Xanadu chords by Rush

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Chords:
  E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
G: 3 2 0 0 3 3
D: x x 0 2 3 2
A: x 0 2 2 2 0

   E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
E5*: 0 2 2 4 0 0
G5: 3 x 0 0 x x
A5: x 0 2 2 x x
B5: x 2 4 4 x x

   E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
E/E: 0 14 14 13 0 0
D/E: 0 12 12 11 0 0
B/E: 0 9 9 8 0 0
A/E: 0 7 7 6 0 0
G/E: 0 5 5 4 0 0

     E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
Aadd9:  5 7 7 6 0 0
G6:    3 5 5 4 0 0
F#7add11: 2 4 4 3 0 0
Badd11:  7 9 9 8 0 0

Riff 1:

e|-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-5-4-----9-7-5-4-5-4-----------|
E MajorE|-----7-5-------------7-5-9-7-5-|


Riff 1 Extended:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------0----|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------0----|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------2----|
A augmentedA|-5-4-----9-7-5-4-7-5-4---5-4-----4-----------------------------2-2----|
E MajorE|-----7-5---------------7-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4-2-5-4-2-0-4-2-0---0----|


Instrumental in multiple parts:

Ethereal Intro:
E MajorE (drone over guitar volume swell part)

Full band enters:
E MajorE G+G D MajorD A augmentedA x3

A augmentedA (sustained)

E5* Riff 1 x3

E5* Riff 1 Extended

E/E D/ED/E B/E A/EA/E G/EG/E x4

F#7add11 E MajorE

G6G6 F#7add11 Aadd9Aadd9 E MajorE

G6G6 F#7add11 Badd11

E MajorE F#7add11 x6

Short A augmentedA Part 1:
  E MajorE        F#7add11
"To seek the sacred river Alph
  E MajorE         F#7add11
To walk the caves of ice
  Badd11    Aadd9Aadd9
To break my fast on honeydew
  Badd11      Aadd9Aadd9
And drink the milk of Paradise"

D MajorD A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE


BB Part 1:
E MajorE      G5G5 A augmentedA        G5G5 E5E5  B5B5  A5A5  G5G5  A5A5
I had heard the whispered tales of im - mor - ta - li - ty
  E5E5  B5B5  A5A5  G5G5  A5A5
The dee - pest my - ste - ry
E MajorE     G5G5  A augmentedA      G5G5 E MajorE
From an ancient book I took a clue
E MajorE        G5G5 A augmentedA       G5G5 E5E5  B5B5  A5A5  G5G5  A5A5
I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eas - tern lands un - known
E5E5  B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5
Time and Man a - lone
E MajorE       G5G5 A augmentedA   G5G5  E MajorE
Searching for the lost Xana - du

E MajorE  G+G  D MajorD
Xa - na - du


Synth Break 1:

D5D5 Bb6Bb6 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G x6


A augmentedA Part 2:
  D5D5    Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
To stand within the Pleasure Dome
 D5D5    Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Decreed by Kubla Khan
  D5D5   Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
To taste anew the fruits of life
  D5D5   Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
The last immortal man
  D5D5    Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
To find the sacred river Alph
  D5D5    Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
To walk the caves of ice

  D5D5   Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Oh, I will dine on honeydew
  D5D5    Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9 G+G  D5D5    Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9
And drink the milk of Para  -  dise
G+G    D5D5    Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Oh, paradise!

D MajorD D D MajorD


Instrumental Bridge:

E5* Riff 1 x3

E5* Riff 1 Extended

E MajorE


BB Part 2:
 E MajorE       G5G5  A augmentedA       G5G5 E5E5  B5B5 A5A5   G5G5 A5A5
A augmentedA thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by
E5E5  B5B5   A5A5 G5G5 A5A5
Stars stopped in the sky
E MajorE     G5G5 A augmentedA   G5G5  E MajorE
Frozen in an everlasting view
E MajorE      G5G5 A augmentedA      G5G5 E5E5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5
Waiting for the world to end, weary of the night
E5E5 B5B5  A5A5 G5G5 A5A5
Praying for the light
E MajorE     G5G5 A augmentedA
Prison of the lost
 G5G5  E MajorE
Xana - du

E MajorE  G+G  D MajorD
Xa - na - du


Synth Break 2:

D5D5 Bb6Bb6 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G x6


A augmentedA Part 3:
D5D5    Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Held within the Pleasure Dome
 D5D5    Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Decreed by Kubla Khan
  D5D5     Bb6Bb6  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
To taste my bitter triumph
   D5D5 Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
As a mad immortal man
D5D5   Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Nevermore shall I re - turn
 D5D5     Bb6Bb6     Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Escape these caves of ice

  D5D5   Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
For I have dined on honeydew
  D5D5    Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9 G+G   D5D5    Bb6Bb6
And drunk the milk of Para  -  dise
Cadd9Cadd9    G+G   D5D5
Woah, is it  paradise?

Bb6Bb6   Cadd9Cadd9 G+G


Instrumental:

E MajorE F#7add11 x6


Guitar Solo:

E MajorE F#7add11
E MajorE F#7add11
Badd11 Aadd9Aadd9
Badd11 Aadd9Aadd9
E MajorE F#7add11
E MajorE F#7add11
E MajorE F#7add11
E MajorE F#7add11
Badd11 Aadd9Aadd9
Badd11 Aadd9Aadd9


Outro:

D MajorD Asus2Asus2 G+G FF
E MajorE

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