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The Weapon

Rush
Tab
★4.4(3)

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

Song

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The Weapon/Signals - Rush

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First of all this isn't my tab!! I borrowed it from a site called

But this is one of my favorite Rush songs and I've been waiting months for someone to

the entire

here. I've checked about 20 other sites and everyone of them has the exact same thing,

little intro riff. So thank you dude for tabbing this and I know here your tab will be

here.

Tuning:EADGBE

E-------1p0---3-----1p0--|-------1p0---3-----1p0----|--------------|-----------|
B----3------3----3------3|----3------3----3------3p0|--------------|-----------|
G------------------------|-0------------------------|--------------|-----------|
D------------------------|--------------------------|--------------|-----------|
A------------------------|--------------------------|--------------|-----------|
E------------------------|--------------------------|--------------|-----------|

Riff-A Riff-B (Play 3x) Play Riff-A 1x

E--------1-1-----------|-----------------|----------3--------1--------|---------|
B-------1--------------1|-----------------|-0--------3--------1--------|--------|
G----3-----------3p2--2-|-----------------|-0--------5--------3--------|--------|
D--------------------3--|-----------------|-5--------5--------3--------|--------|
A-1-----------0---------|-----------------|-5--------3--------1--------|--------|
E-----------------------|-----------------|-3--------3--------1--------|--------|

Riff-C Play Riffs A+C 3x Rhy.1 (Play 5x)

E-5--------5--------3--------|-6--------------6---8---------------8--6---------|
B-5--------5--------3--------|-6--------------6---8---------------8--6---------|
G-5--------7--------5--------|-8--------------8--10--------------10--8---------|
D-7--------7--------5--------|-8--------------8--10--------------10--8---------|
A-7--------5--------3--------|-6--------------6---8---------------8--6---------|
E-5--------5--------3--------|-6--------------6---8---------------8--6---------|

Rhy.2 (Play 3x) Rhy.3 . .

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

Play Riffs B+A Rhy.4

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

Riff-D

E-------------------------|----------|------------------|--------------|------|
B-------------------------|----------|------------------|--------------|------|
G-------------------------|----------|------------------|--------------|------|
D-------------------------|----------|------------------|--------------|------|
A-------------------------|----------|------------------|--------------|------|
E-------------------------|----------|------------------|--------------|------|

Play Rhy.3 Play Riffs A+C 2x Play Rhy.1 5x

E-------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|------------|----------|
B-------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|------------|----------|
G-------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|------------|----------|
D-------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|------------|----------|
A-------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|------------|----------|
E-------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|------------|----------|

Play Rhy.2 3x Play Rhy.3 Play Riffs B+A Play Rhy.4 Play Riff-D

E----------|-0--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
B----------|-0--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
G----------|-2--------|-----------------------20vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv--------------|
D----------|-2--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
A----------|-0--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E----------|-x--------|-------------------------------------------------------|

Play Rhy.3 notes volume swelled

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------7vvvvvvv-5vvvvvvv--0---------------------------------|

A-5vvvvvvvvvv-3vvvvvvvvvv-----------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------------------7-------------------|

Bar dive dwn__Bar back up

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-12vvvvvvvvvv--4---b---------------------17vvv-------15vvv-------------------|
D----------------------------------------------17vvv-------16vvv-14vvv-12vvv--|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bar dwn,bend,grad.bar up Bar Bar Bar Bar Bar Bar

E-------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
B-------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
G-------------|-14-14----14p13p11----9---10b--10rvvvvv-9-7vvv\5---|-----------|
D-vvv-14vvv---|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
A-------------|-------------------14------------------------------|-----------|
E-------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|

Bar Bar Guitar Solo Bar

E-12--12-12-------12-12-12-15vvvv--12-------12-15----------12b--r12b-12r------|
B----------13------------------------13vvv------------------------------15----|

G------------------------------------------------12vvvvvv---------------------|

D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-12---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----13--13--12-----12-12-13-13--15---13p12b---r--br-br-br--------------12--13-|
G--------------14-----------------------------------------14---12--14----------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------15vvvvvvv----|

B-15--13--12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15---------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| | | | | | Bar

E-------------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15p12-----------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G---------------------------------------------------------------------0vvvvvv-|

D-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(note played 14x) Bar

E-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B---------------------17-15------------17-|-17b-r-b-r-------------------------|
G-v-16-17-19--16-17-19---------16-17-19---|-----------19---19--16--17--19-----|
D-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-17-16--17vvv-17-16-17-0vvvvv--------------14-16vvvvvvvv-17\16-16vvvv-19-----|
D---------------------------------------14------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------12-0vvvvv---------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bar Bar Bar

E---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
B------17vvv-17b--17r-15--17-15vvvv-----------------------------------|-------|
G-16vvv-----------------------------17-19-17vvvv-16-17-16vvv-14-0-v-v-|-------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|

Bar

E-----------------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------------|
B-----------------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------------|
B-----------------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------------|
D-----------------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------------|
A-----------------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------------|
E-----------------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------------|

Play Riffs A+C 2x Play Riff B+A Play Rhy.4 Play Riff-D

E--|-3p0-0-2--0--0----------|-------------------------------------------------|
B-1|-------------3p1--1-----|-------------------------------------------------|
G--|----------------------2-|-------------------------------------------------|
D--|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A--|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E--|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

Repeating w/Fade Out End

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