Virtuality Tab

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From:   Art R. [arasmuss@texas.net]
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 mattrasmussen@mail.utexas.edu
 
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
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------------|
|*------------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
-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------7--*|
-------------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                                                 ~~~
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------------------------|
|*------------P-------P-----------------P----------|
|------------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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---------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------8---7---|
-------------P-------P-----------------P---7---6---|
------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--8---7---|
---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4---------------|
 
Guitar I
Riff C                                                       End Riff C
   N.H.............................................................]
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*|
|*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*|
|--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------|
|--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------|
 
"I?m a castaway........"
N.H.............................................................]
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*|
|*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*|
|--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------|
|--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------|
 
 
Chorus w/Guitar II (acoustic) playing the same thing
"Net boy   Net girl......."
Riff D
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|*---------5---------------------|
|*--2------5------5------7---5---|
|---2------3------5------7---5---|
|---0-------------3------5---3---|
 
"Let your fingers walk and...."
                        End Riff D
------------------------2--3-2--|
------------------------3--3-3--|
----------5-------------2--2-2-*|
---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...................................................]
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-4-4-3-3-2.4-2.4-2-2-2.4-2.4-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5---|
 
 
Bridge
"Let?s dance tonight....."
Riff F
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|*------------------------------------|
|*--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---3/5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-------------------------------------|
                        End Riff F
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---------------------------------|
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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---|
---------------------------------|
 
Solo (play twice)
                     ~~~
|-------------------------------------------10\-|
|-----------9-----10-----------9-----10---------|
|---9--9-9-----9-------9--9-9-----9------9------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
                 ~~~
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--------9-----10------------9-----10-----9B\---|
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
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------8-8-7---|
|-------------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--------------|
 
-----------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------7---|
-------------P-------P-----------------P---6---|
------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--7---|
---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-----------|
 
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------8-8-7--|
|-------------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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--------------------------------------------------------|
----------P-------P-----------------P-------------------|
---------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0------------------|
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
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