Rivendell Guitar Tab

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From: fkam_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Kevin McFadden)
Subject: TAB: Rivendell by RUSH
Date: 10 May 92 02:08:51 GMT

Here is the tab to RIVENDELL by RUSH.  I don't have the tape anymore so you
will have to check how many times and the order the segments are played.

It is a very easy, introductory type acoustic piece (i.e. FOR BEGINNERS, it
is the first song I could play beginning to end, except for Living after
Midnight:)

Rivendell by RUSH: From the album Flight by Night

Transcribed by Kevin McFadden

+-----------|-----------|-------_-_-------|--/-2---||--5--------|--5--------+
+--3-----3--|--2-----2--|--1---0-1-0------|---3---||------3----|--3---3----+
+*----0-----|----0------|----0-------2-0--|--/-2---||*---4---4--|----4---4--+
+*------0---|------0----|-----------------|---0---||*-0--------|-----------+
+--2-----2--|--1-----1--|--0--------------|--/-0---||-----------|-----------+
+-----------|-----------|-----------------|--------||-----------|-----------+

+--5--------|--5-----5--|--3--------|--3--------|--3--------|--3-----3--+
+------3----|--3---3----|----0---0--|----0---0--|----0---0--|----0------+
+----4---4--|----4------|------5----|--5---5----|------5----|--5---5----+
+--0--------|--------0--|--0--------|-----------|--0--------|--------0--+
+-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------+
+-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------+

+--3--------|--3--------|--0--------|--0-----0--|--0--------|-----------+
+----0---0--|----0------|----1---1--|----1------|----1------|--------1--+
+------0----|------0----|------0----|------0----|------0----|------0----+
+--2--------|--------2--|--3--------|--------2--|--------2--|----2------+
+-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--3--------|--3--------+
+-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------+

                         X2    X2
           _ _
+--2------2-3-2----|---/-2---|----||-------------||---------------------+
+----3----------3--|----3---|----||-------------||---------------------+
+------2-----------|---/-2--*|---*||------------*||---------------------+
+--0---------------|----0--*|---*||------------*||---------------------+
+------------------|---/-0---|----||-------------||---------------------+
+------------------|---------|----||-------------||---------------------+


                                             X2
+--3---------|--3--------|--3--------|----0---|--1--------|--3-----3--+
+*----3---3--|----3------|----3------|--/--2--*|----1---1--|----3-0----+
+------0-----|------0----|------0----|----2---|------2----|-----------+
+*-----------|--------0--|--------0--|--/--2--*|--3--------|--0--------+
+--3---------|--2--------|-----------|----0---|-----------|-----------+
+------------|-----------|--3--------|---------|-----------|-----------+

        _ _
+--2---2-3-2----|----2--|--0--------|--0--------|--3--------|----0--+
+------------3--|--/--3--|----1---1--|----1------|----3------|--/--2--+
+---------------|----2--|------2----|------0----|------0----|----2--+
+--0-0----------|--/--0--|--3--------|--------2--|--------0--|--/--2--+
+---------------|----0--|-----------|--3--------|-----------|----0--+
+---------------|--------|-----------|-----------|--3--------|--------+

                                                          _ _
+-----------|-----------|-------_-_-------|--/-2--|--2-2-2-3-2--------+
+--3-----3--|--2-----2--|--1---0-1-0------|---3--|------------3------+
+*----0-----|----0------|----0-------2-0--|--/-2--|--------------2----+
+*------0---|------0----|-----------------|---0--|----------------0--+
+--2-----2--|--1-----1--|--0--------------|--/-0--|-------------------+
+-----------|-----------|-----------------|-------|-------------------+

+---------------|------------3--|-----+
+---------------|------3---3----|-----+
+------------0--|----0---0------|--0--+
+------0---0----|--0------------|-----+
+----2---2------|---------------|-----+
+--3------------|---------------|--3--+
   ===== =====     ===== =====
     3     3         3     3

KEY:
     _ _
    2 3 2   : Hammer on, Pull off

    =====   : Triplet
      3

      
      /
           : Strum slowly
      /
      
      /

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Vicky Average	#1 by Vicky Barnard at Sep 11, 1979 at 10:40 AM EST
	"Rivendell" refers to the home of the elves in the "Lord of the Rings" books. Neal Peart was a huge J.R.R Tolkien enthusiast, and he uses references from those books to talk about his utopia, a place where you are totally at peace and completely safe. In the books, Rivendell was the one place that Sauron (the dark lord)'s powers had no effect on. Tolkien decribes Rivendell in unbelievable detail in the books, it's really quite amazing. The films also capture it beautifully. Perhaps this was Tolkien's own idea of Utopia.

No Picture Jesse Professional	#2 by Jesse Garcia at Feb 7, 1993 at 11:31 AM EST
	if you consider rush geeks for writing songs about lotr then i guess you would have to consider led zep geeks too-their songs are packed with lotr references. let me get this straight-in the 70s reading lotr did not make you a geek. i mean, has anyone accussed robert plant of being a geek? i think not

No Picture Jake Average	#3 by Jake m at Sep 14, 1996 at 11:59 PM EST
	The fact that Rush was geeky enough to make this song makes them kick so much more ass in this geek's humble opinion.