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The Spirit Of Radio Bass

by Rush
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author TBone142 [a] 1,108.
1 contributor total, last edit on Mar 31, 2017
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                            Spirit of Radio - Rush
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Tabbed by: TBone142
e-mail: tbone142@freemail.hu
 
Tuning: standard EADG
 
     W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|--0----------------|
 
 
    S S. Q    T Q    Q    S    S E  S S Q    S S S E  S S
G|--7-7---------4----6----4-|--4--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-------7-7------7-7------7-7-|
A|--------------------------|--------------------5--------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
    S Q    S S S S S E  E  S S    H.           E.  S    H.           S S S S
G|-----------------------------|---------------------|---------------7-7-4-4-|
D|---------4-4-4-5-5-7--5------|---------------------|-----------------------|
A|--5----------------------7---|---------------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------------0-|--0------------L-----|-----------------------|
 
 
    S S S S S S S S S S S S E  S S    S S S S Q    Q    E  E
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--7-7-4-4-----------------4--2---|--------------------------|
A|----------7-7-5-5--------------4-|--3-2-1-0-----------------|
E|------------------7-7-5-5--------|----------0----2----3--3--|
 
 
    E  Q    Q    E  E  E     Q.     Q    E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------2--|-----------------------|----------------------2--|
A|----------2----3--4-----|-----------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|
E|--4--5------------------|--0------2----3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  Q    Q    E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------2--|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|-----------------------|
E|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|--0----0--2----3----4--|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     W                   H.           Q
G|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------2--|-------------------|---------------------|
A|----------2-----3--4-----|-------------------|--2------------5\----|
E|--5----5-----5-----------|--0----------------|---------------------|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     S S S S S S S S E  Q.        Q.     E  E  E  Q
G|--------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------2------|-----------------------|
E|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---------|--0------0-----0--0----|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  E   E     Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q    E  Q    Q    E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|--2------2-----2--4S--2--|-----------------------|----------4----2-------|
E|-------------------------|--4------4-----4--4----|--5--------------------|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q.     E  E  E  Q
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|--2------2-----2--2----|-----------------------|
E|--0------0-----0--0----|-----------------------|--4------4-----4--4----|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  Q    E     Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q.     E  E  E  Q
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------2--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------2-------|-----------------------|--2------2-----2--2----|
E|--5--5--5--5--5----------|--0------0-----0--0----|-----------------------|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  Q
G|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------2--|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------2--2-----|-----------------------|
E|--4------4-----4--4----|--5--5--5--5--5-----------|--0------0-----0--0----|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q    E  Q    Q    E
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|--2------2-----2--2----|-----------------------|----------4----2-------|
E|-----------------------|--4------4-----4--4----|--5-----------------5--|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q.     E  E  E  Q
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|--2------2-----2--2----|-----------------------|
E|--0------0-----0--0----|-----------------------|--4------4-----4--4----|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  Q       Q.     E  E  E  Q
G|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------2--2--4--|-----------------------|--2------2-----2--2----|
E|--5--5--5--5--5-----------|--0------0-----0--0----|-----------------------|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  E  S S
G|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------2--|-------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------2--2-----|---------------------2-4-|
E|--4------4-----4--4----|--5--5--5--5--5-----------|--0------0-----0---------|
 
 
    Q.     E  Q    Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  Q    E
G|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--2------2-------2----|--------------------------|-----------------2----4--|
E|----------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5----------|
 
 
    W                   W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--0----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
    W                   W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--0----------------|--2----------------|--4----------------|--2----------------|
 
 
    W                   W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|--2----------------|
 
 
    W                   W                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E|--4----------------|--2----------------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  E  S S    Q.     E  Q    Q
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------2-4-|--2------2-------2----|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0------0-----0--5------|----------------------|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  E  S S
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------2--2--2--|---------------------2-4-|
E|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5-----------|--0------0-----0--5------|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  E   E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--2------2-----2--4S--2--|--------------------------|-----------------2--2--2--|
E|-------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5-----------|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  E  S S    Q.     E  E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------2-4-|--2------2-----2--2----|--------------------------|
E|--0------0-----0--5------|-----------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--4--|
 
 
    E  E  E  Q    E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  E  S S    Q.     E  E  E  E   E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------2--2--4--|---------------------2-4-|--2------2-----2--4s--2--|
E|--5--5-----5-------------|--0------0-----0--5------|-------------------------|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  Q    E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  E  S S
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------2--|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------2--4-----|---------------------2-4-|
E|--4--4-----4-----4-----4--|--5--5-----5-------------|--0------0-----0--5------|
 
 
    Q.     E  E  E  E   E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  Q    E
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--2------2-----2--4s--2--|--------------------------|-----------------2----4--|
E|-------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5----------|
 
 
    W                   W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--0----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
    W                   W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--0----------------|--2----------------|--4----------------|--2----------------|
 
 
    W                   W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|--2----------------|
 
 
    W                   W                   Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
E|--4----------------|--2----------------|--0-------0-----0--0-----|
 
 
    S S E  E.  S E.  S Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  S S E
G|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--2-2----2-----2----------|--------------------2-2----|
A|------2------2-----2------|------------------------2--|
E|---------------------2----|-----2-----2-----2---------|
 
 
    E.  S E.  S Q    E  E     E  E  E  E  S S E  E.  S    E.  S Q    E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--2-----2----------------|--------------2-2----2-----|--2----------------------|
A|------2-----2------------|------------------2------2-|------2------------------|
E|--------------4-------4--|-----4-----4---------------|--------2-------2-----2--|
 
 
    E  E  S S E  E.  S E  S S    E  E  Q    E  E  E  E
G|-------------------4--------|-------------------------|
D|--------2-2----2-----2------|--2--4-------------------|
A|------------2-----------2---|-------------------------|
E|-----2----------------------|--------0-------0-----0--|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E.  S    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------2-----4-----2-----|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----0------------------0-|--2-------2-----2--2-----|
 
 
    S S E  S  E.  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--2-2----2s-4---2-----------|--------------------------|
A|------2------------2--------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------4--4--|-----4--4--4-----4--4--4--|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     E  Q.     E  E  E  E
G|--------------------------|-------------4-----------|--4---------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------2-----2-----2--|------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------2-----------2-----|---------------------2--|
E|-----4--4--4--2--2-----2--|--2----------------------|-----0------0-----0-----|
 
 
    S S Q.     E  E  E  E     E  Q.     E  E  E  E     E  Q.     E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|--2-4-2------2-----2--4--|--2---------------------|------------------2--2--|
E|-------------------------|-----4------4-----4--2--|--4--5------5-----------|
 
 
    E  Q.     E  E  E  E     S S Q.     E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--4------------------2--|--2-4-2------2-----2--4--|--2-----------------------|
E|-----0------0-----0-----|-------------------------|-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
 
 
    E  S. S. S. S. S. S. S Q       W                   H.           S S S S
G|------------------------------|-------------------|---------------7-7-4-4-|
D|------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------2----|-------------------|-----------------------|
E|--4--5--5--5--5--5--5---------|--0----------------|--0--------------------|
 
 
    S S S S S S S S S S S S E  S S    S S S S Q    Q    E  E
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--7-7-4-4-----------------4--2---|--------------------------|
A|----------7-7-5-5--------------4-|--3-2-1-0-----------------|
E|------------------7-7-5-5--------|----------0----2----3--3--|
 
 
    E  Q    Q    E  E  E     Q.     Q    E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------2--|-----------------------|----------------------2--|
A|----------2----3--4-----|-----------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|
E|--4--5------------------|--0------2----3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  Q    Q    E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------2--|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|-----------------------|
E|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|--0----0--2----3----4--|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     W                   E  E  Q    E  E  Q
G|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
D|----------------------2--|-------------------|------------------------|
A|----------2-----3--4-----|-------------------|-------------2--2-------|
E|--5----5-----5-----------|--0----------------|--5--5------------------|
 
 
                                                          P        P      P
    W                   E  E  Q    E  E  E  E     Q    E  S   S E  E  E   E
G|-------------------|-------------------------|----------9s-11----9-----11--|
D|-------------------|-------------------4--2--|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------2--2--------|-----------------------------|
E|--0----------------|--5--5-------------------|--0--------------------------|
 
 
    E  E  Q    E  E  Q       Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------2--|
A|-------------2--2-------|-------------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|
E|--5--5-------------5----|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     W
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------2--|-------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|-------------------|
E|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|--0----------------|
 
 
    E  E  Q    E  E  Q       Q    S  S  S  S E  E  E  E     E  E  E  H        E
G|------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------------------|-------4s-2s-4s-2-------4--2--|-----------------------|
A|-------------2--2-------|------------------------------|--2--2-----------------|
E|--5--5------------------|--0---------------5--5--------|--------0--0--------0--|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------2--|
A|-------------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|x3
E|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|
 
 
                                             |--3--|
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  S  S  S E  E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------2-----2h-3h-4----2--|
A|-------------------------|--------------4----------4-----|
E|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|--5--5--5----------------------|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------2--|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------2-----3--4-----|-------------------------|
E|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|--5----5-----5-----------|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|----------------2--------|-------------------------|-----------------------2/--|
A|----------2--4-----4--2--|-------------------------|-----------2-----3--4------|
E|--5----5-----------------|--0----0--2--0--3--0--4--|--5-----5-----5------------|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  S  S E  E  S  S E
G|-------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------2s-4-2-----2s-4-2--|
A|-------------------------|------------------------------|
E|--0----0--2-----3--3-----|--4--4------------------------|
 
 
    Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------2--|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------2-----3--4-----|-------------------------|
E|--0----0--2--0--3--0--4--|--5-----5-----5-----------|--0----0--2--2--3--3--4--|
 
 
    E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--2s--4--2-----2-----2-----|-------------------------|
A|------------4-----4-----4--|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--0----0--2-----3--3--4--|
 
 
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  Q.     E  E  E  E     Q.     E  E  E  E  E
G|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------------2--|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------2-----3--4-----|------------------2-----|------------------2-----|
E|--5-----5-----5-----------|--0---------4--5-----0--|------------4--5-----0--|
 
 
    W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
E|-------------------|-------------------|--0----------------||
 
 
 
 
===============================================================================
Notes:
 
This tab is made of this performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPuOGaoDeIE
 
I think Geddy use EbAbDbGb tuning in this song, but the tab was requested in
standard tuning. Eb is used only a couple of times during the outro, but 'E'
sounds OK as well.
 
I didn't break the song to sections, because there's an intro, verses, bridges
and an outro, pretty much containing the same notes played differently. You
could figure it out if You're listening to the song.
 
I know it's not 100% accurate, but it was hard to hear the bassline.
 
These sections played on a synth, but You can play them on the bass:
 
    W                   W                   W                   W
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|--0----------------|--2----------------|--4----------------|--2----------------|
 
 
I did the bassline in Guitar Pro 5, so if You want the .gp5 file, just mail me!
 
Where You see duration for a note, but there's no note in the tab that means a
rest.
 
If You have problems with this tab, write Me a mail what's wrong with it
instead of giving it a bad rating! It'd be better for everyone! Thx!
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
\ -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down
===============================================================================

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3 comments
Jasonbts
Looks good but.. Which show is this from?
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Jasonbts
Geddy only ever uses E standard on this song. Occasionally he uses drop D for songs like Stick It Out or Driven. You'll know he's using a half step down tuning when he uses his 1996 Red Fender Custom.
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TBone142
It's made from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPuOGaoDeIE. I'm not really into Rush, I just saw this among the requests and I thought I'll try it (I did a Rush song before). I heard some Eb-s during the Outro section and I read somewhere that He uses half step down tuning sometimes, so I thought He's using it here as well. But this bass is not a Red Fender Custom...
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