War Paint tab by Rush
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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 Cadd9 D Cadd9
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(Cadd9)
Girl before ...
appraises her ....
G
child become ...
tries to fix ...
Cadd9
no more of ...
Cadd9
it has to be ...
G
she can keep ...
if she can ...
Paint her name....
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------4-------------4-------4-------------4---------5---5---5-----3---
---5-------------------5---------------------5----3---------------3-%-
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Wounded pride....
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---------0--2----0----------------0--2----0-------------5-------5-----
------4-------------4----------4-------------4--------5---5---5---3---
---5------------------------5-------------------5---3-------------3-%-
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All puffed up with vanity...
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--------5------5-----------3-----3------------3---3----------5---5----
-----5------------5-----3-----------3-------5-------5------7-------7--
--3------------------1-----------------1--6-----------6--8-----------8
Cadd9 (let ring)...
(Cadd9) (overdub palm mute quarter notes)
boy before ...
w/Lead Fig. 1 (Below)
checks his ...
G
polishes his ...
F G G F F = 133211
and the charger in ...
C F5/C F5/C C = 355xxx
no more lame ....F5/C = x3356x
C w/Lead Fig. 2 (Below)
it has to ...
G
he can take ...
F G
if he can ...
Lead Fig. 1 Lead Fig. 2
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---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-
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Opening chords, with acoustic playing palm-muted quarter notes:
G G G G
D D D D
Cadd9
[ G5: 355xxx ]
[ F5: 133xxx ]
[ C5: x355xx ]
[ F5/C:x3356x ]
[ rhythm here is eighth, quarter, eighth repeated ]
C5
. - . . - . . - . . -
boys and girls ...
F5/C C5
mistake conceit ...
G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
-ambition ...
(G5) F
-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----
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Harmonizer up a fifth Harmonizer off
-(19)~(19)~(19)~(19)--------------------------------------------------
---H---rel---H---rel--------------------------------------------------
----------------------------17--19--17------17------------------------
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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:
G5 / / / / / / /
F5 / / / / / / /
Bb5/ / / / / / / [x133xx]
C5 / / / / / / /
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