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Time Stand Still

Rush
Tab
★4.6(26)

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

Song

An awesome songs by an amazing band.

I couldn't find a decent tab for this, so here's my interpretation. My first tab,

don't be too harsh =P

Theme

e e e e e e e e q q q

|----------------|------------|
|----------0-----|----0---0---|
|----4---4-------|----2---2---| X 3
|--4---2-------2-|----2---2---|
|2-----------4---|0---0---0---|
|----------------|------------|

Verse 1

C#

I turn my back to the wind

Asus2

And catch my breath, before I start

E

off again, driven on without a

q h Q

|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----1-------1---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|--------0-2-4-0-|
|0---0-------0---|--0-2-4---------|

B

moment to spend, to pass an evening with a

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

|----------------|----------------|
|----4-----4-----|5-4---5-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------|----------------|

A

drink and friend

e e e h+e e e e h+e

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

C#

I let my skin get too thin

Asus2

I'd like to pause, no matter what

E

I pretend, like some pilgrim, who

q h Q

|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----1-------1---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|--------0-2-4-0-|
|0---0-------0---|--0-2-4---------|

B

learns to transcend, learns to live as if each

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

|----------------|----------------|
|----4-----4-----|5-4---5-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------|----------------|

A

step was the end

w w

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

(Tacet)

Time stand still

I'm not looking back

but I want to look around me now

Time stand still

See more of the people and the

places that surround me

now

Time stand

e e e e e e e e q q q

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

still

e e e e e e e e q q q

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

E A

Freeze this moment alittle bit

B

longer

e e e q Q

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

A F#m

Make each sensation alittle bit

E

stronger

|0---------------||----------------|
|0---------------||----------------|
|1---------------||----------------|
|2---------------||----------------|
|2---------------||----------------|
|0-------------00||0-2-4-2---0-020-|

Experience slips

Q h+e Q h+e

|2-----2---------||0-----0---------|
|3-----3---------||2-----2---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|0-----0---------||2-----2---------|
|----------------||0-----0---------|
|----------------||----------------|

away

Q h+e Q h+e

|------0---------||----------------|
|------0---------||----------------|
|------1---------||1-----1---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|2---------------||2-----2---------|
|0---------------||0-----0---------|

D A

Experience slips a-

way Time stand

e e e e e e e e q q q

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

still

w+q q q

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

C#

I turn my face to the sun

A

Close my eyes, and

E

let my defenses down

all the wounds that I

q h Q

|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----1-------1---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|--------0-2-4-0-|
|0---0-------0---|--0-2-4---------|

can't get unwound

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

|----------------|----------------|
|----4-----4-----|5-4---5-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------|----------------|

C#

I let my past go too fast

A

No time to pause, if I could

E

slow it all down, like some captain, whose

q h Q

|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----0-------0---|----------------|
|----1-------1---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|----------------|
|----2-------2---|--------0-2-4-0-|
|0---0-------0---|--0-2-4---------|

B

ship runs aground, I can't wait until the

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

|----------------|----------------|
|----4-----4-----|5-4---5-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|----4-----4-----|4-4---4-4---4---|
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------|----------------|

tide comes around

e e e h+e e e e h+e

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

(Tacet)

Time stand still

I'm not looking back

but I want to look around me now

Time stand still

See more of the people and the

places that surround me

now

e e e e e e e e q q q

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

E A

Freeze this moment alittle bit

B

longer

e e e q Q

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

A F#m

Make each sensation alittle bit

E

stronger

|0---------------||----------------|
|0---------------||----------------|
|1---------------||----------------|
|2---------------||----------------|
|2---------------||----------------|
|0-------------00||0-2-4-2---0-020-|

E A

Make each impression alittle bit

B

stronger

e e e q Q

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

A F#m

Freeze this motion alittle bit

E

longer

|0---------------||----------------|
|0---------------||----------------|
|1---------------||----------------|
|2---------------||----------------|
|2---------------||----------------|
|0-------------00||0-2-4-2---0-020-|

The innocence slips

Q h+e Q h+e

|2-----2---------||0-----0---------|
|3-----3---------||2-----2---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|0-----0---------||2-----2---------|
|----------------||0-----0---------|
|----------------||----------------|

away

Q h+e Q h+e

|------0---------||----------------|
|------0---------||----------------|
|------1---------||1-----1---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|2---------------||2-----2---------|
|0---------------||0-----0---------|

D A

The innocence slips a-

way Time stand

e e e e e e e e q q q

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

still Time stand

w+q q q

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

still

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

|--------0-----0-|--0---------|
|----------4-----|----4-------|
|4-4-6-4-----4---|------6-4-6-| X 10
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|

e e e h+e e e e q Q

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

(Tacet)

Time stand still

I'm not looking back

but I want to look around me now

Time stand still

See more of the people and the

places that surround me

now

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

|--------0-----0-|--0---------|
|----------4-----|----4-------|
|4-4-6-4-----4---|------6-4-6-| X 3
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|

e e e e e e e e H

|--------0-----0-|7-----------|
|----------4-----|7-----------|
|4-4-6-4-----4---|------------|
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|
|----------------|------------|

E A

Summer's going fast, nights growing

B

colder

e e e q Q

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

A F#m

Children growing up, old friends growing

E

older

E A

Freeze this moment alittle bit

B

longer

e e e q Q

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

A F#m

Make each sensation alittle bit

E

stronger

Experience slips

Q h+e Q h+e

|2-----2---------||0-----0---------|
|3-----3---------||2-----2---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|0-----0---------||2-----2---------|
|----------------||0-----0---------|
|----------------||----------------|

away

Q h+e Q h+e

|------0---------||----------------|
|------0---------||----------------|
|------1---------||1-----1---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|2---------------||2-----2---------|
|0---------------||0-----0---------|

Experience slips

Q h+e Q h+e

|2-----2---------||0-----0---------|
|3-----3---------||2-----2---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|0-----0---------||2-----2---------|
|----------------||0-----0---------|
|----------------||----------------|

away

Q h+e Q h+e

|------0---------||----------------|
|------0---------||----------------|
|------1---------||1-----1---------|
|2-----2---------||2-----2---------|
|2---------------||2-----2---------|
|0---------------||0-----0---------|

D A

The innocence slips a-

way

e e e e e e e e q q q

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

w

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

Hope the tab worked for you.

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