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The Necromancer Iii Return of the Prince

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Song

Rush: Return of the Prince

>From the album Caress of Steel (Mercury Records)

Copyright 1975 Core Music Publishing

Music by Lee and Lifeson

Lyrics by Peart

Transcribed by Sean Jones

q q q q

-19 mm.-||---------|---

-rest---||---------|---

--------||-7-7-7---|---
--------||-------7-|---

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

-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------------
-----------|-------------|---7-7-------|-------------|-----------|-------------
---------7-|-7-7-7-7---7-|-------------|-7-7-7-7---7-|---------7-|-7-7-7-7-----
-5-5-5-7---|---------7---|-5-----7-7-5-|---------7---|-5-5-5-7---|---------7---

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

---|---------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|---
---|---7-7-9-7-----|-------------|---7-6-4---|-------------|---------------|---
-7-|-----------9-7-|-7-7-7---7---|---------7-|-7-7-7---7---|---------------|---
---|-5-------------|-------7---7-|-5---------|-------7---7-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-|---

q e q e e e Q e e e e e q Q e e e Q e e e q h e e e e Q q e e e

-------------|---4---------|-----------|-----r---r-|---r-------|-----4-----|---
-------------|-----7-6-4---|-----------|-----e---e-|---e-------|---7---4-5-|---
-7-7-7---7---|-----------7-|-7-7---7---|-----s---s-|-7-s---7---|-----------|---
-------7---7-|-5-----------|-----7---7-|-5-5-t-7-t-|---t-7---7-|-5---------|---

Q q e e e Q q q e h e q e Q q q e h e e e e Q q q e h e e e e

-----------|---------|---r-----|---------|---r-------|---------|---r-------|---
-----------|---------|---e-9---|---7-6-4-|---e-------|---9-7-6-|---e-------|---
-7-7---7---|-------9-|-7-s---7-|---------|-7-s---7---|---------|-7-s---7---|---
-----7---7-|-5-5-7---|---t-----|-5-------|---t-7---7-|-5-------|---t-7---7-|---

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

---------|--/11-9------|---------------------|---9---r-------|-----------|-----
---------|--------11-9-|-11-9---------9------|-------e-------|---7-6-4---|-----
-----9---|-7-----------|------11-9-11---11-9\|-7---7-s-7---7-|---------7-|-7---
-5-7---9-|-------------|---------------------|-------t---7---|-5---------|-----

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

-----------|-r---------------||-------------|---------------|-------------|---
-9-9-9-9-7-|-e-6-7-6---------||-------------|---7-7-9-7-----|---9---------|---
-----------|-s-------9-7-9---||-7-7-----7---|-----------9-7-|-7---7---9---|---
-----------|-t-------------9\||-----7-7---7-|-5-------------|-------7---7-|---

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

---------r-------|-------r----11-9-|---------------------|---9---r-------|----
---------e-------|-----9-e-11------|-11-9---------9-11-9\|-------e-------|----
-----7---s---9---|-7-7---s---------|------11-9-11--------|-7---7-s---7---|----
-5-5---5-t-7---7-|-------t---------|---------------------|-------t-7---7-|----

Q e e s s e e q e q q e+ e e e e e e e e q e q e q | q e s s q q |---

---------------|-----9------|-------------------|---9-------|-------------|---
---7-7-7-7-9-7-|---9--/11-9-|---11-9------------|-----------|---7-7-7-9-7-|---
---------------|-7----------|--------11-9-7-9-7-|-7-----9---|-------------|---
-5-------------|------------|-------------------|-----7---7-|-5-----------|---

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

---9---------|-----r---r---r---|---9----9-11----11-11-|-9-----------------|---
-------------|-----e-7-e-6-e---|-----11------11-------|---11-9------------|---
-7---7---7---|-----s---s---s-9-|-7--------------------|--------11-9-7-----|---
-------7---7-|-5-5-t---t---t---|----------------------|---------------9-7-|---

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

---------------|-----------|-----------|---------|-------------|--------------
---9-------9---|-----6-----|-----------|-----6---|-----9-6-----|--------------
-7---7---7---7-|-------9-7-|-7-7---7---|---------|-7-7-----9-7-|-7-------9----
-------7-------|-5-5-------|-----7---7-|-5-5---7-|-------------|---7-5-7------

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

-----|---------|-----r---|-----11---|---------------|-----11---|--------------
-9---|---------|-7-7-e---|----------|---6-6-7-9-7-6-|----------|---7-9-7------
---9-|-7-7---7-|-----s-9-|-7-7------|---------------|-7-7------|---------9-7--
-----|-----7---|-----t---|--------7-|-5-------------|--------7-|-5------------

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

|---------|---------------|-------|-----11-9---|-----------|---r-9-r---r----|-
|---------|---7-7-9-7-6---|-------|----------9-|-----------|---e---e/9-e/9-7|-
|-7-7-7---|-------------9-|-7-7---|------------|-7-7-9-7---|---s---s---s----|-
|-------7-|-5-------------|-----7-|-5-5--------|---------9-|-5-t---t---t----|-

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

-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|---r-11-11----|-11--
-------------|-----7---7---|-------------|---------------|---e-------11-|-----
-7---7---7---|---7---7---9-|-7---7---7---|---------9---7-|-7-s----------|-----
---7---7---7-|-5-----------|---7---7---7-|-5-5-5-7---7---|---t----------|-----

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

-r-9-11-9--------------|-------------|-----9-------|-----------------|--------
-e--------11-9-11-9----|-----9-------|-7-7---7-6-7-|-------9---------|--------
-s------------------11-|-7-7---7---7-|-------------|-7---7---7---7---|--------
-t---------------------|---------7---|-------------|---7-------7---7-|-5-4----

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

-------------|------9-11----11-11-|-9--------------------|-------------|------
-------------|---11------11-------|---11---11----11---11-|-------------|------
-------9-9---|-7------------------|------9----11----9----|-7---7---7---|------
-5-7-7-----7-|--------------------|----------------------|---7---7---7-|-5----

q e e e e e q e e Q e e e e e e e e e Q e e e e e Q e e e e e H e

-------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|------
-7-7-7-6-6---|---9-------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|------
-----------9-|-7---7-----|-----------------|-7-7-7-7---7-|-------------|-7----
-------------|-------7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-|---------7---|-5-5-5-4-5-7-|---7--

e Q e e e e e H e e Q e e e e e H e e Q e q q

---|-------------|-------|-------------|-------|---------||-------------------
---|-------------|-------|-------------|-------|---------||-------------------
---|-------7-7-7-|-7-7---|-------------|-7-7---|---------||-------------------
-7-|-5-5-5-------|-----7-|-5-7-7-5-5-7-|-----7-|-5-5-7-7-||-------------------

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

== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==

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

---------- ---------- ----t---

----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6--- Tap

---------- ---------- Note --------

----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------

---------- ---------- -----p--

----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7-- Pop

---------- ---------- Note --s-----

----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5----- Slap

---------- ||------|| Repeat --------

----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend

----------                ||*----*||                --------
----------                ||------||                --------

---------- ---------- --------

-4:------- Time ---------- --------

-4:------- Signature ---------- --------

---------- ---------- --------

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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