Rush: Closer to the Heart
>From the album A Farewell to Kings (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1977 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart and Talbot

Comments/corrections to Sean Jones 

Transcribed by Andy Aledort, Mario D'Alessio, and Sean Jones

           
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|-4:-rest--|*---|---*|---|---|---|*-------|---*|
|-4:-------|*-0-|---*|---|-5-|---|*-0-0-0-|---*|
+----------+----+----+-3-+---+-1-+--------+----+


            Q q q e   Q     q q e   q e q e q+  e q e q e e
+--10 mm.-+---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+
|--rest---|-7---7---|-5-(5)H7-5-5-|-----4-5---|-------7-----|
|---------|---7---7-|-------------|-5-7-----0-|---0-0---5-6-|
+---------+---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+


  q e     q e q+  e Q q q   e e e e e e q+  e q e q q      q e e e e q+
+---------------+---------+---------------+--------------+-------------+
|---------------|---5-4-5-|-7-5-4---R-4---|--------------|---7---R-----|
|-7-7-(7)/9-7-5-|---------|-------7-----5-|---5---5-12\X-|-5-----------|
+---------------+---------+---------------+-----5--------+-----5---5-3-+


 +w           q e q e e e   q e e e e q   e e e q e e e+  e q s s q e e
+---+-2 mm.-+-------------+-------------+---------------+---------------+
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+---+-------+-------------+-------------+---------------|---------------+


      q e q e e e+  e e q q q   e e e q e q+  Q e q q
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|-(5)/7-7-9-7-5-5-|---5-------|-------7---5-|---4-5-12\X-|
+-----------------+-----------+-------------+------------+


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|-5---5---5-----|-----------2-3-|-5---------|---|-5---5-5-5-7---|
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  e s s e q e e e
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|---------------4-|
+-----------------+


  E s e q e e e   e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e e^e^e   q e q e e s s   e s s e q e e e
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|-3-3---2-2-3---|-------------5---5-4-4---|-5-4-5-4-5-7---|-----------------|
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|--------------2-3-|-5---5-4---5---|--------------2-3-|-5---5---5-----|
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|-5---5---5-------|---------------------|-------------------14-|
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     __         Created using the Bass Tab Creator
   +|oo|+       by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
   +|oo|+
     ||         NOTES:
     ||
     ||         Capital durations are dotted notes
     ||           (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)
     ||
     ||             x
     ||         +----+                   +----+
  _  ||  _      |*--*+  = MEASURE        |4:--|  = TIME
  \\_||_//      |*--*+    REPEATS        |4:--|    SIGNATURES
   | [] |       +----+    x=# of Repeats +----+
   | || |
  /  []  \      + = TIE         ^  = TRIPLET           > = BEND
  \______/      H = HAMMER ON   \  = SLIDE TO FRET     R = Rest
                P = PULL OFF    \X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE  ~ = Trill

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