GuitarTabsExplorer icon
GuitarTabsExplorer icon

Log in

Songbook

  • Log in to add and see bookmarks

Last visited songs

    No songs visited yet...

Tabs

Rush - Red Lenses

        From the CD 'Grace Under Pressure'
                Written by Lee/Lifeson/Peart
                Mercury/Polygram Records 818476-2

        This tab is a royal mess. It was a real pain to do, and I hope
you people appreciate it. This song isn't so popular, so why the hell did
I tab it? The key is E, switching to Chord diagramAbAb for the keyboard interludes.

Jimmy Pena - [email protected]

| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
o  \_
o  /   repeat sign (always look for these!)
[x35553] = fret box; this is a Chord diagramC majorC chord - this is the same as standard
  tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.

Chord 🏷Legend:

Chord diagramC#m7C#m7      : [9/11/9999]
Chord diagramF#F#        : [244322]
Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4   : [242422]
F#7(AddB) : [x44300]
Chord diagramE MajorE         : [022100]
[Riff 1]
    Chord diagramEb7Eb7
e:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------|
B:--14--14---14--14--14--14--14---14~~-------------------------------|
G:--15--15---15--15--15--15--15---15~~-------------------------------|
D:--13--13---13--13--13--13--13---13~~-------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 2]
    Chord diagramGb6Gb6
e:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|
B:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|
G:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|
D:--11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11--------------------------|
A:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 3]
     Chord diagramAbAb                          Chord diagramAbsus4Absus4
e:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----9--9--9--8--------------------------|
B:---9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--------------------------|
G:---8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--------------------------|
D:--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10--------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Song progression:

      Chord diagramC#m7C#m7            Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
I see red. An'it hurts ...
Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramF#F#                           Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4 3x    F#7(addB)
             I guess it must be ...

    Chord diagramE5E5       Chord diagramF#9F#9 Chord diagramG9G9 Chord diagramG#9G#9
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------|
A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times

e:------------11---|------------11--14--|
B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------|
G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o|
D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o|
A:-----------------|--------------------|
E:-----------------|--------------------|

[Riff 1] x1
                        [Riff 1] x2 very freely
It's the color of ...,
                [Riff 2] x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA rising summ...,
                   [Riff 3] x2
The battle lost ...
    [Riff 1] x1                                  Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
The flash to fashion, the puls...
      Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
Inside my head.


Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramF#F# F#~                         Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4 3x  F#7(addB)
             And truth is something ...

Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
        I said red...
                              Chord diagramC#m7C#m7               Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
I'm thinking about the ove...

Chord diagramF#F#                                 Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4  F#7(addB)
   Couldn't we talk about ...

    Chord diagramE5E5       Chord diagramF#9F#9 Chord diagramG9G9 Chord diagramG#9G#9
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
G:--4---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
D:--2---------8---9--10\---------------------------------------------|
A:--2---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 3 times

e:------------11---|------------11--14--|
B:--13---14--(11)--|--13---14-----------|
G:o----------(12)--|-------------------o|
D:o----------(13)--|-------------------o|
A:-----------------|--------------------|
E:-----------------|--------------------|

[Riff 1] x1
                         [Riff 1] x2 very freely      [Riff 2] x2
We've got Mars on the horizon, ...
(It's true.)
                           [Riff 3] x2
What you believe is ...

  [Riff 1] x1                                          Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
Chord diagramA augmentedA pair of dancing shoes the ....

Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
bed,
                              Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4  F#7(addB)
Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramF#F#                       \/   \/
             lying in the ....

    Chord diagramE5E5       Chord diagramF#9F#9 Chord diagramG9G9 Chord diagramG#9G#9
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--5---------9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
G:--4-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
D:--2-----x---8---9--10\---------------------------------------------|
A:--2-----x---9--10--11\---------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Keyboard arr. for guitar: play 16 times

e:--9-9--9-------9-11--------|
B:---------11--9-------------|
G:o-------------------------o|
D:o-------------------------o|
A:---------------------------|
E:---------------------------|


---------------

[Play this whole next section twice]


The keyboard plays this whole thing two times:

e:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B:--------------------7~~--|-----------------------------------------|
G:---------6---6--8--------|-----------6---6--8~~--------------------|
D:---6--8------------------|----6---8--------------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

While the guitar plays this freely:

e:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------|
B:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------|
G:--11-11--11--11--11-11-11-11-11------------------------------------|
D:--13-13--13--13--13-13-13-13-13------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then:

e:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B:--13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13--|-------------------------------------|
G:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------|
D:o-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13-o|--11-11-11-11-------11-11-11-11------|
A:--11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11--|---9--9--9--9--------9--9--9--9------|
E:-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

---------------

And the mercury is rising; ....
     Chord diagramC#m7C#m7          Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
Feel red.    Still, ....
                                        Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4     F#7(addB)  Chord diagramE MajorE
Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 Chord diagramC#m7C#m7  Chord diagramF#F#                         \/          \/     \/
                    You see black 'n' w....

Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
      not blue.
                      C#m13        Chord diagramC#m7C#m7
e:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------|
B:-12-12-12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11----9~------------------------------|
G:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------|
D:--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----9~------------------------------|
A:-11-11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11---11~------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

               [Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 freely]               Chord diagramF#F#
I'm thinkin' about the ....

Chord diagramF#sus4F#7sus4 a few times, then F#7(addB)

Chord diagramE MajorE
                  Chord diagramC#m7C#m7              [Fill 1] x1
Well I said I'm ...

        [Fill 1] - palm-muted and with echoed repeats

        e:--------------------|
        B:------9-9-----------|
        G:---9------9---------|
        D:--------------------|
        A:--------------------|
        E:--------------------|

Chord diagramC#m7C#m7 freely
                                      Chord diagramF#F#    F#7(addB)
        Thinkin' about ....

                                            Chord diagramC#m7C#m7   Chord diagramC#m7C#m7   F#7(addB)
I think about it, I ....!

[ Privacy | About us ]

Welcome to the guitar community

Why join and log in?
- Get songbook with favourite songs
- Get custom made front page
- Submit chords and tabs
- Submit guitar-cover videos
- Get a lot of thumbs up for your work

Songbook

Last visited songs

Site
Home
Search
Community
Submit chords
Submit video

Video

No video for this page. Check out how you can submit guitar-cover videos here

Search tabs and chords

Browse by artist

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #


Menu

Search

Video

Bookmark

Login