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Carve Away the Stone

Rush
Bass Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

W w H e e q e e e e e e e e e e e

G||----9 mm----|----r-|----r-|----r-|----------------------|-------------|
D||-4:-rest----|-6:-e-|-4:-e-|-3:-e-|-5:-------------------|-------------|
A||-4:---------|-4:-s-|-4:-s-|-4:-s-|-4:-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-5-3-5-5-5---|
E||------------|----t-|----t-|----t-|----------------------|-------------|

e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e q e Q Q

G|--------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
D|------5-|---------------------|-----------------5\|-7:------------------|
A|7-7-7---|-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-5-3-5-5-5-7-7-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7------|
E|--------|---------------------|-------------------|----------------7----|

q e e e q e q q e e e q e Q Q q e e e q e e e q e

G|--|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------|
D|--|-5:-------------5-|-7:-----------------|-5:-----------------|-7:-----|
A|--|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-------|-4:-8---|
E|5-|------------------|----------------7-5-|--------------5-3-5-|--------|

e e q e Q Q q e e e q e q q e e e q e Q Q q e e e q e

G|--------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|--------------|-5:-------------5-|-7:-----------------|-3:--------------|
A|8-8-5-5-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5----|
E|----------7-5-|------------------|----------------7-5-|-----------------|

e e q e q e e e e e q e q e q h h w h h H q

G||---------------------|----------------||----7-6-|-4-|-7-6-|------|----|
D||*-5:-----------------|---------------*||-4:-----|---|-----|-7----|----|
A||*-4:---------0-0-----|---------0-0-3-*||-4:-----|---|-----|------|----|
E||-----5-3-5-5-----3-3-|-5-3-5-5--------||--------|---|-----|---12\|----|

Q e Q e e e e e q e e e e e e Q e q e q e e e q e e Q e q e

G|--------|-----r---------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------|
D|--------|-----e---2-0-2-|-----5-------|-------------|-----------|-------|
A|--------|-----s---------|-------------|---5-7-7-5-7-|-----5-----|-------|
E|5-5-7-7-|-2-2-t-2-------|-5-5---5-2-2-|-0-----------|-5-5---7-7-|-2-2---|

e e e e e e e e e q e e Q q e q q q e q e e e e e q e q e

G|----------|---------------|---------|------------------|----------------|
D|----------|---------------|---------|-5:---------------|----------------|
A|----------|---------------|-------7\|-4:-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-5-3-5-5-7-7----|
E|2-2-2-0-2-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|-0-0-0---|------------------|----------------|

q e e q e q e q e e e e e e e q e e e e q e Q Q q e e e

G|--|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|------------|
D|5-|-------------5-|-----------------5-|-7:-----------------|-5:---------|
A|--|-5-3-5-5-7-7---|-5-3-5-5-5-7-7-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-----|-4:-8-8-8---|
E|--|---------------|-------------------|----------------7-5-|------------|

q e q q e e e q e Q Q q e e e q e e e e e e e q e Q Q

G|--------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D|------5-|-7:-----------------|-5:-----------------|-7:------------------|
A|5-5-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-------|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7------|
E|--------|----------------7-5-|--------------5-3-5-|----------------7----|

q e e e q e q q e e e q e Q Q q e e e q e e s s

G|--|------------------|--------------------|--------------||-------------|
D|--|-5:-------------5-|-7:-----------------|-3:-----------||-6:----------|
A|--|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-||-4:-8-8-8----|
E|5-|------------------|----------------7-5-|--------------||-------------|

e e s s s s q s s s s e e s e s e s e s s s e e s s s s e e e s e

G|--------------------------|---------------------5-5-7-r-7-5-7-|---------|
D|--------------------------|---------5-5-5-5-5-7-------e-------|---------|
A|8-5-5-5-5-5/7\--------5-7-|-8-8-8-8-------------------s-------|-8-8-8---|
E|--------------8-8-8-8-----|---------------------------t-------|---------|

s s e s s s q s s s s e e s e s s s s e s s s e e e e q s e s e E

G|--------------------------|-----------------------5-7-5-7-|-------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5/7\--------5-7-|-----------5-5-5-5-5-7---------|-------------|
A|8-------------8-8-8-8-----|-8-8-8-8-8---------------------|-1-1-1-1-3---|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|

s s s q s s s s e e s e s e s e s s s s s e s s s s e e s e s e s

G|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------|
D|--------------------|-----------------------3-3-5-5-5-7-5\|-------------|
A|3-3-3/5\1-1-1-1-3-5-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-5---------------|-1-1-1-1-3---|
E|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------|

s s s s s e e s s s s e e s s s s e E s s s e e e e e e s s s s s

G|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------3-5-7-5---|-------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-5-3-1-1-1-1-3-5-|-1-1-1-1-5-3-3-3-3-5---------8-|-8-8-8-8-8---|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|

s E s s s q s s s s e e e s e s E s s s e e e e e e s s s s E s s

G|------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5/7\3-3-3-3-5-7-|---------5-5-5-5-7---------|-----------5-5-5---|
A|8-----------------------|-8-8-8-8-----------5-5-3-5-|-8-8-8-8-8---------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|

s e e s s s s e e e s e s E s s s q q q q e e q e e q e e

G|------------------|----------------------/12\|----------------|---------|
D|5-7-5---------5-7-|---------5-5-5-5---/12\---|-4:-------------|---------|
A|------8-8-8-8-----|-8-8-8-8--------/12\------|-4:-------------|---------|
E|------------------|--------------------------|----7-7-9-9-9-9-|-4-4-4---|

e e e e q e e q e e e e e e e e e e q e e q e e q e e e e e e

G|--------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|--------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
A|--------|-------------|---7---5-5-7-7---|-------------|-----------------|
E|4-4-4-4-|-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-0---0---------0-|-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|

q e e q e e e e e e e e q e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e

G|-------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------|----------------||---------------|-5:--------------------|
A|-------------|------------/14\||-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-|-4:-5-3-5-5-5-7-7-7----|
E|-5-5-5-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0----||---------------|-----------------------|

q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e e e q e e e e Q q

G|--|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
D|5-|-----------------5-5-|-----------------5-|-7:------------------------|
A|--|-5-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-----|-5-3-5-5-5-7-7-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-7-7--------|
E|--|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------7-5----|

e e e q e q q e e e q e e e e Q q e e e q e e e q

G|------------------|------------------------|--------------------|------|
D|-5:-------------5-|-7:---------------------|-5:-----------------|-7:---|
A|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-7-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-------|-4:---|
E|------------------|--------------------7-5-|--------------5-3-5-|------|

e e e q e q e Q q e e e q e q q e e e q e e e e Q q e

G|------------------|------------------|------------------------|---------|
D|------------------|-5:-------------5-|-7:---------------------|-3:------|
A|8-8-8-5-5-7-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-7-7-----|-4:-8----|
E|--------------7-5-|------------------|--------------------7-5-|---------|

e e q e e e e q e q e Q q e e e q e q q e e e q e q e

G|--------|----------------------|------------------|---------------------|
D|--------|-7:-------------------|-5:-------------5-|-7:------------------|
A|8-8-5-5-|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-7-----|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7---|-4:-8-8-8-5-5-7-7----|
E|--------|------------------7-5-|------------------|---------------------|

Q q e e q e e e q e q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

G|----|------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------|
D|----|-3:---------|-5:-----------------|---------------------|-----------|
A|----|-4:-8-8-5-5-|-4:---------0-0-----|-----------0-0-0-3-2-|-5-3-5-5---|
E|7-5-|------------|----5-3-5-5-----3-3-|-5-3-5-5-5-----------|-----------|

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e q e s s s s E s s s q s s s s e e

G|------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|------------|-----------------5-|-6:-----------5-5-5-5/7\--------5-7----|
A|5-7-7-7-3-3-|-5-3-5-5-5-7-7-7---|-4:-8-8-8-8-8-----------8-8-8-8--------|
E|------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|

e s e s E s s s e e e s s e e e s e s e s s s s q s s s s e e e

G|-------------------5-7-7-7-5-7-|---------------------------------|-----|
D|---------5-5-5-5-7-------------|---------5-5-5-5-5/7\--------5-7-|-----|
A|-8-8-8-8-----------------------|-8-8-8-8-------------8-8-8-8-----|-8---|
E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----|

s e s E s s s q s s s s q e s e s E s s s q s s s s e e e s e s E

G|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
D|------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------5-5-5-5/7\--------5-7-|---------5---|
A|8-8-8---------------------|-8-8-8-8-----------8-8-8-8-----|-8-8-8-8-----|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|

s s s e e e s s q+ W+ W+ W

G|--------5-7-7-7-7-|---|---|---||----------------------------------------|
D|5-5-5-7-----------|---|---|---||----------------------------------------|
A|------------------|---|---|---||----------------------------------------|
E|------------------|---|---|---||----------------------------------------|

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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==

========================================================================

G|----------                ----------                ----t---|
D|----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6---| Tap
A|----------                ---------- Note           --------|
E|----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------|
G|----------                ----------                -----p--|
D|----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7--| Pop
A|----------                ---------- Note           --s-----|
E|----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5-----| Slap
G|----------                ||------|| Repeat         --------|
D|----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^---| Bend
A|----------                ||*----*||                --------|
E|----------                ||------||                --------|
G|----------                ----------                --------|
D|-4:------- Time           ----------                --------|
A|-4:------- Signature      ----------                --------|
E|----------                ----------                --------|

Rhythm:

w = whole note W = dotted whole

h = half note H = dotted half

q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter

e = eighth note E = dotted eighth

s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth

t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd

x = 64th note X = dotted 64th

^ = triplet

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