Rush: Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres IV. Armageddon - The Battle of Heart and Mind From the album Hemispheres (Mercury Records) Copyright 1978 Core Music Publishing Music by Lee and Lifeson Lyrics by Peart Transcribed by Charles D. Bruce (charlesdbruce@hotmail.com) Performance Notes ----------------- The primary guitar (GTR1) is 6 String electric guitar (ES355) with a "dirty" tone and chorus (Boss CE-1 chorus ensemble). A second guitar for the lead break (GTR2) is a 6 String electric guitar heavily overdriven with flanging (Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress was used live) panning back and forth between left and right channels. The heavier tone is reprised near the end without the flanging or panning. 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|-5---5-x-x-x-8-8-8-3-----|-7-----------------------|-2-----------------------| |-------5-5-5-6-6-6-1-----|-5-----------------------|-3-----------------------| Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G H H H H |-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| |-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| |-2-----------0-----------|-2-----------0-----------| |-3-----------2-----------|-3-----------2-----------| |-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------| |-1-----------3-----------|-1-----------3-----------| B5 B5/F# G5 D5 B5 B5/F# G5 D5 D5/A Bb5 F q e e e e e e e Q q e e e e e e e q e e e e e e e Q |-2---2-2-2-2-------------|-2---2-2-2-2------- |-5---5-5-5-5-------------|G |-x---x-x-x-x-------------|-x---x-x-x-x------- |-x---x-x-x-x-------------|T |o4---4-4-4-4-------7-----9-4---4-4-4-4-------12-7---7-7-7-7------------o|R |o4---4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-----8-4---4-4-4-4-5-5-5- 8-7---7-7-7-7-8-8-8-3----o|1 |-2---2-x-x-x-5-5-5-5-----|-2---2-X-X-X-5-5-5- |-5---5-x-x-x-8-8-8-3-----| |-------2-2-2-3-3-3-------|-------2-2-2-3-3-3- |-------5-5-5-6-6-6-1-----| | | | e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e | |-------------------------|------------------- |-------------------------|G |-------------------------|------------------- |-------------------------|T |o4-2-0-----------0-2-0---|-4-2-0-------------12-------------------------|R |o------4-2-0-2-4-------4-|-------4-2-0-2-4-2- 8-0-------------------3-2-|2 |-------------------------|------------------- |-------0---1-0-3-1-0-----| |-------------------------|------------------- |---0-3---3---------------| D5 D5/A Bb5 F AaddB Cmaj7/G q e e e e e e e Q H q h H q h |-5---5-5-5-5-------------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|G |-x---x-x-x-x-------------|-0---------------0-------|-0---------------0-------|T |-7---7-7-7-7------------o|-6-----------------------|-0-----------------------|R |-7---7-7-7-7-8-8-8-3----o|-7-----------------------|-2-----------------------|1 |-5---5-x-x-x-8-8-8-3-----|-7-----------------------|-2-----------------------| |-------5-5-5-6-6-6-1-----|-5-----------------------|-3-----------------------| | | | e e e e e e e e e e e e W+ W | |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|T |------------------------o|-------------------------|-------------------------|R |-0-------------------3-2o|-------------------------|-------------------------|2 |-------0---1-0-3-1-0-----|-0-----------------------|(0)----------------------| |---0-3---3---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G H H |-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| |-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| |-2-----------0-----------|-2-----------0-----------| |-3-----------2-----------|-3-----------2-----------| |-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------| 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|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0---------------0-------| |-----7-----7-----7-----10|-----7-----7-----7-----10|-6-----------------------| |---7-----7-----7-----10--|---7-----7-----7-----10--|-7-----------------------| |-5-----------------8-----|-5-----------------8-----|-7-----------------------| |-------5-----6-----------|-------5-----6-----------|-5-----------------------| Cmaj7/G Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G H q h H H H e e e e q |-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------------------| |-0---------------0-------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------------------| |-0-----------------------|-2-----------0-----------|-2-----------------------| |-2-----------------------|-3-----------2-----------|-3-----------2-2-2-2\----| |-3-----------------------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-3-3-3\----| |-3-----------------------|-1-----------3-----------|-1-----------3-3-3-3\----| F#7addB BaddE q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e 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e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e |-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| |-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-| |o--------3-----------3---|---------3-----------3---|---------8-----------8---| |o------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4---4-------4---4-------|-4---4-------4---4-------|-9---9-------9---9-------| |-2---2-------2---2-------|-2---2-------2---2-------|-7---7-------7---7-------| AaddB q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e |-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| |-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-| |---------8-----------8--o|o--------6-----------6---|---------6-----------6---| |------------------------o|o------------------------|-------------------------| |-9---9-------9---9-------|-7---7-------7---7-------|-7--7--------7---7-------| |-7---7-------7---7-------|-5---5-------5---5-------|-5--5--------5---5-------| D6sus2 F#7addB q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e |-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| |-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-| |---------7-----------7---|---------7-----------7--o|---------3-----------3---| |-7---7-------7---7-------|-7---7-------7---7------o|-------------------------| |-5---5-------5---5-------|-5---5-------5---5-------|-4--4--------4---4-------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-2--2--------2---2-------| BaddE q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e q e e e e |-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| |-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-|-----------0-----------0-| |---------3-----------3---|---------8-----------8---|---------8-----------8---| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-4---4-------4---4-------|-9---9-------9---9-------|-9---9-------9---9-------| |-2---2-------2---2-------|-7---7-------7---7-------|-7---7-------7---7-------| * More heavily overdriven tone... AaddE Cmaj7/G q e e e q q e e e e q e e e q q e e e e W |-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| |-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| |-6-----------------------|-6-----------------------|-0-----------------------| |-7-----------------------|-7-----------------------|-2-----------------------| |-7---7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-3-----------------------| |-5---5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3-----------------------| Cmaj7/G Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G Fmaj7AddB Cmaj7/G W H H H H |-------------------------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| |-------------------------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| |-------------------------|-2-----------0-----------|-2-----------0-----------| |-2-----------------------|-3-----------2-----------|-3-----------2-----------| |-3-----------------------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------| |-3-----------------------|-1-----------3-----------|-1-----------3-----------| G Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W |-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-5-----------------------| |-------------2-----3-----|-5-----6-----9-----10\---|-5-----------------------| |-3-----4-----------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------| Eb Cm W W |-6-----------------------|-3-----------------------| |-8-----------------------|-4-----------------------| |-8-----------------------|-5-----------------------| |-8-----------------------|-5-----------------------| |-6-----------------------|-3-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| Chords ------ 2 B5 2 B5/F# 3 G5 |-O-|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |-x-|---|---|---| |-x-|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |-O-|---|---|---| x---|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| 5 D5 5 D5/A 6 Bb5 |-O-|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |-x-|---|---|---| |-x-|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |-O-|---|---|---| x---|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| F5 5 AaddB Cmaj7/G |---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|-O-|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|-O-|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| Fmaj7AddB 8 F5 2 F#7addB 0---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|-O-|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|-O-|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |-O-|---|---|---| 7 BaddE 5 D6sus2 3 G 0---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| |(O-|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---| |(O-|---|---|---| |---|-O-|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |(--|-O-|---|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |(--|---|-O-|---| |---|---|-O-|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |(--|---|-O-|---| |-O-|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |(O-|---|---|---| 6 Eb 3 Cm |(O-|---|---|---| |(O-|---|---|---| |(--|---|-O-|---| |(--|-O-|---|---| |(--|---|-O-|---| |(--|---|-O-|---| |(--|---|-O-|---| |(--|---|-O-|---| |(O-|---|---|---| |(O-|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---| Lyrics ------ The Universe divided as the heart and mind collided With our people left unguided For so many troubled years In a cloud of doubts and fears Our world was torn asunder into hollow hemispheres Some fought themselves, some fought each other Most just followed one another, lost and aimless like their brothers For their hearts were so unclear And the truth would not appear Their spirits were divided into blinded hemispheres Some who did not fight brought tales of old to light My Rocinante sailed by night on her final flight To the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force we set our course Spiralled through that timeless space to this immortal place Tablature Contributors ---------------------- This transcription was created by Charles D. Bruce (charlesdbruce@hotmail.com) in the format described below. It was previously transcribed Blake Butterworth (butterwo@cs.tulane.edu), Tony Zimmerman , Jimmy Pena (jimmy@walrus.com), Branden Robinson, and Tony Kennedy. Disclaimer ---------- This tablature represents how the song is played as closely as reasonably achievable to the studio recording. Alex Lifeson may have played it slightly differently. Various live recordings of the song were used in development of this transcription. This instrumental youtube video was very useful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rPzOYC1SVM Revision History ---------------- Revision 00: 04/28/2019 Revision 01: 03/28/2022, changed not about electric mistress Revision 02: 11/20/2023, changed the arpeggiated section Tablature Explanation --------------------- NT = Nashville Tuning is when the low E, A, D and G strings are replaced with lighter gauge strings and tuned one octave higher than normal. | = bar separating measures ~ = vibrato x = percussive note with no pitch; muted note . = staccato; mute the note immediately after striking it h = hammer p = pull s = slide (used when \ or / don't fit) ^ = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret shown above the symbol r = release bend (string/fret may be indicated) t = fret board tap (not many of these with Rush) / = slide up \ = slide down x/ = pick slide up x\ = pick slide down <5> = natural harmonic (lightly touch the string at fret indicated) [5] = artificial harmonic (use thumb to follow through the pick attack) h5h = "harp" harmonic (use index finger of picking hand to create a node point 12 frets above the fretted note and either the pick or the thumb to pluck the string - sounding a pitch one octave higher than the fretted note. o =\ repeat sign o =/ DC = "Da capo" - means "from the head", when you see these initials you go back to the beginning of the piece of music. DS = "Dal segno" - means "from the sign", go back in the tabulature only as far as the (%) sign. Coda = A passage at the end of a movement or composition that brings it to a formal close. Al Coda = means "to the tail", tells you that you must go to the end section which starts with the Coda sign (+). RF = repeat and fade Rit = "ritardando" - Gradually slowing in tempo; retarding. Other pertinent information --------------------------- Tempo: 1/4 note = ??? Tuning: Standard [EADGBe]. Key signature: ??? Effects: Overdrive, reverb, chorus, ambient delay, long delay. Tablature Format ---------------- This Tablature is based on the format indicated below. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 <--Quarter note beat locations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 <--Eighth note beat locations <--Effects/Misc Line D C G/B <--Chord Line e e e q q e e e e q e e e <--Note Duration Line (table below) |-----2-----------|-----------------| <--High E string |-------3---------|-----------------| <--B string |---2-------2---0-|-----0-------0---| <--G string |-0---------------|---2-------0---0-| <--D string |-----------------|-3-----2---------| <--A string |-----------------|-----------------| <--E string 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (1/4 note pulse) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 (1/8th notes) |-------------------------| |-------------------------| 12-------------------------| 8-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| Effects/Misc Line ----------------- Provides effects information, number of repeats, etc. Chord Line ---------- Provides the chord name for the chords used in the tab below. Note Duration Line ------------------ Provides the "value" of each note, e.g., whole, half, quarter, etc. Note Duration Designator Table ------------------------------ w = Whole note h = Half note q = Quarter note H = Dotted half note Q = Dotted Quarter note s = Sixteenth note e = Eighth note S = Dotted sixteenth note E = Dotted eighth note + = Duration exceeds 2 measures t = Thirty-second note T = Dotted thirty-second note Notes with two designations immediately adjacent to each other have durations added (e.g., he = half note + eigth note, etc.) String lines ------------ Represent the strings of a guitar. The tab is laid out as if you placed a right handed guitar on your lap, string side up. A vertical line character "|" represents a bar between measures. A dash "-" represents each string. The numbers indicate which fret should be fingered to sound the note. The first space after every bar is a blank space that is almost never used. Quarter notes are separated by 3 dashes, eighth notes are separated by 1 dash. In an effort to make the ASCII tab look as much like tab in a music book, the notes are spaced out as accurately as reasonably achievable. In the event the notes will not fit into the format shown above, the tab will be expanded (usually only required for guitar solos).