War Paint tab by Rush

Tabs

Rush
War Paint
Presto
Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart

Transcribed by Tony Zimmermann,
Comments welcome

Electric Guitar                  4 x
---3----3---------3----3----------2----2-----------||-----3-----------
---3----3---------3----3----------3----3-----------||-----3-----------
---0----0---------0----0----------2----2---------*-||-----0-----------
---0----0---------2----2----------0----0---------*-||-----2-----------
---2----2---------3----3---------------------------||-----3-----------
---3----3------------------------------------------||-----------------
  G+G       Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD           Cadd9Cadd9

(Cadd9Cadd9)
Girl before ...

appraises her ....

G+G
child become ...

tries to fix ...

Cadd9Cadd9
no more of ...

           Cadd9Cadd9
it has to be ...

G+G
she can keep ...

if she can ...


Paint her name....
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----------------------------------------------------------0-----------
---------0--2----0-------------0--2----0--------------5-------5-------
------4-------------4-------4-------------4---------5---5---5-----3---
---5-------------------5---------------------5----3---------------3-%-
------------------------------------------------------------------1---

Wounded pride....
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-----------------------0------------------------------------0---------
---------0--2----0----------------0--2----0-------------5-------5-----
------4-------------4----------4-------------4--------5---5---5---3---
---5------------------------5-------------------5---3-------------3-%-
------------------------------------------------------------------1---

All puffed up with vanity...
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-----------0------------------0-----------------0--------------0------
--------5------5-----------3-----3------------3---3----------5---5----
-----5------------5-----3-----------3-------5-------5------7-------7--
--3------------------1-----------------1--6-----------6--8-----------8

Cadd9Cadd9   (let ring)...

(Cadd9Cadd9)          (overdub palm mute quarter notes)
boy before ...

        w/Lead Fig. 1 (Below)
checks his ...

G+G
polishes his ...

FF G+G             G+G  FF      FF = 133211
and the charger in ...

C majorC          F5/C F5/C        C majorC = 355xxx
no more lame ....F5/C = x3356x

C majorC        w/Lead Fig. 2 (Below)
it has to ...

G+G
he can take ...

FF G+G
if he can ...


Lead Fig. 1          Lead Fig. 2
------------------------3----|----------------------------------------3-
---0--------------------3----|----------------------------------------3-
--(2)-(2)--0---------0--0----|----------------------------------------0-
---F--rel------0-H-2----0----|--------0-2-P-0-3-P-0-2-P-0-------------0-
------------------------2----|--0-2-3---------------------3-P-0-2-P-0-2-
------------------------3----|----------------------------------------3-

Opening chords, with acoustic playing palm-muted quarter notes:
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG
D MajorD D D MajorD D
Cadd9Cadd9

[ G5: 355xxx ]
[ F5: 133xxx ]
[ C5: x355xx ]
[ F5/C:x3356x ]
[ rhythm here is eighth, quarter, eighth repeated ]

C5C5
. -  . . -  . . - . . -
boys and girls ...
              F5/C  C5C5
mistake conceit ...

G5G5           F5F5 G5G5 F5F5 G5G5
-ambition ...
(G5G5)            FF
-dreams for self-....[similar next stanza]


paint it black....  [solo]
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--12--12--------------12--13--15----13---12--13--15-(15)-(15)---------
--12--12----------------------------------------------F--rel.------
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---------------------------------------------------------------Harm.--
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-(14)-(14)-(14)-(14)--12----------------------------------------------
---H--rel.---H--rel.-----15--12-------------------------15-P-12-------
---------------------------------14-------------12-H-14---------14----
----------------------------------------12-H-14-----------------------
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Harmonizer up a fifth               Harmonizer off
-(19)~(19)~(19)~(19)--------------------------------------------------
---H---rel---H---rel--------------------------------------------------
----------------------------17--19--17------17------------------------
------------------------19--------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------19------19--------------------
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-(19)~(19)~(19)~(19)--------------------------------------------------
---H---rel---H---rel------------------18-P-15-------------------------
----------------------15-H-17-17-P-15---------17----19----17---12--5~~
-------------------------------------------------/17---/15--/10-------
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Outro:
Include eighth note palm mute power chords on electric guitar:
G5G5 / / / / / / /
F5F5 / / / / / / /
Bb5/ / / / / / /  [x133xx]
C5C5 / / / / / / /

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