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Xanadu
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Performed by: Rush. Composed by: Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart.
This song is published by ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC. and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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intro riff
1
--12-------11---------12------11--------
-----10-12----9--10------10-12---9--10--
9-------------------9-------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
main theme
2 3
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
--4-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
--2-|-0-------4-2-0---0---------------|----------------------------------
--2-|---4-2-0-------4---4-2-0->-4-2-0-|----------------------------------
0---|---------------------------------|----------------------------------
long scale after main theme
4
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------
----------------------------------------------------------------4-|----------
0-------4-2-0---2-0-----0---------------------------------------2-|----------
--4-2-0-------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0-------------2-2-|----------
--------------------------------------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---0-|----------
chord work:
First time- guitar, percussion and synth come in
2nd-bass comes in
3rd-full drums kit, synth fades out
5
---5--2--0--0---
9--7--4--2--0---
9--7--4--2--4---
9--7--4--2--5---
7--5--2--0--5---
------------3---
Fourth time:
6
---5-2-0----0-----0-------0---0-----------0----0-0-0-
-9-7-4-2--2----0-------0-------0-----------0---0-0-0-
-9-7-4-2-2---4-------3-----1-----1-----------1-4-3-6-
-9-7-4-2-----5-----4-------2-----------2-------5-3-7-
-7-5-2-0-----5-----4-------2---------2---------5-2-7-
-------------3-----2-------0-------0-----------3-2-5-
7
-------0-----------0------0-0-0-
---------0-----------0----0-0-0-
-----------1-----------1--4-3-8-
-----2-----------2--------5-4-9-
---2-----------2----------5-4-9-
-0-----------0------------3-2-7-
Progression during lyrics ('To seek...')
8 9
0-0-------0---|-0-0-------0---|--------------------------------------
0-0-----0---0-|-0-0-----0---0-|--------------------------------------
1-3---3-------|-8-6---6-------|--------------------------------------
2-4-4---------|-9-7-7---------|--------------------------------------
2-4-----------|-9-7-----------|--------------------------------------
0-2-----------|-7-5-----------|--------------------------------------
In between '..Paradise' and 'I had heard..'
10
2-0-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------
3-1-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------
2-2-4-2-1------------------------------------------------------------
0-2-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------
--0-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------
----3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------
Then the chord sequence during 'I have heard...' etc. Here I've pinned
down all chords, for it's not all repetition.
11
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E|
The second one runs from 'I scaled the frozen...'
12
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E| E G
and going over in the picking passage.
13 14
------------------0-----------|-------------------0------------------
----3-------3-------3---------|-----3-------3-------3----------------
--2---0---2---0-------0-------|-------0-------0-------0--------------
0-----------------------------|---7-------7--------------------------
--------1-------3-------------|-5---------------3--------------------
------------------------3-2-0-|---------6---------------3-2-0--------
Two versions here, the first one is how Alex plays it, the second
one just a different fingering. See what suits you best.
Solo:
15
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------17!--19!--19->-(21)!--21->-(22)!--------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
0->-(2)--0->-(2)-----------------------------------------------------
16
---------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------_--------
-----9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11!------11-11-9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11-9----9!-
9-11------------------------9-11-------------------------------11----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
17
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
7-6-4-------------------------------------11->-(12)->-11-9!----------
------7-5-4-5-4------------------------------------------------------
----------------7-5-4-0----------------------------------------------
------------------------2->-(3)-(3)->-2-0----------------------------
18
------------------------12-------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
9->-(11)--9->-(11)->-9!----------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
19 20
_
|-15-12----12-|-15->-(17)-15-15-15-15-14-12---------------------------
|-------15----|-----------------------------15-14-12------------------
|-------------|--------------------------------------14-13-12---------
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------14-13-12
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------
[two times]
21 22
_ _
-----------|------------------------_------12-15----12-15----|-------
-----------|---------------_------12-15----------15-------15-|-------
-----------|---------_---12-14----------14-------------------|-------
-----------|---_---12-14-------14----------------------------|-------
14-13-12---|-12-14-------------------------------------------|-------
---------15|-------------------------------------------------|-------
23
---------------------------------------17->-(19)-(19)->-17-17-15->-14
17->-(19)--17->-(19)-17-17->-(19)->-17-------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
24 25
--------|-----2-------------0-------------3----------------1---------
17-15->-|-------3-------------1-------------3------------1-----------
--------|---2--------------------------------------------------------
--------|-0---------------2------------------------------------------
--------|---------------0---------------5--------------3-------------
--------|-----------------------------3--------------1---------------
26 27
-------------------------16-|-0------
-17--------------17---------|-0------
-------16------------16-----|-4------
---14-----------------------|-2------
----------14----------------|-2------
----------------------------|-0------
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