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The Enemy Within

Rush
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3.9(4)

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Song

The Enemy Within

As recorded by Rush

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

(In B minor)

Music by Lee & Lifeson

Lyrics by Peart

Transcribed by Brendan Cahill (bcahill@ucsd.edu)

***Note: I'm not sure if all this is 100% accurate. It will sound like the song because the chords are right and stuff--some of it is just my improvisation though. However, most of it is basically what Geddy plays. Enjoy:

Tab notes:

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R = Rest / = slide up % = repeat last bar

/3\ = Triplet grouping \ = slide down %|% = repeat last 2 bars

x = Muted note + = tie * = repeats

. = Dotted note @ = coda mark *

& = fine mark = staccato

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

(Play 4x)

w w w w e s s e e s s s s e e e s s e e e s s e e

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

|4:*-----|-----|--2--|-----*|*-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------*|
|4:*--2--|--5--|-----|--0--*|*-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------*|
+--------+-----+-----+------+------------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--+

@

e s s e e s s s s e e e s s e e e s s e e

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

|-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------|-----------%|%-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------|------------|------------|
+-----------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-+------------+------------+

1.Things crawl in the darkness that imagination spins

2. picious looking stranger flashes you a dangerous grin

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

|----------------------%|%-----------------|-------------%|%------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------|

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

Needles at your nerve ends crawl like spiders on your skin Pow-pow-pow-

Shadows across your window--was it only trees in the wind? Every

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

|----------------------%|%----------------|-------%|%-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|--------|--------|

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

Pounding in your temples and a surge of adrenaline Every

breath a static charge that tastes like tin Steely-

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

|---------------%|%-----------|-------------%|%------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------|-------------|

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

muscle tense--to fence the enemy within...

eyed outside--to hide the enemy within...

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

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

|---R-----R---|---R-----------|---R-----R---|-----R-----------|
|-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0---0-|-4-4---4-5-5-7-7-|

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

I'm

&

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

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

|*----R--------R----|------R------------------|-----R--------R-----|
|*-2-----2--2-----2-|---2-----2--5--5--5--5---|--0-----0--0-----0--|

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

not giving in to security under pressure I'm not missing out on the

not giving up on implausible dreams -- Experience to extremes--ex-

D.S. al

(TO CODA) coda @

(TO FINE) /H^P\

e e e e e e e e w h h w e s s e e e e e e

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

|-------R----------------*|-------|-----|--%|%--|--%|%--|-----|-R-2-4-2-0---------|
|-4--4-----4--5--5--7--7-*|---2---|---0-|---|---|---|---|--2--|-----------4-2-4-0-|
+-------------------------+-------+-3---+---+---+---+---+-----+-------------------+

promise of adventure I'm

perience to extremes Sus-

(CODA)

(Play 6x) w w

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

|-----|-----|*-----|-----*|-----|-----|-------------------|--------------|
|--2--|---0-|*--2--|---0-*|--2--|---0-|--2----------------|--5-----------|
+-----+-3---+------+-3----+-----+-3---+-------------------+--------------+

tremes To you--is it movement or is it action?

w w w

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

|--2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--2------------|
|--------------|--0--------------|--2--------------|--5-------------|---------------|

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

Is it contact or just reaction and you--revolution or just resistance Is it living or

e e e e e e e e h.. s s w w

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

|-----------------|------------------0-2-|-4-----------------|--2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--2-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|

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

just existence yeah you--it takes a little more persistence to get up and go the dist-

q h. q e e q e e q e e e e e e q e e q e e

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

|----------|*----R--------R----|------R------------------|----R--------R-----|
|-0-0------|*-2-----2--2-----2-|---2-----2--5--5--5--5---|-0-----0--0-----0--|

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

ance I'm not giving in I'm not missing out

not giving up on implausible dreams -- Experience to ex-

D.S. al

fine & (FINE)

e e e e e e e e w h h h+e e e e +e e e e +e e q w

+-------------------------+-------+-----+-----7-9-11-+-11-7-9-11-11-9-7-+-----+
|-------R----------------*|-------|-----|------------|------------------|-----|
|-4--4-----4--5--5--7--7-*|---2---|---0-|-2-2--------|------------------|--2--|
+-------------------------+-------+-3---+------------+------------------+-----+

tremes I'm tremes

/H^P\

h h h+e e e +e e e +e q q q q q w e s s e e s s e e e

+-----+-----+---16-16-14-16-16-16-+---------+-----+---2-4-2-------------+
|-----|-----|---------------------|---------|-----|-R-------4-2-4-2-0---|
|---0-|--2--|---------------------|-2-----2-|--5--|-------------------4-|
+-3---+-----+-7-------------------+---2-5---+-----+---------------------+

Hey hey hey

(Repeat and fade out)

e s s e e s s s s e e e s s e e e s s e e

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

|*-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------*|
|*-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------*|
+------------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--+

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