-------------2-2-|----------|
--------------------------------------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---0-|----------|
chord work:
First time- guitar, percussion and synth come in
2nd-bass comes in
3rd-full drums kit, synth fades out
5
---5--2--0--0---|
9--7--4--2--0---|
9--7--4--2--4---|
9--7--4--2--5---|
7--5--2--0--5---|
------------3---|
Fourth time:
6
---5-2-0----0-----0-------0---0-----------0----0-0-0-|
-9-7-4-2--2----0-------0-------0-----------0---0-0-0-|
-9-7-4-2-2---4-------3-----1-----1-----------1-4-3-6-|
-9-7-4-2-----5-----4-------2-----------2-------5-3-7-|
-7-5-2-0-----5-----4-------2---------2---------5-2-7-|
-------------3-----2-------0-------0-----------3-2-5-|
7
-------0-----------0------0-0-0-|
---------0-----------0----0-0-0-|
-----------1-----------1--4-3-8-|
-----2-----------2--------5-4-9-|
---2-----------2----------5-4-9-|
-0-----------0------------3-2-7-|
Progression during lyrics ('To seek...')
8 9
0-0-------0---|-0-0-------0---|--------------------------------------|
0-0-----0---0-|-0-0-----0---0-|--------------------------------------|
1-3---3-------|-8-6---6-------|--------------------------------------|
2-4-4---------|-9-7-7---------|--------------------------------------|
2-4-----------|-9-7-----------|--------------------------------------|
0-2-----------|-7-5-----------|--------------------------------------|
In between '..Paradise' and 'I had heard..'
10
2-0-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------|
3-1-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------|
2-2-4-2-1------------------------------------------------------------|
0-2-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------|
--0-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------|
----3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the chord sequence during 'I have heard...' etc. Here I've pinned
down all chords, for it's not all repetition.
11
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E|
The second one runs from 'I scaled the frozen...'
12
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E| E G
and going over in the picking passage.
13 14
------------------0-----------|-------------------0------------------|
----3-------3-------3---------|-----3-------3-------3----------------|
--2---0---2---0-------0-------|-------0-------0-------0--------------|
0-----------------------------|---7-------7--------------------------|
--------1-------3-------------|-5---------------3--------------------|
------------------------3-2-0-|---------6---------------3-2-0--------|
Two versions here, the first one is how Alex plays it, the second
one just a different fingering. See what suits you best.
Solo:
15
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------17!--19!--19->-(21)!--21->-(22)!--------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
0->-(2)--0->-(2)-----------------------------------------------------|
16
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------_--------|
-----9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11!------11-11-9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11-9----9!-|
9-11------------------------9-11-------------------------------11----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
17
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
7-6-4-------------------------------------11->-(12)->-11-9!----------|
------7-5-4-5-4------------------------------------------------------|
----------------7-5-4-0----------------------------------------------|
------------------------2->-(3)-(3)->-2-0----------------------------|
18
------------------------12-------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
9->-(11)--9->-(11)->-9!----------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
19 20
_
|-15-12----12-|-15->-(17)-15-15-15-15-14-12----------------------------|
|-------15----|-----------------------------15-14-12-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------------------14-13-12----------|
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------14-13-12-|
|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
[two times]
21 22
_ _
-----------|------------------------_------12-15----12-15----|-------|
-----------|---------------_------12-15----------15-------15-|-------|
-----------|---------_---12-14----------14-------------------|-------|
-----------|---_---12-14-------14----------------------------|-------|
14-13-12---|-12-14-------------------------------------------|-------|
---------15|-------------------------------------------------|-------|
23
---------------------------------------17->-(19)-(19)->-17-17-15->-14-|
17->-(19)--17->-(19)-17-17->-(19)->-17--------------------------------|
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24 25
--------|-----2-------------0-------------3----------------1---------|
17-15->-|-------3-------------1-------------3------------1-----------|
--------|---2--------------------------------------------------------|
--------|-0---------------2------------------------------------------|
--------|---------------0---------------5--------------3-------------|
--------|-----------------------------3--------------1---------------|
26 27
-------------------------16-|-0------|
-17--------------17---------|-0------|
-------16------------16-----|-4------|
---14-----------------------|-2------|
----------14----------------|-2------|
----------------------------|-0------|
To seek the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise...'
I had heard the whispered tales of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book I took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eastern lands unknown
Time and Man alone
Searching for the lost Xanadu
Xanadu...
To stand within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste anew the fruits of life
The last immortal man
To find the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
Oh, I will dine on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise
A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end, weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost
Xanadu
Xanadu...
Held within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Nevermore shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honeydew
And drunk the milk of Paradise
Explanation on used symbols:
| - A pair of these indicate a part of music, not the usuals bars.
: - Indicates that a part is to be repeated. This may be ommited, you should
hear it too.
_ - Indicates a hammer-on or pull-off (You should know which is appropriate)
> - Indicates a bend-up or down or a slide. With a bend, the note to bend to
is between '(' and ')'. Use the whammy for a downbend. With a slide, the
follow-up note is the one to be slid to.
! - Indicates vibrato.
^ - Indicates harmonics. Is printed below the note.
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