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Performed by: Rush. Composed by: Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee.
This song is published by ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC. and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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                                       YYZ
                               As recorded by Rush
                      (From the 1981 Album MOVING PICTURES)

Words and Music by Rush
Arranged by Rush


           B                   C7                B(type 2)
      7 9 9 8 7 7         8 10 8 9 8 8          7 9 9 8 7 7

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Feedback'

 Intro
                   Moderate Rock Q=104
                   N.C.(C#sus4)
 10/8
  Gtr I
  Wx2              E S S S S S E S e e e  E  S S
|--------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------||o-------------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------||o-3---3---3---3---3-3-3--3------|
|--------------||----2-----------2-----------2-2-|
|
| Gtr II
| Wx2              W                     +Q
|--------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------||o-7---------------------(7)-----|
|--------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------||o-4---------------------(4)-----|
|--------------||--------------------------------|


  (D#sus4)
  E S S S S S E S e e e  E  S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3--3------|
|---2-----------2-----------2-2-|
|
| W                     +Q
|-------------------------------|
|-9---------------------(9)-----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-6---------------------(6)-----|
|-------------------------------|


                                      1.
  (D#)          (C#)                  (C)
  E   S S S S S E     S e e e E S S   E S S S S S E S e e e  E  S S
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-3-----3---3---3-------3-3-3-3-----|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3--3------o||
|-----2---------------2---------2-2-|---2-----------2-----------2-2--||
|
| Q..           S +H.                 W                     +Q
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-8-------------6-(6)---------------|-5---------------------(5)------||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-6-------------4-(4)---------------|-3---------------------(3)-----o||
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------||


  2.
  (C)
  E S S S S S E S e e e  E  S S    E  S S S S S E S e e e  E  S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3--3------|--3----3---3---3---3-3-3--3------|
|---2-----------2-----------2-2-|-----2-----------2-----------2-2-|
|
| W                     +Q        +W                      +Q
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5---------------------(5)-----|-(5)---------------------(5)-----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---------------------(3)-----|-(3)---------------------(3)-----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                        Fa
  N.C.
                                  2/4
  E S E S S S E. S S S S S S S E   H
|--------------------------------|------||
|--------------------------------|------||
|--------------------------------|------||
|--------------------------------|------||
|-3---3-3---3----3---3---3---3---|------||
|--------------------------------|------||


 ster Q=119
 4/4                                 3/4
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  T T S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S    +Q   a S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------4-5-4---------|---------------------|
|-----------------4-6-------6-5-(5)-|-(5)--4h5-4----------|
|-----------4-6-7-------------------|------------5-4------|
|-3-3-4-6-7-------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------|


                            $
  N.C.
 4/4
                    ~
  |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S Q   Q
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-7-7-7-5-7-5---------------|
|-------------9-7-5-4-------|
|---------------------------|
|----------------------14\--|


    Faster Q=144
                  ~
    S S S S S S E H      S S S S S S S S E. S +E  E
||---------------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------------|
||--2-2---2------------|-2-2---2--------------------|
||------4---4-3-2------|-----4---4-2----------------|
||o---------------4----|-------------4-3-2--4-(4)---|
||---------------------|--------------------------2-|


  N.C.
                ~
  S S S S S S E H      S S S S S S S S E. S +E  E
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-2---2------------|-2-2---2--------------------|
|-----4---4-3-2------|-----4---4-2----------------|
|---------------4----|-------------4-3-2--4-(4)---|
|--------------------|--------------------------2-|


                ~
  S S S S S S E H      S S S S S S S S E. S +E  E
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5---5------------|-5-5---5--------------------|
|-----7---7-6-5------|-----7---7-5----------------|
|---------------7----|-------------7-6-5--7-(7)---|
|--------------------|--------------------------5-|


                       1.
  N.C.
                ~
  S S S S S S E H      S S S S S S E S S S S +S  S E
|--------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-5-5---5------------|-5-5---5-------------------------||
|-----7---7-6-5------|-----7---7-5---5-5---5-(5)-5-----||
|---------------7----|-------------7-----7---------7\-o||
|--------------------|---------------------------------||


  2.
  S S S S S S S S E. S +E  E
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-5-5---5---------------------||
|-----7---7-5-----------------||
|-------------7-6-5--7-(7)----||
|--------------------------5--||


    N.C.
                ~                      ~~~
    E. S +E  E  H      E E E E +Q     +Q
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o-4--5-(5)-7\------|---4-5-7-(7)b9r=(7)--|
||--------------2----|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o------------------|---------------------|
||-------------------|---------------------|


                       ~~                   ~~~
  E. S +E  E S S S S S E.   E E E E +Q     +Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-4--5-(5)-7--------------|---4-5-7-(7)b9r=(7)--|
|------------2-2-2-2-2h4--|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|


  N.C.
                       ~
  E. S +E  a S S S S E Q    E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1--3-(3)-3s5-3h5p3h5s8--|---1-3-3s5-3h5p3s5h8p5h8p5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


                       ~
  E. S +E  a S S S S E Q
|---------------------------|
|-1--3-(3)-3s5-3h5p3h5s8----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


                   To Coda
  N.C.                              B
  E E E S S S S S S S S S S         E. S E E E E E E   E. S E E E E E E
|----------------------------||-||--7--7---7---7---7-|-7--7---7---7---7--|
|---1-3-3s5-3h5p3s5h8p5h8p5-o||-||o-7--7---7---7---7-|-7--7---7---7---7--|
|----------------------------||-||--8--8---8---8---8-|-8--8---8---8---8--|
|----------------------------||-||--9--9---9---9---9-|-9--9---9---9---9--|
|---------------------------o||-||o-9--9---9---9---9-|-9--9---9---9---9--|
|----------------------------||-||--7--7---7---7---7-|-7--7---7---7---7--|


                         1.
  C7
   E.  S E  E E  E E  E   W
|--8---8----8----8----8-|-----------||
|--8---8----8----8----8-|----------o||
|--9---9----9----9----9-|-----------||
|--8---8----8----8----8-|-----------||
|-10--10---10---10---10-|----------o||
|--8---8----8----8----8-|-----------||


  2.
                B      N.C.     B      N.C.
   q  Q  H      E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
|--8----------|-7-7-----------|-7-7-----------|
|--8----------|-7-7-----------|-7-7-----------|
|--9----------|-8-8-----------|-8-8-----------|
|--8----------|-9-9--------7--|-9-9--------7--|
|-10----------|-9-9------9----|-9-9------9----|
|--8----------|-7-7----7------|-7-7----7------|


  C7       N.C.      C7                    B
   E  E Q  E  E Q     q  Q  H      S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|--8--8------------|--8----------|-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x--|
|--8--8------------|--8----------|-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x--|
|--9--9------------|--9----------|-x-x-x-x-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-8-x-x--|
|--8--8---------8--|--8----------|-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x--|
|-10-10------10----|-10----------|-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x--|
|--8--8----8-------|--8----------|-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x--|


          B                             C7
  S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S  E S S S S S S  E S S    q  Q  H
|-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-|--8----------|
|-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-|--8----------|
|-x-x-x-x-8-x-x-x-x-x-x-8-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--9-x-x-x-x-x-x--9-x-x-|--9----------|
|-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-|--8----------|
|-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-10-x-x-x-x-x-x-10-x-x-|-10----------|
|-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-x-|--8----------|


     B                                       C7
  E.  S +E  E q  q    E.  S +E  E q  q    E.   S  +E  E q   q     q  Q  H
|----------------7--|----------------7--|-------------------8--|--8----------|
|----!7-(7)------7--|----!7-(7)------7--|----!-8--(8)-------8--|--8----------|
|----!8-(8)------8--|----!8-(8)------8--|----!-9--(9)-------9--|--9----------|
|----!9-(9)------9--|----!9-(9)------9--|----!-8--(8)-------8--|--8----------|
|----!9-(9)------9--|----!9-(9)------9--|----!10-(10)------10--|-10----------|
|-7--!7-(7)---7--7--|-7--!7-(7)---7--7--|-8--!-8--(8)---8---8--|--8----------|


             B                                     C7
  W          E. S E E +Q   Q    E. S E E +Q   Q     E.  S E  E  +Q   Q
|----------|-7--7---7-(7)-----|-7--7---7-(7)-----|--8---8----8--(8)-----|
|----------|-7--7---7-(7)-----|-7--7---7-(7)-----|--8---8----8--(8)-----|
|----------|-8--8---8-(8)-----|-8--8---8-(8)-----|--9---9----9--(9)-----|
|----------|-9--9---9-(9)-----|-9--9---9-(9)-----|--8---8----8--(8)-----|
|----------|-9--9---9-(9)-----|-9--9---9-(9)-----|-10--10---10-(10)-----|
|----------|-7--7---7-(7)-----|-7--7---7-(7)-----|--8---8----8--(8)-----|


                                   Guitar Solo
  C7                      N.C.
                           |-3-|
   q  Q  H      H    Q.    S S S    E E E  E  +E  S  S S S S S
|--8----------|-----------10p8p7-||----------------------------|
|--8----------|------------------||-0h7h8h10-(10)p8h10p8p7h8p7-|
|--9----------|------------------||----------------------------|
|--8----------|------------------||----------------------------|
|-10----------|------------------||----------------------------|
|--8----------|------------------||----------------------------|


  N.C.
  ~                                                             ~
               |--3---|   |---5---|
  H    S S S S E  E a E   S S S S S S S E E E    +E   S S       Q  +Q    H
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------7-8-10-7s8s|=7---------------7-7b8==(7)r---------|---------------|
|-9------8h9------------|---9-7-9-8---8-9-------------9-8b8.5-|-9--(9)\-------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------|


  N.C.
                       ~~~~~~~~~
  E a E S S S S S S S  S  +Q
|------------------------------|
|---0h1h4p1p0h4h7p4p0h12-(12)--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|


                                      \1/            /1\  /1\
 ~~~~~~
   +E.  S  +Q    +S.  T  S  S  Q    E E   E  E E  E  E    E
|------14-(14)--(14)p12s11h12p11--|-8p7h==8h11p8h11-11---11---|
|-(12)----------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|


  N.C.
  ~
                                            |--3--|
  H    H      S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  T  T  E  E  E  S  S  E
|-8---------|---17-12h14p12h15p14p12h14p11-12----------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------16p13s12h13h15-|
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
   a      +Q.    +S   S  S  E  E  S      +E
|--------------------------------------------|
|-15b17==(15)r==(15)p13s12h13-12-13b15==(13)r|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


                                                   ~~~
   +S   S  S  S S  S E  S  S  S  S  S S  E   S E. +Q   H
|------------------------------------------|----------------|
|-(13)p12s10h12---13---13p12s10h12p10s8h10p|=8p7--(7)-------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------|


  N.C.
                             ~~~~~~~~~                ~~~~
  S E S S S S E S S S S T T +E    +S  S S S E  S. T  +E.  S  S  S E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0h1h4p1p0h1p0-5h7p4p0h4h5-(5)-|-(5)-4h5p4p0h10h13-(13)-10h12p10s8-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


                       ~~~~
   E S S S T  T  +E   +Q   E. S
|--------------------------------|
|-10p7h8p7h8h10-(10)-(10)-----0h=|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


  N.C.
                                                                    |-3-|
   S  S  S S  S  S  S S S  S S S S  S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-10h12p10p0h10h12p10p0h8h10p8p0h8h10p8p0h|=7h8p7p0h5h7p5p0h4h5p4p0h1h4p1p0-||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------||


 Interlude
  Am          Gadd9             A6sus4      Am+5
  Gtr II
   H    +Q.   E    +W            H    +Q.    E    +W
|--5----(5)---5-|--(5)--------|--5----(5)----8-|--(8)----|
|--5----(5)---3-|--(3)--------|--7----(7)---10-|-(10)----|
|--5----(5)---4-|--(4)--------|--7----(7)---10-|-(10)----|
|--7----(7)---5-|--(5)--------|----------------|---------|
|--0------------|--(0)--------|--0-------------|--(0)----|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------|
|  W               +W            W                +W
|
| Gtr I                         Gtr III
|  W               +W            W                +W
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------|
|-10------------|-(10)--------|-10-------------|-(10)----|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------|


  Am           Gadd9            A6sus4     Am+5
  Gtr II
  H    +E  E E E   +W           H    +Q.    E    +W
|-5----(5)-----5-|-(5)--------|-5----(5)----8-|--(8)----|
|-5----(5)-6-5-3-|-(3)--------|-7----(7)---10-|-(10)----|
|-5----(5)-7-5-4-|-(4)--------|-7----(7)---10-|-(10)----|
|-7------------5-|-(5)--------|---------------|---------|
|-0--------------|-(0)--------|-0-------------|--(0)----|
|----------------|------------|---------------|---------|
  W                +W           W                +W


  Am         Gadd9            A6sus4         Am+5
  Gtr II
  H    +Q.   E   +W            H     +Q.      E    +W
|-5----(5)---5-|-(5)--------|--5-----(5)------8-|--(8)----|
|-5----(5)---3-|-(3)--------|--7-----(7)-----10-|-(10)----|
|-5----(5)---4-|-(4)--------|--7-----(7)-----10-|-(10)----|
|-7----(7)---5-|-(5)--------|-------------------|---------|
|-0------------|-(0)--------|--0----------------|--(0)----|
|--------------|------------|-------------------|---------|
| W              +W            W                   +W
|
| Gtr I
|                                             ~~~~~~~~~
| H     Q.   E   +W            H     +Q    E  E    +W
|------------0-|-(0)--------|-12----(12)\--5--8-|--(8)----|
|--------------|------------|-------------------|---------|
|--------------|------------|-------------------|---------|
|--------------|------------|-------------------|---------|
|--------------|------------|-------------------|---------|
|--------------|------------|-------------------|---------|


  Am               Gadd9
  H          +Q.   E   +W
|-5----------(5)---5-|-(5)--------|
|-5----------(5)---3-|-(3)--------|
|-5----------(5)---4-|-(4)--------|
|-7----------(7)---5-|-(5)--------|
|-0------------------|-(0)--------|
|--------------------|------------|
| W                    +W
|
| Q.     +E  +Q.   E   +W
|-7b8====(7)r(7)-----|------------|
|------------------8-|-(8)--------|
|--------------------|------------|
|--------------------|------------|
|--------------------|------------|
|--------------------|------------|


                                  D.S. al Coda
  A6sus4     Am+5         Bm/F    Am+5
  H    +Q.    E    +H      H       H.      Q
|-5----(5)----8-|--(8)----10----|--8-----------||
|-7----(7)---10-|-(10)----12----|-10-----------||
|-7----(7)---10-|-(10)----10----|-10-----------||
|---------------|---------------|--------------||
|-0-------------|--(0)----------|-(0)----------||
|---------------|---------------|--------------||
| W                +W             +H.      Q
|
| ~~~~~~~~~                                TP
| H    +Q.    E    +W              H.      Q
|---------------|---------------|--------------||
|---------------|---------------|--------------||
|---------------|---------------|----------x\--||
|-7----(7)---10-|-(10)----------|-10-------x\--||
|---------------|---------------|----------x\--||
|---------------|---------------|--------------||


  &
  N.C.
  Gtr I              Gtr III
              ~                     ~
  E. S +E  E  H      E E E E +Q     Q
|------------------|-------------------|
|-4--5-(5)-7\------|---4-5-7-(7)b9--7--|
|-------------2----|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|


             ~                      ~~~
  E. S +E  E H      E E E E +Q     +Q
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-4--5-(5)-7------|---4-5-7-(7)b9--(7)---|
|------------2----|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|


  N.C.
  Gtr I
                       ~
  E. S +E  a S S S S E Q    E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1--3-(3)-3s5-3h5p3h5s8--|---1-3-3s5-3h5p3s5h8p5h8p5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


  E. S +E  a S S S S E Q
|---------------------------|
|-1--3-(3)-3s5-3h5p3h5h8----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


                        Slower Q=112
  N.C.
                          10/8
               Gtr III  Gtr I
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  +W           W           E E S E E E S +Q   S S S S
|------------|----------||-----------------------------*|
|-(8)--------|-8--------||-----------------------------*|
|------------|----------||-----------------------------*|
|------------|----------||--------------------4-2------*|
|------------|----------||-3-3---3-3-3------------5-2--*|
|------------|----------||-----2-------2-(2)-----------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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