Alex Lifeson - Promise Chords & Tabs

Victor: Promise
From the album Victor (Atlantic Records)
Copyright 1996 Lerxst Music Inc.
Music by Alex Lifeson and Bill Bell
Lyrics by Alex Lifeson

Comments/corrections to Rich Soto 

Transcribed by Richard J. Soto

A very Rushesque sort-of song; Signature Lifeson!
Thanks go out to Eric Harris for his helpful suggestion.

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---2---0---4------2---2-2-2--||-----------------------------------------------|
-3-------5-----0--0-0-0-0-0--||-----------------------------------------------|
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 Rhy.1 (Play 8x)  .

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-----4-----2-------2------2-------4-----2----------------------||-------------|
---4-----2---0---2----0-4-------4-----2---0------------2-0-----||-------------|
-2-----4----------------------2-----4--------------0-2-----4-0-||-------------|
---------------------------------------------0-2-4-------------||-------------|
 Riff-A (Play 4x)

----------------|-----------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------------------|---------|
----------------|-----------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--2--2--2--2------|---------|
-9\-------------|-7---7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\-2--2--2--2------|---------|
-9\-------------|-7---7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-2--2--2--2------|---------|
-7\--2--p-0h3h5-|-5---5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-0--0--0--0--0---|---------|
-----0----------|-----------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\---------------3-|---------|
 Rhy.2 (Play 3x)  .     .   d  d u u d u u d u u d

----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------|-------|
----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------|-------|
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\----6---6-6\----|-------|
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7\----|-------|
----------------|-5-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7\----|-------|
----------------|--------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\----5---5-5\----|-------|
 (Rhy.2 Play 3x)    .      .   d  d u u d u u d u u d     .

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 (Rhy.1 Play 8x) (Riff-A Play 4x) (Rhy.2 Play 3x)

----------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------------------------|------------|
----------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|------------|
-7----7---7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|------------|
-7----7---7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|------------|
-5----5---5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----|------------|
----------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\-----------------------3b-|------------|
                d  d u u d u u d u u d    .    .    .    .

----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------|----------|
----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------|----------|
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\----6---6-6--|----------|
----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7--|----------|
----------------|-5-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7--|----------|
----------------|--------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\----5---5-5--|----------|
 (Rhy.2 Play 3x)    .      .   d  d u u d u u d u u d     .     .

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-2---2---2---2---2-2--------------------------------------------------|-------|
-0---0---0---0---0-0-3b-----------------------------------------------|-------|
 .   .   .   .   x x   This Riff is repeated until end of guitar solo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alex_lifeson/promise_tab.html ]
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                     Bar gradually down than return up

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-/14-12/17vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv-12\11vv----/17-14----------------------------------|
----------------------------------14---------17-14\12vv\10\7\5\2vv------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------3p0--------|


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-5/7---7p0-5/7---7-5vv---------7^-------|-------------------------------------|
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 A.H.***************                      Solo

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-17b-r----12-12vv-15-12\------------------------17b-r-15-17vvvv---------------|
------16----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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                                                           Bar

----12-----------12-----------------12----12-----------14b-r----12-12---------|
-12----15vvv--12----12-12-15vvv--12----12----12-15vvv--------15-------15-12---|
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         Bar                Bar                   Bar  A.H.******************

-------19^---------15-15-15-15-15vvvv-12-12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10-10\-3--3-3--|
-15vvv----19^------15-15-15-15-15vvvv-12-12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10-10\-3--3-3--|
---------------19^-14-14-14-14-14vvvv-11-11-11-11-11\-9--9--9--9--9\-2--2-2--|
---------------------------------------------------------------------2--2-2--|
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 **Bar                           Bar                                 .    .

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 (Rhy.1 Play 8x) (Riff-A Play 4x)

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-----5-----3-------3------3-------5-----3---------------------||--------------|
---4-----2---0---4----0-4-------4-----2---0-------------------||--------------|
-2-----2----------------------2-----2-----------------2-0-----||--------------|
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 Riff-B (Play 2x)

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 (Riff-A Play 1x, begin fade while repeating over & over)  END