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From: Art R. [arasmuss@texas.net]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 4:19 PM
Song: Virtuality
Artist: Rush
Source: Test for Echo.
Transcription by Matt Rasmussen
Please send any comments to mattrasmussen@mail.utexas.edu
P = pull off
B = bend
\ = slide down
/ = slide up
~~~ = vibrato
N.H. = Natural Harmonic
Guitar I w/heavy distortion & chorus
Intro
Riff A
~~~ w/bar
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |*-------------------------------------------------| |*------------P-------P-----------------P----------| |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0---------| |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5---3---|
End Riff A
~~~ w/bar
-----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------7--*| -------------P-------P-----------------P---6--*| ------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--7---| ---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-----------|
Verse 1
"Like a ship wrecked mariner...."
Riff B ~~~
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |*-------------------------------------------------| |*------------P-------P-----------------P----------| |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0---------| |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5---3---|
End Riff B
---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------8---7---| -------------P-------P-----------------P---7---6---| ------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--8---7---| ---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4---------------|
Guitar I
Riff C End Riff C
N.H.............................................................]
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*| |*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*| |--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------| |--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------|
"I?m a castaway........"
N.H.............................................................]
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*| |*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*| |--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------| |--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------|
Chorus w/Guitar II (acoustic) playing the same thing
"Net boy Net girl......."
Riff D
|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |*---------5---------------------| |*--2------5------5------7---5---| |---2------3------5------7---5---| |---0-------------3------5---3---|
"Let your fingers walk and...."
End Riff D
------------------------2--3-2--| ------------------------3--3-3--| ----------5-------------2--2-2-*| ---2------5------5------0--0-0-*| ---2------3------5--------------| ---0-------------3--------------|
Guitar III
"I can save the universe in a ..."
Riff E End Riff E
N.H...................................................]
|--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--5-5-5-5-4-4-3-3-2.4-2.4-2-2-2.4-2.4-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5---|
Bridge
"Let?s dance tonight....."
Riff F
|-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |*------------------------------------| |*--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| |---3/5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| |-------------------------------------|
End Riff F
---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| --------------------------------*| ---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*| ---5-3-3-5---5-3-3-0---0-3-3/5---| ---------------------------------|
Solo (play twice)
~~~
|-------------------------------------------10\-| |-----------9-----10-----------9-----10---------| |---9--9-9-----9-------9--9-9-----9------9------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
~~~
-----------------------------------------------| --------9-----10------------9-----10-----9B\---| 9--9-9-----9--------9--9-9-----9------9--------| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------|
2nd time.
---0---0--0---| ---3---3--3---| ---2---2--2---| ---0---0--0---| --------------| --------------|
Outro
Riff G
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------8-8-7---| |-------------P-------P-----------------P--7-7-6---| |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0-8-8-7---| |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4--------------| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------7---| -------------P-------P-----------------P---6---| ------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--7---| ---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-----------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------8-8-7--| |-------------P-------P-----------------P--7-7-6--| |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0-8-8-7--| |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-------------|
End Riff G
w/echo repeat
~~~
--------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| ----------P-------P-----------------P-------------------| ---------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0------------------| 0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5--3-----5---3---|
Ok here are the riffs with the music:
Intro: Riff A
Riff B
Like a shipwrecked mariner adrift on an unknow sea
Clinging to the wreckage of the lost ship Fantasy
Riff C
I'm a castaway stranded in a desolate land
I can see the footprints in the virtual sand
RIff A
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your message round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Riff A
Riff B
Astronauts in weightlessness of pixellated space
Exchange graffiti with a disembodied race
Riff C and Riff E
I can save the universe in a grain of sand
I can hold the future in my virtual hand
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your message round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Bridge
Riff F
Let's dance tonight
to a virtual song
Press this key
and you can play along
Riff F
Let's fly tonight
On our virtual wings
Press this key
to see amazing things
Solo
Riff A
Riff B
Like a pair of vagabonds who wave between to passing trains
Or the glimpse of a woman's smile through a window in the rain
Riff C and Riff E
I can smell her perfume, I can taste her lips
I can feel the voltage from her fingertips
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your heartbeat round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Outro:Riff G
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