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Jacobs Ladder

Rush
Bass Tab
★4.8(8)

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

Song

Jacob's Ladder By: Rush

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+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------------+

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+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------------+

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|4:---------------|4:-----------------|4:---------------|4:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+-------------------+

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+|oo|+ Notes: w = Whole h = Half q = Quarter

|| e = 8th s = 16th t = 32nd x = 64th

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|| Capital durations are dotted notes

|| (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)

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|| #

|| +----+ +----+

_ || _ |*--*+ = MEASURE |4:--| = TIME

\\_||_// |*--*+ REPEATS |4:--| SIGNATURES

| [] | +----+ (#=Num Repeats) +----+

| || |

/ [] \ + = TIE ^ = TRIPLET > = BEND

\______/ H = HAMMER ON \ = SLIDE TO FRET R = Rest

P = PULL OFF \X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE ~ = Trill

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