Limelight Tab

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                                    LIMELIGHT
                               As recorded by Rush
                      (From the 1981 Album MOVING PICTURES)
 
Words and Music by Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson
Transcribed by Travis M
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson - Rhythm clean w/chorus'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson - Lead w/dist, chorus & delay'
 
 
[Intro]
 
   Q=131
  4/4
   Gtr I
   E E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   H    Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
e|-----------|---------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B|-----------|---------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-----------|-4------4----2-|----------------|-4----4----2-|----------------|
D|---------2-|-4------4----2-|--------------2-|-4----4----2-|--------------2-|
A|-----0-4---|-2------2----0-|----------0-4---|-2----2----0-|----------0-4---|
E|-0-4-------|-----------4---|------0-4-------|---------4---|------0-4-------|
 
 
                                    7/4
   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E     Q  E E E E E E +E  E E E E E  4x
e|--------------|----------------||--------------------------------||
B|--------------|----------------||o-0----0---0---0-(0)-----------o||
G|-4-----4----2-|----------------||--4----4---4---4-(4)------------||
D|-4-----4----2-|--------------2-||--4----2---2---2-(2)------------||
A|-2-----2----0-|----------0-4---||o-2----0---0---2-(2)-----0-4-0-o||
E|----------4---|------0-4-------||---------------0-(0)-2-4--------||
 
 
[Verse]
 
     $
    6/4
     E E E E +E  E Q.   E +Q     Q  Q  E E E E +E  Q  E
e|--------0-(0)---------------|-------------------0----|
B|o-------------0-------------|-------------------0----|
G|----------------6----6-(6)--|------------------------|
D|------9---------6----6-(6)--|----4----4---2-(2)----2-|
A|o---9-----------6----6-(6)--|----4----4---2-(2)----2-|
E|--7-------------4----4-(4)--|----2--0-2---0-(0)----0-|
 |
 |   W                           q  Q  E E E E +E  Q  E
e|----------------------------|-------------------0----|
B|o---------------------------|-------------------0----|
G|----------------------------|------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-4--4----4---2-(2)----2-|
A|o---------------------------|-4--4----4---2-(2)----2-|
E|----------------------------|-2--2--0-2---0-(0)----0-|
 
 
   q  Q  E E E E +E  Q  E   Q  E Q  E Q.   E +Q
e|-------------------0----|------0----------------|
B|-------------------0----|----0------------------|
G|------------------------|----------------6-(6)\-|
D|-4--4----4---2-(2)------|-9--------------6-(6)\-|
A|-4--4----4---2-(2)------|-9-------9S6----6-(6)\-|
E|-2--2--0-2---0-(0)----xS|=7-------7S4----4-(4)\-|
 
 
                 1.
  4/4            7/4
   q  q  Q  E E   +E  E E E +E  E E E +E  E E E E E
e|--------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------|-------0---------0-----------------|
G|--------------|-------4---------4-----------------|
D|-4--4-------4-|-(4)-4---------2-------------------|
A|-4--4-------2-|-(2)-----0-(0)---------------0-4-0-|
E|-2--2---------|-------------------0-(0)-2-4-------|
 
 
   E E E E +E  E E E +E  E E E E E
e|-----------------------------------||
B|-----0---------0------------------o||
G|-----4---------4-------------------||
D|---4---------2---------------------||
A|-2-----0-(0)---------------0-4-0--o||
E|-----------------0-(0)-2-4---------||
 
 
   2.
                                     $$
  7/4
                                     Gt
    E  E E E +E  E E E +E  E E E E E
e|-----------------------------------||
B|-------0---------0-----------------||
G|-------4---------4-----------------||
D|-(4)-4---------2-------------------||
A|-(2)-----0-(0)---------------0-4-0-||
E|-------------------0-(0)-2-4-------||
 
 
[Chorus]
 
  3/4
  r II
   E E E E +E  E   E E E E +E  E   E E E E +Q
e|---------------|---------------|--------------|
B|-------0-(0)---|-------0-(0)---|-------0-(0)--|
G|-------------6-|-------------3-|--------------|
D|-----4---------|-----2---------|-----4--------|
A|---6-----------|---2-----------|---4----------|
E|-4-------------|-0-------------|-2------------|
 
 
   E E E E +E  E   E E E E +E  E   E E E E +Q     E E E E +E  E
e|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
B|-------0-(0)---|-------0-(0)---|-------0-(0)--|-------0-(0)----|
G|-------------6-|-------------3-|--------------|-------------6--|
D|-----4---------|-----2---------|-----4--------|-----4----------|
A|---6-----------|---2-----------|---4----------|---6------------|
E|-4-------------|-0-------------|-2------------|-4--------------|
 
 
  4/4
   Gtr I
   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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
e|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----4-------4--|
B|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----4-------4--|
G|-----4-------4---|-----3-------3---|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
D|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-4-4---4-4-4---4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-4-4---4-4-4---4-|-6-6---6-6-6----|
E|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-4-4---4-4-4----|
 
 
                              To Coda
                              To Coda
                                      3/4
                                     Gtr II
   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|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|---------------|---------------|
B|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-------0-(0)---|-------0-(0)---|
G|-----4-------4---|-----3-------3---|-------------6-|-------------3-|
D|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-----4---------|-----2---------|
A|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|---6-----------|---2-----------|
E|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2S|=4-------------|-0-------------|
 
 
                                                                 D.S. al Coda
                  7/4
                   Gtr I
   E E E E +E  E   Q  E E E E E E +E  E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E +E  E E E E E
e|---------------|------------------------------|------------------------------||
B|-------0-(0)---|-0----0---0---0-(0)-----------|-0----0---0---0-(0)-----------||
G|-------------3-|-4----4---4---4-(4)-----------|-4----4---4---4-(4)-----------||
D|-----4---------|-4----2---2---2-(2)-----------|-4----2---2---2-(2)-----------||
A|---4-----------|-2----0---0---2-(2)-----0-4-0-|-2----0---0---2-(2)-----0-4-0-||
E|-2-------------|--------------0-(0)-2-4-------|--------------0-(0)-2-4-------||
 
 
[Solo]
 
  &
 4/4                             3/4
  Gtr III
                                             \7_____________________
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       T
  W                 W             +Q   +Q   +Q         +H     +Q
e|-----------------|------------||--------------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|------------||--------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|-4----------||-(4)--(4)--(4(16))--|-(4)----(4)--|
D|-----------------|------------||--------------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|------------||--------------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|------------||--------------------|-------------|
 |
 | Gtr I
 | <
 | E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  H        W                    W
e|---------4-------|------------||--------------------|-------------|
B|---------4-------|------------||--------------------|-------------|
G|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----------||--------------------|-------------|
D|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4----------||--------------------|-------------|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6----------||--------------------|-------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4----------||--------------------|-------------|
 
 
   /                \0.25/              \0.25/
               ~
   H    +Q     H    a      +Q     +Q.   a      +E  +Q
e|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|-4----(4)--|-4----6------(6)--|-(6)-------------------|
A|-----------|------------------|-------4------(4)-(4)s=|
E|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
      \0.25/
             ~~~~~~~~~~~
   Q  a      H      +Q   Q    Q
e|----------------|--------------|
B|----------------|--------------|
G|----------------|----------11--|
D|----------------|--------------|
A|-2--------------|------x/------|
E|----2s=====4----|-(4)----------|
 
 
                                      \1/
           ~~~~          ~~~~
    +Q    +Q    +Q      +H      Q     H       Q
e|-------------------|-------------|-14----------|
B|-------------------|---------12--|-------------|
G|-(11)--(11)--(11)--|-(11)--------|---------11--|
D|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
 
 
        \1/
                       ~~~~~~~
    Q   Q     Q     E  E  +Q.    E
e|-----14--------|--------------11--|
B|-12--------11--|-14---------------|
G|---------------|----13-(13)-------|
D|---------------|------------------|
A|---------------|------------------|
E|---------------|------------------|
 
 
   |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  Q   E  E
 
e|-------14-------11-------14-|-------11-----------|
B|-12-11----11-12----12-11----|-11-12----14-----11-|
G|----------------------------|--------------13----|
D|----------------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------|
 
 
                     \7___________/
    ~~
    H     S  S  E    Q     +E. S +Q
e|----------------|-------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------|
G|-11----11h13p11-|-13----(13)p0-(0)--|
D|----------------|-------------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|
 
 
   ~~~
                                                                       |--3--|
   H.         +Q.    E  Q         +Q    +Q    +E   E    Q   E  +S   S  E  E  E
e|-19-------|-(19)---14h16b18===|=(16)--(16)--(16)-16-|-16--16r(16)p14-16-18-14-|
B|----------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
   |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  Q.       +E
e|-16-18-16-18-19-16-18-19-18-|-19-21-21b23====(21)-|
B|----------------------------|---------------------|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|
 
 
                |--3--|
   Q   E  S  S  E  E  E    H     +S   +S       +E
e|-21--21-21-21-21-21-21-|-21----(21)r(21)b23==(21)r-|
B|-----------------------|---------------------------|
G|-----------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
             ~~~~             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Q       +Q     +Q        +H.           +H.
e|-21b23===(21)--([21])--|-([21])------|-([21])------|
B|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|
 
 
                         D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     +H.           +H.           +H.
e|-([21])------|-([21])------|-([21])r-------||
B|-------------|-------------|---------------||
G|-------------|-------------|---------------||
D|-------------|-------------|---------------||
A|-------------|-------------|---------------||
E|-------------|-------------|---------------||
 
 
   &&
  4/4
   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|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|-----2-----------|
B|-----4-------4---|-----0-------0---|-----2-----------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-----4-------4---|-----3-----------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-6-6---6-6-6-----|-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-4-4---4-4-4---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|
 
 
   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|-4-4-4-------4----|-----------------|-----2-----2-2---|
B|-4-4-4-------4----|-----9-------9---|-----2-----2-2---|
G|-6-6-6-------6----|-----9-------9---|-----3-----3-3---|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-----9-------9---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-/7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-/7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
 
 
   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|-----4-------4----|-----------------|--------------------------|
B|-----4-------4----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9S|=11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\-|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9S|=11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9S|=11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\-|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6---/7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7S|==9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\-|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4---/7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7S|==9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\-|
 
 
   Q  E E E E Q    E Q.   S S Q.      E  Q.    S  S  S  S  Q
e|-4--4-4-4-4-4--|-----------------|---------------------------||
B|-4--4-4-4-4-4--|-9-9----9-9-9----|-11-11----11-11-11-11-11\--||
G|-6--6-6-6-6-6--|-9-9----9-9-9----|-11-11----11-11-11-11-11\--||
D|-4--4-4-4-4-4--|-9-9----9-9-9----|-11-11----11-11-11-11-11\--||
A|-6--6-6-6-6-6--|-7-7----7-7-7----|--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9\--||
E|-4--4-4-4-4-4--|-7-7----7-7-7----|--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9\--||
 
 
                       TP
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      Q   Q  H
e|-4--4--4--4--:-4--4--4----|-4\----------*|
B|-4--4--4--4--:-4--4--4----|-4\----------*|
G|-6--6--6--6--:-6--6--6----|-6\----------*|
D|-4--4--4--4--:-4--4--4----|-4\----------*|
A|-6--6--6--6--:-6--6--6----|-6\----------*|
E|-4--4--4--4--:-4--4--4----|-4\----------*|
 
 
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
X
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i love rush and the tabs help me show off to my parents
the intro is a little harder than i thought it would bed but its still easy as hell good job 5/5
The intro is off just a little. Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnYddeEMzqA.