Rush: Tom Sawyer Album: Moving Pictures Copywrite 1981 Core Music Publishing Music by Lee and Lifeson Lyrics by Dubois and Peart Tablature by: Mauro Avilez (mavilez2001@hotmail.com) Date: 2003-10-02 Last Updated: 2005-11-04 I'm updating my own tab. This one is a complete version. For referencing I viewed the video on the DVD "Rush-Chronicles." Geddy plays a Minimoog, an Oberheim 8-voice polyphonic and OB-X, and a Taurus pedal. Also, I added lyrics and track time to follow the song. The song opens with its trademark thick downward sweep of the OB-X. The Minimoog is used for the solo, and the poly is used as a background synth. I added the poly sound being played in the background and with the Minimoog. To conserve space I didn't tab the sounds during the solo note-for-note since the riffs repeat without variation. The only thing that does change is when the OB-X and poly sounds enter and end; for that, listen to the song to note when and for how long each part is played. Sound 1: OB-X (downward sweep) Sound 2: Taurus pedal (synth bass) Sound 3: Minimoog (with modulation and oscillation) Sound 4: Oberheim polyphonic (strings, in background) w+ w+ w+ w 1:||4:--E1--|--|---------------|----------------------------------| ||4:------|-A modern day...today's Tom Sawyer mean, mean pride__| || | || w+ w+ w+ w | 2:||4:--E1--|--|---------------|----------------------------------| ||4:------|--|---------------|----------------------------------| w+ (fades out) (synth out) 1:|4:--E1--|----------|| |4:__----|----------|| | || | w+ (fades out)||(Taurus out) 2:|4:--E1--|----------|| |4:------|----------|| [Band continues, no synth] (%) Though his mind is not for rent...the river. No his mind is not for rent...the changes. w w w+ w w+ (fades out) (synth out) 4:||4:--E4-|-D4-|-A4-|----|-B4-|-------|| ||4:-----|----|----|----|----|-------|| What you say about his company...catch the drift. And, what you say about his company...catch the spit. [Band playing, no synth] 1:11 [Synth enter] w+ w H+h e+ q+q q+q h+q q+ 1:||4:--E1----|--------|-E1--------------E1-|----E1------|-E1----E1--| ||4:-----The|world...|love and life...deep|----maybe...|-skies-are-| eyes are q q+h+ w+ w |4:------E1--|-------------------------------|------------------|| |4:-wide_____|---Today's Tom Sawyer...and the|space...by on you-|| wide_____ (&) [Synth solo] Repeat 9x e e e e e q q e e e e e 3:||7:--A4-F#4-G#4-E4-F#4-D4--A4-F#4-G#4-E4-F#4-B3-:|| with modulation ||4:---------------------------------------------:|| on repeats. || || || w+ || 1:||7:--E4-----------------------------------------:|| sound continues ||4:---------------------------------------------:|| till 9th repeat. || || || w || 4:||7:--E1------------------------------------------|| listen to song ||4:----------------------------------------------|| for repeats. After 9th repeat, Geddy holds the "D4" as the Minimoog does an exaggerated vibrato. [Guitar solo] D.S. (%) al Coda (&) (&) Exit the warrior today's Tom Sawyer he gets- w w+ (fades) (synth out) 1:||7:--E1-----------|--------|-E1--|-------------------| ||4:--high on you..|..of the|day--|-------------------| || | || e e e e H+H | 3:||7:------R--------|----R---|--R--|-A4-F#4-G#4-E4-F#4-| ||4:---------------|--------|-----|-------------------| || | || w+ w+ | 4:||7:------R--------|----R---|-E5--|-------------------| ||4:---------------|--------|-----|-------------------| w+ h+h q q q e e e e H+H s s w+ h+q h+h 3:|7:--E4-|-----F#4-C#4-F#4-|-A4-F#4-G#4-E4-F#4-G#4-F#4-|-E4-|----R--| |4:-----|-----------------|---------------------------|----|-------| | | | w+ w+ w+ w+ w+ | 4:|7:-----|-----------------|---------------------------|----|-------| |4:-----|-----------------|---------------------------|----|-------| e e e e e E H+q+ w+ (fades out) 3:|7:-A5-F#4-G#4-E4-F#4-D5-E5--|- * -----------|| * modulation wheel is |4:--------------------------|---------------|| moved up then down. | || | w+ w+ (fades out)|| 4:|7:--------------------------|---------------|| |4:--------------------------|---------------|| [Band continues, no synth, music fades out] ------------------------------------------------------------- Rhythm: w: whole note W: dotted whole note R: rest h: half note H: dotted half note q: quarter note Q: dotted quarter note e: eighth note E: dotted eighth note s: sixteenth note S: dotted sixteenth note t: 32nd note T: dotted 32nd note