Time Stand Still tab by Rush

Guitar tabs

Time Stand Still    -   Rush         (from Hold Your Fire)
Transcription by Dan Newcombe (STDN@vm.marist.edu)

(I know that this is not 100% accurate, but it is closer
 than nothing.  If you have corrections, please post them
 in a nice civilized manner.  No flames, they're a waste.)

To find out the chord rythyms, listen to the album.


Intro:  (Riff 1)
 (Clean tone, with a bit of delay and maybe chorus)
(Play 3 times)
-------------------------
--------------------2-2--
------4-----4-------2-2--
----4-----4---------2-2--
--------7------4-0--0-0--
--7----------------------

C#C#                         A augmentedA                                 E MajorE
I turn my back to the wind to catch ....

                                              BB
again              Driven on ...
---0-------------------------------------------------------------
---0----------------------------------------------4-5^4--5^4--5^4
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4
---1-------------------------------0--2--4--2--------------------
---0------------------0---2---4----------------------------------

BB                      E MajorE           A augmentedA        C#C#
pass the moment with a drink ....

          A augmentedA                              E MajorE
too thin, I'd like to pause, ....

pretend             like some pilgram ....
---0-------------------------------------------------------------
---0----------------------------------------------4-5^4--5^4--5^4
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4
---1-------------------------------0--2--4--2--------------------
---0------------------0---2---4----------------------------------

BB     E MajorE         A augmentedA
as if each step ....

(Guitar Tacet)
"Time Stand Still, I'm not ....

(Play riff 1 twice)
now      Time ....

E MajorE              A augmentedA                   BB
  Freeze this moment a ....
                                      -0-----0-----
                                      ---4-----4---
                                      -----4-----4-
                                      -------------
                                      -------------
                                      -------------

A augmentedA             F#F#                    E MajorE
 Make each sensation a ....

BB           A augmentedA     E MajorE      BB          A augmentedA     (Play riff 1)
 Experience slips away   ...

A augmentedA A augmentedA

(2nd verse same as the first as far as music goes.)
I turn my face to the sun, close ....

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Chorus:
 "Time stand still.  I'm not .....

(Play riff one)
now

E MajorE              A augmentedA                   BB
  Freeze this moment a ....
                                      -0-----0-----
                                      ---4-----4---
                                      -----4-----4-
                                      -------------
                                      -------------
                                      -------------

A augmentedA             F#F#                    E MajorE        BB
 Make each impression a ....

E MajorE              A augmentedA                   BB
  Freeze this moment a ....

BB           A augmentedA     E MajorE      BB          A augmentedA     (Play riff 1)
 The innocence slips away   Innocence ....

(Play riff one)
TIME STAND STILL

(Play riff 5 10 times)

Riff 5
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----2-4-2-4/5-4-2-4-2-------------------------
-4--------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------

A augmentedA BB  ??

(Play riff 5 4 times)

(The rest of the song is taken from the parts that come
 after the slow part of the chorus.  They are easy to figure
 out, mostly E MajorE A augmentedA and BB chords, and I am too tired to
 type them in)


I got the TAB for "Time Stand Still" off the ftp site and noticed that
the intro was heinously incorrect. I realize the person who wrote it
said it wasn't 100% correct, and I am posting the correction in a
civilized manner :) I'll post more Rush TAB if there are enough people
interested. There's a pretty good-size collection going at the site,
and most of it's correct that I've seen, and I want to add to it as
much as I can. Alex Lifeson is my favorite guitarist, and I know how to
play most of Rush's tunes.

E-|-------------------------------------|
B-|-------------0-----------------------|
G-|-----4-----4--------------2---2------|
D-|---4-----2---------2------2---2------|
A-|-2--------------4-----0---0---0------|
E-|-------------------------------------|
    Let ring ------------|