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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 & chorusIntroRiff 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 IRiff 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 EN.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---|--------------|--------------|
OutroRiff 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
