Rush: Marathon
>From the album Power Windows (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1985 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Comments/corrections to Sean Jones 

Transcribed by Don Dianetti and Sean Jones


       q q h+  w  5x q q h+  w     e q q s s e e 15x e q q s s e e
---||------4-|----||-------|---||------4-2-2---2--||-----4-2-2-----||---
4:-||*-4-----|---*||-----2-|---||*-4---------4---*||-4---------4---||*--
4:-||*---2---|---*||---2---|---||*---2-----------*||---2---------2-||*--
---||--------|----||-0-----|---||-----------------||---------------||---


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 e e e e   e e e
-----------------||---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------
----------------*||---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-5---|-----------------|-------
-----------------||---------------|---------------7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-


e q q     e q q s s e e 11x e q q s s e e     e e e e e e e e    e e e e
------||------4-2-2---2--||-----4-2-2-----||-------------------||---------
------||*-4---------4---*||-4---------4---||*-----------------*||---------
------||*---2-----------*||---2---------2-||*-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*||-5-5-5-5-
3-5-5-||-----------------||---------------||-------------------||---------


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

                                        
  h h   w+  h h   w+  w   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e     q q q q   w
|-----|---|-----|---|---|-----------------|-----------------||------4---|-----
|---2-|---|-----|---|---|-----------------|-----------------||*-4-------|-----
|-----|---|-----|---|---|-----------------|-----------------||*---2---2-|-2---
|-----|-2-|---2-|-0-|---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||----------|-----


    q q q q   e e+H
-||---------|-------||---
*||-----2---|-2-2---||---
*||---2-----|-------||---
-||-0-----0-|-------||---


    e q e e e e e   q s s e s s e q  4x e q e e e e e   q s s
||------4-r-4-2---|---4-4---2-2---4--||-----4-r-4-2---|---4-4---
||*-4-----e-----4-|-------4-----4---*||-4-----e-----4-|---------
||*---2---s-------|-2---------------*||---2---s-------|-2-------
||--------t-------|------------------||-------t-------|---------


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 e e   e e e
--2-------||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------
4---4-2-0-||*-----------------*||-----------------|-----------------|---------
----------||*-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-5---|---------
----------||-------------------||-----------------|---------------7-|-3-3-3---


e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e Q q+  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------
----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------
----------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2---|-------------------
3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-|-----------|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3---

          
e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e        e e e e e e e q e e e e e   e e e e
--------------|--------------------||----------------------------|------------
--------------|-----------------7:-||*-0-0-0-2---4---0-0-2---4---|-0---0-2----
--------------|-----------------4:-||*---------0---2-------0---2-|---0--------
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||----------------------------|------------


e e e e e e e e e e     e e e e e e e q e e e e e   e e e e e e e q e e e e
--------2------------||---------------------------|---------------------------
--4---0---0-2---4---*||-0-0-0-2---4---0-0-2---4---|---------------------------
0---2---------0---2-*||---------0---2-------0---2-|-0-0-0-2---2---0-0-2---4---
---------------------||---------------------------|---------0---0-------0-----


e   e e e e e e e q e e e e e   e e e E s e e q e e e e e   e e e e e e e
--|---------------------------|---------r-----------------|-----------------
--|-0-0-0-2---4---0-0-2---4---|---------e-----------------|-0-0-0-2---4-----
--|---------0---2-------0---2-|-0---0-2-s-2---0-2-2---2---|---------0---0---
0-|---------------------------|---2-----t---0-------0---0-|-----------------

                                         
  W+q   W 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 e e e
|-----|-------|-----------------------------|-----------------2-----------|---
|-----|-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-2---4---0---0-2---4---|---
|-----|-------|-----------------------------|---------0---2---------0---2-|---
|-----|-------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---


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

          
w+  h h   w
--|-----|---|--
--|-----|---|--
2-|-----|---|--
--|---0-|-2-|--


Notes bracketed by  should be played on a synth.


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==                          TABLATURE EXPLANATION                           ==
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----------                ----------                ----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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==               Created with a demo version of BUCKET O' TAB               ==
==                 tablature creation software for Windows                  ==
==                     For more info email gse@his.com                      ==
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