From: Art R. [[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 4:19 PM
Song: Virtuality
Artist: Rush
Source: Test for Echo.
Transcription by Matt Rasmussen
Please send any comments to [email protected]
P = pull off
B = bend
= slide down
/ = slide up
~~~ = vibrato
N.H. = Natural Harmonic
Guitar I w/heavy distortion & chorus
Intro
Riff A
~~~ w/bar
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|*————P——-P——————P———-
|————3-0——5-0—7————3-0———
|—0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4——5—3—
End Riff A
~~~ w/bar
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————-P——-P——————P—6—*|
————3-0——5-0—7————3-0—7—|
—0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4————|
Verse 1
«Like a ship wrecked mariner….»
Riff B ~~~
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|————3-0——5-0—7————3-0———
|—0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4——5—3—
End Riff B
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————-P——-P——————P—7—6—|
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—0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4—————|
Guitar I
Riff C End Riff C
N.H…………………………………………………….]
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|—(5)—(5)-(5)-(4)————(5)—(5)-(5)-(4)————————|
«I’m a castaway……..»
N.H…………………………………………………….]
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|—(5)—(5)-(5)-(4)————(5)—(5)-(5)-(4)————————|
Chorus w/Guitar II (acoustic) playing the same thing
«Net boy Net girl…….»
Riff D
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|*———5———————
|*—2——5——5——7—5—
|—2——3——5——7—5—
|—0————-3——5—3—
«Let your fingers walk and….»
End Riff D
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—2——5——5——0—0-0-*|
—2——3——5—————|
—0————-3—————|
Guitar III
«I can save the universe in a …»
Riff E End Riff E
N.H……………………………………………]
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Bridge
«Let’s dance tonight…..»
Riff F
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|—3/5-5-5—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—
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End Riff F
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—0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0—*|
—5-3-3-5—5-3-3-0—0-3-3/5—|
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Solo (play twice)
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9—9-9——9———9—9-9——9——9———|
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2nd time.
—0—0—0—|
—3—3—3—|
—2—2—2—|
—0—0—0—|
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Outro
Riff G
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|————-P——-P——————P—7-7-6—
|————3-0——5-0—7————3-0-8-8-7—
|—0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4—————
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————-P——-P——————P—6—|
————3-0——5-0—7————3-0—7—|
—0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4————|
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|————-P——-P——————P—7-7-6—
|————3-0——5-0—7————3-0-8-8-7—
|—0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4————-
End Riff G
w/echo repeat
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0—3—4——3/5——6—-0—3—4——5—3——5—3—|
Ok here are the riffs with the music:
Intro: Riff A
Riff B
Like a shipwrecked mariner adrift on an unknow sea
Clinging to the wreckage of the lost ship Fantasy
Riff C
I’m a castaway stranded in a desolate land
I can see the footprints in the virtual sand
RIff A
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your message round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Riff A
Riff B
Astronauts in weightlessness of pixellated space
Exchange graffiti with a disembodied race
Riff C and Riff E
I can save the universe in a grain of sand
I can hold the future in my virtual hand
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your message round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Bridge
Riff F
Let’s dance tonight
to a virtual song
Press this key
and you can play along
Riff F
Let’s fly tonight
On our virtual wings
Press this key
to see amazing things
Solo
Riff A
Riff B
Like a pair of vagabonds who wave between to passing trains
Or the glimpse of a woman’s smile through a window in the rain
Riff C and Riff E
I can smell her perfume, I can taste her lips
I can feel the voltage from her fingertips
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your signal round the world
Let your fingers walk and talk
and set you free
Riff D
Net boy, net girl
Send your heartbeat round the world
Put your message in a modem
and throw it in the Cyber Sea
Outro:Riff G