The Enemy Within bass tab by Rush

The Enemy Within
As recorded by Rush
=========================
(In B minor)
Music by Lee & Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Transcribed by Brendan Cahill (bcahill@ucsd.edu)

***Note: I'm not sure if all this is 100% accurate.  It will sound like the song because the chords are right and stuff--some of it is just my improvisation though.  However, most of it is basically what Geddy plays.  Enjoy:

Tab notes:
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R    = Rest                      /   = slide up              %   = repeat last bar
/3\  = Triplet grouping          \   = slide down            %|% = repeat last 2 bars
x    = Muted note                +   = tie                   *   = repeats
.    = Dotted note               @   = coda mark             *
&    = fine mark                    = staccato
===========================================================================================

                                                                   (Play 4x)
      w     w     w     w      e s s e e s s s s e e   e s s e e e s s e e
+--------+-----+-----+------+------------------------+----------------------+
|4:*-----|-----|--2--|-----*|*-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------*|
|4:*--2--|--5--|-----|--0--*|*-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------*|
+--------+-----+-----+------+------------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--+

 @
  e s s e e s s s s e e   e s s e e e s s e e
+-----------------------+---------------------+------------+------------+
|-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------|-----------%|%-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------|------------|------------|
+-----------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-+------------+------------+
1.Things crawl in the darkness      that imagination spins
2.    picious looking stranger    flashes you a dangerous grin

+-----------------------+------------------+--------------+-------------+
|----------------------%|%-----------------|-------------%|%------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------|
+-----------------------+------------------+--------------+-------------+
Needles at your nerve ends crawl like spiders on your skin    Pow-pow-pow-
Shadows across your window--was it only trees in the wind?         Every

+-----------------------+-----------------+--------+--------+
|----------------------%|%----------------|-------%|%-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|--------|--------|
+-----------------------+-----------------+--------+--------+
Pounding in your temples and a surge of adrenaline      Every
breath a static charge       that tastes like tin       Steely-

+----------------+------------+--------------+-------------+
|---------------%|%-----------|-------------%|%------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
+----------------+------------+--------------+-------------+
muscle tense--to  fence the enemy within...
eyed outside--to  hide  the enemy within...

  q e e q e e   q e e e e e e   q e e q e e   e e e e e e e e
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------------+
|---R-----R---|---R-----------|---R-----R---|-----R-----------|
|-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0---0-|-4-4---4-5-5-7-7-|
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------------+
                                                            I'm

 &
   q  e  e  q  e  e     q  e  e  e  e  e  e      q  e  e  q  e  e
+-------------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|*----R--------R----|------R------------------|-----R--------R-----|
|*-2-----2--2-----2-|---2-----2--5--5--5--5---|--0-----0--0-----0--|
+-------------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
 not giving in to security under pressure I'm not missing out on the
 not giving up on  implausible dreams  --  Experience to extremes--ex-
                                                                           D.S. al
                  (TO CODA)                                                 coda @
                  (TO FINE)                                       /H^P\
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      w     h h                    w    e s s e e e e e e
+-------------------------+-------+-----+---+---+---+---+-----+-------------------+
|-------R----------------*|-------|-----|--%|%--|--%|%--|-----|-R-2-4-2-0---------|
|-4--4-----4--5--5--7--7-*|---2---|---0-|---|---|---|---|--2--|-----------4-2-4-0-|
+-------------------------+-------+-3---+---+---+---+---+-----+-------------------+
promise of adventure   I'm
perience to             extremes                                               Sus-


(CODA)
                  (Play 6x)              w                   w
+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-------------------+--------------+
|-----|-----|*-----|-----*|-----|-----|-------------------|--------------|
|--2--|---0-|*--2--|---0-*|--2--|---0-|--2----------------|--5-----------|
+-----+-3---+------+-3----+-----+-3---+-------------------+--------------+
tremes                             To you--is it movement or is it action?


   w              w                 w
+--------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+
|--2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--2------------|
|--------------|--0--------------|--2--------------|--5-------------|---------------|
+--------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+
Is it contact or just reaction and you--revolution or just resistance Is it living or


  e e e e e e e e    h..             s s   w                    w
+-----------------+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+
|-----------------|------------------0-2-|-4-----------------|--2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--2-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
+-----------------+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+
just existence yeah you--it takes a little more persistence to get up and go the dist-


  q h.        q  e  e  q  e  e     q  e  e  e  e  e  e     q  e  e  q  e  e
+----------+-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+
|----------|*----R--------R----|------R------------------|----R--------R-----|
|-0-0------|*-2-----2--2-----2-|---2-----2--5--5--5--5---|-0-----0--0-----0--|
+----------+-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+
ance    I'm not giving in                            I'm not missing out
            not giving up on  implausible dreams  --  Experience     to    ex-

                  D.S. al
                  fine &   (FINE)
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      w     h h   h+e e e  e   +e e e  e +e e q    w
+-------------------------+-------+-----+-----7-9-11-+-11-7-9-11-11-9-7-+-----+
|-------R----------------*|-------|-----|------------|------------------|-----|
|-4--4-----4--5--5--7--7-*|---2---|---0-|-2-2--------|------------------|--2--|
+-------------------------+-------+-3---+------------+------------------+-----+
tremes                I'm  tremes

                                                      /H^P\
  h h   h+e   e  e +e  e  e +e  q   q q q q    w    e s s e e s s e e e
+-----+-----+---16-16-14-16-16-16-+---------+-----+---2-4-2-------------+
|-----|-----|---------------------|---------|-----|-R-------4-2-4-2-0---|
|---0-|--2--|---------------------|-2-----2-|--5--|-------------------4-|
+-3---+-----+-7-------------------+---2-5---+-----+---------------------+
                                                       Hey    hey    hey

																											(Repeat and fade out)
   e s s e e s s s s e e   e s s e e e s s e e
+------------------------+----------------------+
|*-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------*|
|*-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------*|
+------------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--+