Rush: Jacob's Ladder
From the album Permanent Waves (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1980 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Transcription by:
     Mauroavilez@aol.com (Mauro Avilez)

Last Updated: 2003-10-04

I'm mainly a guitarist, so I used the guitar to figure this out.
Top line is the chord name, however, the notes played are in parentheses.
In places where the chords reappear from earlier tabbing, the notes
will not be displayed to save time and space.
If there are parts missing, additions are welcomed.

Tab:
w= whole note
q= quarter note
h= half note
.q= dotted quarter note
.h= dotted half note
}= eighth rest
^= 16th note
$= 32nd note
~~= trill

|5--C--|6--C--|5--C--|6--Ab--|5--F--|6--G--|5--Ab--|6--E--|5--C--|
|4--w--|4--w--|4--w--|4--w---|4--w--|4--w--|4--w---|4--w--|4--w--|


|6--Ab-|5--F--|6--G--|5--Ab-|6--E--|5--C5-|6--C5--|--------------|
|4--w--|4--w--|4--w--|4--w--|4--w--|4--w--|4--w---|--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------The--|


Verse:
|4----C5----|------Ab5-----|-----Bb5----|----F--------------|
|4-(C,G,C)--|--(Eb,Ab,Eb)--|--(F,Bb,F)--|--(C,F,C)----------|
|-----w-----|-------w------|------w-----|----w--------------|
|-clouds prepare for battle in the dark and brooding silence.

(8va-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------Db5-------|-------Eb5-------|------C----------C+---------|
|--(Db,Ab,Db,Ab)--|--(Eb,Bb,Eb,Bb)--|--(C,G,C,G)--(C,G#,C,G#)----|
|--------w--------|--------w--------|------h----------h----------|
|-Bruised and sullen storm clouds have the light of day obscurred.

---------------------------------------------------------|
|--Eb5--|-Db5--|-----F5-----|--Eb5-|--Db5--|--C----------|
|-------|------|--(F,C,F,C)-|------|-------|-------------|
|---w---|--w---|-----w------|---w--|---w---|--w----------|
|-looming low...............................rumbling in a


|----(rest)---------|
|-distant overture--|

Interlude:
Guitar and Solo


Slow Synthesizer solo, Freely
Might want to use both hands.
|2------D5----|--------D--|-----D5----|--------|-D--|-----------|
|4-}-(D,A,D)--|-G#-A-E-F#-|--(D,A,D)--|-G#-A-E-|-F#-|-F#-G#-B---|
|---------------e--e-e------------------e--e-e-|-h--|-----------|
|-----.q_________________|-----h____________________|-(triplet)-|
|hold the D5 chord, play the eighth notes, which lead to D chord|

|--------F#-------|---------|3-----|------------------|
|--(F#,C#,F#,A#)--|-C#-D#-B-|4--B--|------------------|
|------------e----|--e-e--e-|--.h--|------------------|
|--------q_________________________|------------------|
|--hold the F# chord, A# moves. B is added at the end-|


|2--F#--|---------|------------|-----------|---D5-----------|-D--|
|4------|-C#-D#-B-|-B-C#-D#-C#-|-A#-G#-F#--|-(D,A,D)-G#-A-E-|-F#-|
|---h-----e--e--e-|-e-e--e--e--|-(triplet)-|----h_______________-|
|-(as above, A# moves)----------------------------|--------------|

Verse:
|----D5-----------|-----------|----------|-F#-------------|3---------|
|-(D,A,D)--G#-A-E-|-F#-G-F#-E-|-F#-G#-B--|-----A#-C#-D#-B-|4-(A#,C#)-|
|----------e--e-e-|-e--e-e--e-|-(triplet)|-----e--e--e--e-|----------|
|----h________________________|----------|-h________________________-|
|-All at once...........parted|-Light streams.........unbroken beams-|


|2--F#-----------------------------|----------------|
|4-----C#-D#-B-A#-D#-C#-D#-C#-B-C#-|-C#--A#-G#-F#---|
|------------^-^--^--$--$--$--$-q____q---(triplet)--|
|---h_________________________________--------------|


			1_____________________________
||@-D5-|----E5---|-----F#5----|-F#5-------------@||
||@----|-(E,B,E)-|-(F#,C#,F#)-|-----G#-A#-G#-F#-@||
||--h--|----h----|------h________h--e--e--e--e---||


Interlude: guitar enters
2________________
|-------F#5--------|
|-(F#,C#,F#,C#,F#)-|
|------------------|Fade out
|------------------|


[Keyboards enter again during Guitar playing]
[Play the keyboard solo again, has some variation]

Finale: These are guitar chords, but good for keyboard.
|3-----A------|-A-|-----Bsus2------|-Bsus2-|--------F#--------|
|4-(A,E,A,C#)-|---|-(B,F#,B,C#,F#)-|-------|-(F#,C#,F#,A#,C#)-|
|------w__________|      w_________________|--------w---------|
|- Follow..........look  to  the skies, The shifting shafts of|

|-----E-----|--A------D/A----|2-----A------|
|-(E,E,B,E)-|-----(A,F#,A,D)-|4-(A,A,C#,E)-|
|-----w-----|--h-------h-----|------h------|
|-shining weave the fabric of their dreams.|

|5-----A-------------|6-----|
|4-(A,A,E,A)--E--B-C-|4--A~~|
|--------.q--.e-e-q--|---w--|
|-----w_____________________|