Rush: Leave That Thing Alone
>From the album Counterparts (Atlantic Records)
Copyright 1993 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson

Comments/corrections to Sean Jones 

Transcribed by Don Dianetti and Sean Jones


       w  4x     q Q s s s s e   e Q e e s s e   q Q s s  s s  e
---||--r--||-||----r-4h5p4-----|-----r---r-----|---r-9h10p9------|
4:-||*-e-*||-||*---e-------5---|-----e---e-----|---e--------10-7-|
4:-||*-s-*||-||*---s---------5-|-3/7-s-3-s-3-3-|---s-------------|
---||--t--||-||--5\t-----------|-----t---t-----|-5\t-------------|


  Q+s s s e e s s s
|--------------------||
|-------------------*||
|-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-*||
|--------------------||


 H e e   q q+Q e   Q e Q e   E s e e e e e e   e Q+q q   q h+Q e   Q e Q e
|-------|---------|---------|-----------------|-r-------|---------|-----------|
|-------|---------|-----2---|-----------------|-e-------|---------|-----2-----|
|-------|---------|---------|-----------------|-s-------|---------|-----------|
|-5-5-3-|-1-3---1-|-0-0---0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-t-5---5\|-1-3---1-|-0-0---0---|


  Q e e e e e   q Q s s s s e   e Q e e s s e   q Q s s  s s  e
|-------------|---r-4h5p4-----|-----r---r-----|---r-9h10p9------|
|-------------|---e-------5---|-----e---e-----|---e--------10-7-|
|-------------|---s---------5-|-3/7-s-3-s-3-3-|---s-------------|
|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-5\t-----------|-----t---t-----|-5\t-------------|


  Q+s s s e e s s s
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-8---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|
|-------------------|


  q Q s s s s e   e Q e e s s e   q Q s s  s s  e   Q+s s s s s s s s s s
|---r-4h5p4-----|-----r---r-----|---r-9h10p9------|-------------------------|
|---e-------5---|-----e---e-----|---e--------10-7-|-------------------------|
|---s---------5-|-3/7-s-3-s-3-3-|---s-------------|-8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---|
|-5\t-----------|-----t---t-----|-5\t-------------|-------------------------|


  w   q h+Q e   h+Q e   Q e e e e e   w   q h+Q e   q q Q e   Q e e e e e
|---|---------|-------|-------------|---|---------|---------|-------------|
|---|---------|-------|-------------|---|---------|-----2---|-------------|
|---|---------|-------|-------------|---|---------|---------|-------------|
|-5-|-1-3---1-|-0---0-|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-5-|-1-3---1-|-0-0---0-|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|


  e e e s e e s e e
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----3-3-5-5-5-7-7\-|
|-5-5----------------|


        e e e s e e s e s s e s s e s s+  s e s e s s e s s e s e e s
----||----------------------------------|----------------------------
-6:-||*---------------------------2-----|----------------------------
-4:-||*---------------3-3-3-5-5-5---0---|-------------------3-3-5-5-5
----||--2-2-3-3-5-5-5-----------------2-|---2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5----------


s q   e s s e s e e s e s s e s s E s+     s e s e s s
----|--------------------------------------------------|-------
----|---------------------------------|-2:-------------|-3:----
5-7\|-----------------3-3-3-5-5-5-7\--|-4:-------------|-4:----
----|-2-2-2-3-3-5-5-5---------------2-|------2-2-3-3-3-|-------


e e e s s s s s s    +e e e s s s s s s  3x +e e e s s s s s s    +e e e s s
------------------||---------------------||--------------------||-------------
------2-0---2-3---||*-------2-0---2-3---*||--------2-0---2-3---||*------------
0-2-3-----3-----0-||*---2-3-----3-----0-*||----2-3-----3-------||*-------2-0--
------------------||---------------------||------------------0-||----2-3------


s s s s  3x +e e e s s s s s s    +e e e s s s s s s  3x +e e e s s s s s s
---------||--------------------||---------------------||----------------------
--------*||--------------------||*-------2-0---2-3---*||--------2-0---2-3-----
--2-3---*||--------2-0---2-3-0-||*---2-3-----3-----0-*||----2-3-----3---------
3-----0--||----2-3-----3-------||---------------------||------------------0---


   +e e e s s s s s s  3x +e e e s s s s s s    +e e e s s s s s s  +e e e s
||---------------------||--------------------||--------------------|----------
||*-------------------*||--------------------||*-------2-0---2-3---|-------2--
||*-------2-0---2-3---*||--------2-0---2-3-0-||*---2-3-----3-----0-|---2-3----
||----2-3-----3-----0--||----2-3-----3-------||--------------------|----------


s s s 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
--------|----------------------------|-------------------------|--------------
0---2-3-|-6:-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------
--3-----|-4:-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|--------------
--------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3----


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 e
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------
--------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-----------
3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7-7-7-7---


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 e
----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------
----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------
----------------|-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-|-5-5-5---
7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|-------------------------|---------


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 e
------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------
------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------
5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-7-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------
------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|-0-0---


e e e e e e e e e e      e e e s s s s s s    +e e e s s s s s s    +e e e
--------------------|----------------------||---------------------||----------
--------------------|-3:-------------------||*-------------------*||----------
--------------------|-4:-------2-0---2-3---||*-------2-0---2-3---*||----------
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-2-3-----3-----0-||----2-3-----3-----0--||---2-3----


s s s s e      h q e e   q q+Q e   h Q e   Q e e e e e   e e s e s h   q q+Q
----------|------r-----|---------|-------|-------------|-r---r---r---|----------
----------|-4:---e-----|---------|---2---|-------------|-e---e---e---|----------
2-0---2-3-|-4:---s-----|---------|-------|-------------|-s---s---s---|----------
----3-----|----5-t-5-3-|-1-3---1-|-0---0-|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-t-5-t-5-t-5\|-1-3------


e   Q e Q e   Q e e e e e   e e s e s h   q q+Q e   e e s e s Q e   e e e e
--|---------|-------------|-r---r---r---|---------|-----r---------|-----------
--|-----2---|-------------|-e---e---e---|---------|---2-e-2-2-2---|-----------
--|---------|-------------|-s---s---s---|---------|-----s---------|-----------
1-|-0-0---0-|-1-1-3-3-1-3-|-t-5-t-5-t-5\|-1-3---1-|-0---t-------0-|-1-1-1-1---


e e e e   e e s e s h   q q+Q e   Q e s s s e s s s   e e e e s s s e s s s
--------|-r---r---r---|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|---
--------|-e---e---e---|---------|-----2-2---2-2-----|---3-------------------|---
--------|-s---s-3-s---|---------|---------2-----2---|-----------------------|---
3-3-1-3-|-t-5-t---t-5\|-1-3---1-|-0-0-------------0-|-1---1-1-3-1-3-1-1-1-3-|---


e e e s e e s e s s
--------------------|
--------------2-2---|
----3-3-5-5-5-----0-|
5-5-----------------|


     e s s e s e e s e s s e s s e s s+  s e s e s s e s s e s e
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------
|-6:-----------------------------2-----|--------------------------
|-4:-----------------3-3-3-5-5-5---0---|-------------------3-3-5--
|----2-2-2-3-3-5-5-5-----------------2-|---2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5--------


e s q   e s s e s e e s e s s e s s q   W      q Q s s s s e
------|-------------------------------|-r-|------r-4h5-p4-----
------|-------------------------------|-e-|-4:---e--------5---
5-5-7\|-----------------3-3-3-5-5-5-7\|-s-|-4:---s----------5-
------|-2-2-2-3-3-5-5-5---------------|-t-|----5\t------------


  e Q e e s s e   q Q s s  s s  e   Q+s s s e e s s s   q Q s s s s e   e
|-----r---r-----|---r-9h10p9------|-------------------|---r-4h5p4-----|------
|-----e---e-----|---e--------10-7-|-------------------|---e-------5---|------
|-3/7-s-3-s-3-3-|---s-------------|-8---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|---s---------5-|-3/---
|-----t---t-----|-5\t-------------|-------------------|-5-t-----------|------


Q e e s s e   q Q s s  s s  e   Q+s s s s s s s s s s   q Q s s s s e
--r---r-----|---r-9h10p9------|-----------------------|---r-4h5p4-----
--e---e-----|---e--------10-7-|-----------------------|---e-------5---
7-s-3-s-3-3-|---s-------------|-8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|---s---------5-
--t---t-----|-5\t-------------|-----------------------|-5\t-----------


  e Q e e s s e
|-----r---r-----|
|-----e---e-----|
|-3/7-s-3-s-3-3-|
|-----t---t-----|


 q Q s s  s s  e   Q+s s s e e s s s   q Q E e s   q E s s s s e s s s   q
---r-9h10p9------|-------------------|---r-------|---r-----------------|-----
---e--------10-7-|-------------------|---e-------|---e-----------------|-----
---s-------------|-8---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|---s-------|---s-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-----
-5\t-------------|-------------------|-5-t-5\5-3-|-5-t-------3---------|-5---


q e s s s e s   Q+s s s s s s s s e   h e e s e s   e e E s s s s s e e   q H
r-------r-----|-----------------r---|---r---r-----|-----r---------------|---r---
e-x-5-0-e-5-0-|-7-----5---------e---|---e---e-----|-----e---------------|---e---
s-------s-----|-----0---0-5-0-7-s-3-|---s---s-----|-----s-3-3-3-3---3-5-|---s---
t-------t-----|-----------------t---|-5-t-5-t-5-3-|-3-5-t---------3-----|-5\t---


  e s e s e s e s t S e   h h   w
|---r---r---r---r-------|---r-|-r-|-------------------------------------------
|-7-e-5-e-7-e-5-e-------|---e-|-e-|-------------------------------------------
|---s---s---s---s-3/5\3-|---s-|-s-|-------------------------------------------
|---t---t---t---t-------|-5-t-|-t-|-------------------------------------------




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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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