Rush - Totem Chords & Tabs

 

Totem Chords & Tabs

Rush Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

Totem Bass Tab

   
Please note, I did not tab this. This was found on cygnus productions site. They have a 
dedicated to Rush tablature, drums, bass, guitar, etc. I've played this numerous times, 
it sounds right to the point, everything sounds like the song. Give it a try.

NOTES:

Tuning : Drop D
Yeah, the bass parts of this song are pretty fast.

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Copyright 1996 Core Music Publishing
Transcribed by Doug Taylor and Sean Jones
Any comments, questions or corrections, please contact Sean at seanj@execpc.com
Last Updated 6-20-00


                                    (2x) I've got twelve...
          e s e s s s q q   e s e s s s q q     e s s s s s s s s s s
||----||------------------|------------------||-------------------------|
||-4:-||*-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1/*||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
||-4:-||*-----------------|-----------------*||-------------------------|
||----||------------------|------------------||-------------------------|


s s s s   s s s s s s e s s e s s e   e s s e s s s s s s e  e   e s s
--------|---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------------------|-----------|
--------|---------------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8-|-6-6-6-----|
--------|---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|


s s s s s s s s e e   e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   e s s s s e s s
--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|

                                                    I've got a pantheon...
e s s e   e s s s s e s s e s s e   e s s s s e s s e e e   e s s s s
--------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
--------|-------------------------|---------------------3/|-8-8-8-8-8---|
5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------|
--------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|


s s s  s  s  s  s  s  e    e s s s s s e s s s s  e   e s s s s e e s
-------------------------|--------------------h10---|-------------------|
8-8/12-12-12-12-12-12-12\|-5-5-5-5-5-5/8-8-8-8----8\|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8---|
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|


s e e   Q q e e e e   e s s e e e s s e e   e s s s s s s s s e s s e
------|-----r-------|-----------r---------|-----------------------------|
8-8-8\|-----e-------|-----------e---------|-----------------------------|
------|-6-6-s-6-5-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-s-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
------|-----t-------|-----------t---------|-----------------------------|


  e s s s s e s s e s s e   e s s s s e s s e e e    w+  h q q   w+
|-------------------------|-----------------------||-5-|-------|-5-|----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------||---|-------|---|----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-||---|---5\1/|-3-|----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------||---|-------|---|----|

   I believe in...
w   e s s s s e q q   e s s s s e q q   e s s s s e q q   e s s s s e
--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5/7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5/7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|

     Oh....
h    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 s e q e
5-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
--||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3----|
--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------|

      Angels and demons....
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 s s e q
----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
3-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-5-3---|
----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------|


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 s s e
------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
3-5-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------|
------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3---|

            Oh...
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   e s
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
--1-1-1-3-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-----------------|-------|
3---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3---|

                                           (2x) I've got celestial...
s e e e e e e     e s e s s s q q   e s e s s s q q     e s s e e s s
--------------||------------------|------------------||-----------------|
--------------||*-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1/*||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
------1-1-1-3-||*-----------------|-----------------*||-----------------|
3-3-3---------||------------------|------------------||-----------------|


e s s e   e s s e q e e e   e s s e e s s e e  e   e s s s s s s e e e
--------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------|-----------------------|
--------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5---|
--------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|


e   e s s e e s s e s s e   e s s e e s s e e e   e s s e e s s e e e
--|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
--|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
--|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|

                I've got idols...
  e s s s s e e e e e   e s s s s s s s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s    e s s
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|---------|
|-------------------3/|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\|-5-5-5---|
|-1-1-1-1-0-1-1-1-1---|---------------------------------------|---------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|---------|


s s e e s s s s e   e s s s s e e s s s s e   e e e e e e e e   e s s
------------------|-------------------------|---------r-------|---------|
5-5-5/8-8-8-8-8-8\|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8\|---------e-------|---------|
------------------|-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-s-6-5-6-|-8-8-8---|
------------------|-------------------------|---------t-------|---------|


s s e s s e e  e   e s s s s e s s e s s e   e s s s s e s s e e e   e
-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----|
-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----|
8-8-8-8-8-8-10-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-1---|
-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----|

                                                                I believe...
s s e e e e e e    w+  h s s s s q    w   s s  s  s  s s  s  s  q q
----------------||-5-|--------------|-5-|/9-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-9-10\|--|
----------------||---|--------------|---|----------------------------|--|
1-0-1-1-1-1-0-1-||---|-3-5-5-5-5/12\|-3-|----------------------------|--|
----------------||---|--------------|---|----------------------------|--|


e s s s s s s q q   e s s s s s s q q   e s s s s s s e e q   e s s e
------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------|
------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------|
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5\1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7\|-3-3-3-3---|
------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------|

       Angels and demons...
e h    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 s s e
--5-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
3-3-||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3----|
----||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|------------|


q 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 s s
--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
3-3-3-5-|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3---|
--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------|

            Angels and demons...
e q 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 s
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
5-3-3-3-5-|---------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-----------------|-------|
----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3---|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rush/totem_btab.html ]
s e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
------1-1-0-3/5-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------------------|
3-3-3-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|

                             Guitar Solo
  e s s e e e e e e   h q    e e e e e e e e   e e e e s s e s s e
|-------------------|-5---||-----------------|---------------------|----|
|-------------------|-----||-----------------|---------------------|----|
|-----------1-0-1-1-|---8\||---------------3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-1-|----|
|-3-3-3-3-3---------|-----||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------------|----|


e e e e e e e s s   e s s e e s s e s s e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e
------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------|
------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------|
--------------3/5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---|
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------|


s s e s s e   e e e e e e e e   e s s s s e e s s s s e   e e e e e e
------------|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|
------------|---------1-----1-|-------3-3---------3-3---|---------------|
3-3-3-5-5-3-|-----------------|-------------------------|---------------|
------------|-1-1-1-1---1-1---|-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

                                         Angels...
e e   e e e e s s e e e   q+s e h+  w    q e e e e e e   e s s e e e
----|-------------------|---------|---||---------------|----------------|
----|-------------------|---------|---||---------------|----------------|
--5-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-|---------|---||---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
5---|-------------------|-1---1-1-|---||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|


e e e   e e s s e s s e e e   e s s s s e s s e e e   e e e e e e e e
------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5-|-------------------|
------|---------------------|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|


  e s s e e e e e e   s s e e e e e e e   e s s e e e e e e   e e e e
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-5---|

                             Angels....
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 s s s s e   e
--------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----|
--------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----|
------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----|
5-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-5---|


e e e e e e e   e e e e s s e s s e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e s
--------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
--------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-5-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


s e    e s e s s s q q   e s s s s s s e s  s  q    e s e s s s q q
----||-----------------|-----------------14-14-14\|-----------------|---|
--5-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------15\|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7\|---|
5---||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|---|
----||-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|---|

                  I believe...
e s e s s s s s s s q    e e e e q q   e e e e q q   e e e e q q   e
-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|
3-3-3-3-3-3-3h5-5-5-12\|-3-3-3-3-5/7\|-3-3-3-3-5\1/|-3-3-3-3-5/7\|-3----|
-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|
-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------|

           Oh...
e e e h    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 s
------5-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
3-3-3---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
--------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-----------------|-3-3----|
--------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------|

                  Angels and demons...
s e e s s 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
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-|-------------------|
----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|


  e s s e q 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-5-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---------------3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|

                        Oh...
e   e s e e e e e s s   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e
--|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
--|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
--|---------1-1-0-3/5-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-------------|
1-|-3-3-3-3-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1---|

                            Sweet chariot...
e e e   e s s s e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e
------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
------|-----------1---1-3-|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|---------|
1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3---3-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1-1---|


e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   w+  w+  w+  w
----------|-----------------|---|---|---|---||--------------------------|
----------|-----------------|---|---|---|---||--------------------------|
----------|---------1-1-0-1-|---|---|---|---||--------------------------|
1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3---------|-5-|---|---|---||--------------------------|


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==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        ==
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----------                ----------                ----t---|
----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6---| Tap
----------                ---------- Note           --------|
----5p8--- Pulloff        ----------                --------|

----------                ----------                -----p--|
----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7--| Pop
----------                ---------- Note           --s-----|
----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5-----| Slap

----------                ||------|| Repeat         --------|
----5~~~-- Vibrato        ||*----*||                ---5^---| Bend
----------                ||*----*||                --------|
----------                ||------||                --------|

----------                ----------                --------|
-4:------- Time           ----------                --------|
-4:------- Signature      ----------                --------|
----------                ----------                --------|

Rhythm:
  w = whole note            W = dotted whole
  h = half note             H = dotted half
  q = quarter note          Q = dotted quarter
  e = eighth note           E = dotted eighth
  s = sixteenth note        S = dotted sixteenth
  t = 32nd note             T = dotted 32nd
  x = 64th note             X = dotted 64th
  ^ = triplet

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