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Rush - I In the Valley

[Riff 1] - Freely

D A/C# Bm
e:----5-----5---------|-------5-------5--|---------7-------7-----|
B:------------8-7-----|---5------7-------|----7-------7----------|
G:--7----7--------7---|-6---6------6----6|--4----7------7----4---|
D:------------------7-|------------------|-----------------------|
A:--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
E:--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|

D G G/F#
e:---------7-------7---|-------3----3-----------------3-------|
B:----7-------7--------|---------0----3----------3------3-----|
G:------7-------7------|-----0----------0------0----------0---|
D:-7-------------------|------------------0--------0--------0-|
A:---------------------|--------------------------------------|
E:---------------------|-0-3-----------------2----------------|

E A
e:------0-----0-----0---------------------------------------|
B:---0----------0------2--------------------5---------------|
G:--------1-------1----2------6---4--7---6------------------|
D:-2-------------------2---7--------------------------------|
A:---------------------0------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------------|

*** Since it features so prominently, here is how the first measure
is played on the repeats:

D
e:--------------------|
B:------7----8-7------|
G:--7~----7------7----|
D:-----------------7--|
A:--------------------|
E:--------------------|

[Riff 2] Freely
D5 D/E D/F# G(addA) play this the last time
/ / / / A /
e:------------3--------------------------|--------------------|
B:-3--3--3----0---2----------2-----------|---2----------------|
G:-2--2--2----2---2----------2-----------|---2----------------|
D:-0--2--0----0---2--2-2--2--2--2-2--2---|---2----------------|
A:-------x----x---0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0---|---0----------------|
E:-------2----3--------------------------|--------------------|

[Riff 3] Play 2x
B(addE) A(addB) D5 C5
e:---------------5-|----------------------------------------|
B:-0--0---0--0---7-|----------------------------------------|
G:-8--6---8--6---7-|o--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-7-----------------o|
D:-9--7---9--7---7-|o--5-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-7-----------------o|
A:-0--0---0--0---5-|---3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-5-5------------------|
E:-----------------|----------------------------------------|

[Riff 4] Freely arpeggate
Em7 G G/F#
e:--0-------3---3-------------------------------------------|
B:--3-------3---3-------------------------------------------|
G:--0-------0---0-------------------------------------------|
D:--2-------0---0-------------------------------------------|
A:--2-------2---x-------------------------------------------|
E:--0-------3---2-------------------------------------------|

Progression:

[Riff 1] x1

[Riff 1] x2 w/ lyrics:

I am born; I am me.
I am new; I am free.
Look at me; I am young.
Sight unseen; Life unsung.

[Riff 2] x5

[Riff 3] x2

[Riff 3] x2 w/ lyrics:

My eyes have just been opened and they're opened very wide.
Images around me don't identify inside.

Just one blur I recognize, the one that soothes and feeds.
My way of life is easy, and as simple are my needs. [strike A5]

[Riff 4] x2

[Riff 4] x2 w/ lyrics:

Yet my eyes are drawn towards the mountain in the east.
Fascinates and capitaves; gives my heart no peace.

D C
The mountain holds the sunrise in the prison of the night,

D C Fmaj7
till bursting forth from rocky chains, the valley... floods...

G6
with light.

[Riff 3] x2

[Riff 3] x2 w/ lyrics:

Living one long sunrise, for to me all things are new.
I've never watched the sky grow pale, or strolled through fields of dew.

I do not know of dust to dust, I live from breath to breath.
I live to climb that mountain to the Fountain of Lamneth. [strike A5]

[Riff 4] x2

[Riff 4] x2 w/ lyrics:

Yet my eyes are drawn towards the mountain in the east.
Fascinates and capitaves; gives my heart no peace.

D C
The mountain holds the sunrise in the prison of the night,

D C Fmaj7
till bursting forth from rocky chains, the valley... floods...

G6
with light.

[Riff 3] x1 [last half an extra two times]

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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DUMBASS
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#1 by DUMBASS Thomas at Aug 9, 1970 at 7:11 AM EST
I think that the song is more so about how we all try so hard in life to reach a goal, only to not be satisfied with it when we get it, hence the lines "Now at last I fall before The Fountain of Lamneth. I thought I would be singing, but I'm tired, out of breath." and "I'm forever at the start"
 
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cody
Wanna Be
#2 by cody westermier at Jan 19, 1977 at 11:54 PM EST
BOTH are correct! Dr. Hofmann "discovered" LSD in 1938 but first tried it out on himself April 16, 1943 during what is now called "Bicycle Day." The company he worked for, Sandoz, used to give it out for free until 1968! Imagine!
 
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KISS is the gre
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#3 by KISS is the greatest at Oct 31, 1977 at 11:47 AM EST
The actual first human experiment and clinical discovery of LSD occurred on April 16, 1943. Dr. Hoffman was a brave man conducting self experimentation with his invention. This song indeed has many references to LSD.
 
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UknownSoldier
Lead Player
#4 by UknownSoldier Nightmare at Jun 21, 1984 at 8:02 PM EST
[II. Didacts and Narpets] Stay! Go! Work! No! Learn! Live! Earn! Give! Stay or fight? What's right? Listen! there were some lyrics missing, there they are i can't belive nobody has said anything about this song, some new rush fans might be intimidated by the length, but if you havn't listened to it yet, just give it a try, it is, in my oppinion, the best rush song, and if you don't agree with that, at least agree that its one of their best the song's pretty straight forward, it says the meaning near the end: "Life is just the candle, and a dream must give it flame."
 
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Nic
Rhythm Player
#5 by Nic F at Feb 29, 1988 at 4:14 AM EST
http://www.egodeath.com/rushlyrics.htm ^proves that most songs by rush are about lsd. read it for a good laugh
 
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Vinnie
Rhythm Player
#6 by Vinnie Valium at Nov 22, 1988 at 12:55 AM EST
That's rather unfortunate because LSD was first synthesized in 1938 by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann. This song doesn't have any drug overtones, it's just another one of Neil Peart's adventures in song form. A darn good one at that.
 
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Eric
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#7 by Eric at Aug 29, 1991 at 7:15 AM EST
Absolutely right, Aug. The song touches on all the different aspects of life, from the point where we take responsibility for our lives thinking that we will do better than anyone else to the point where we realize that it's not so easy after all to the point where we reach the end only to find that the answer wasn't there after all... it was the journey getting there that our lives consist of.
 
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Zac
Wanna Be
#8 by Zac Fielder at Dec 7, 1991 at 2:21 PM EST
Amazing piece of music. Unlike other "epic" songs by the likes of Opeth, this one actually manages to hold your attention, until its conclusion. Bacchus Plateau is just fantastic, what a melody! Further evidence, if it were ever needed, that Rush are the best band ever.
 
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♥Chicken
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#9 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Feb 13, 1993 at 4:17 PM EST
The song is also liberally sprinkled with references to the drug LSD. "Draw another goblet from the cask of forty-three." ^ That being the main one, LSD was discovered/synthesized in 1943 by a Brazilian scientist.
 
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Cory
Wanna Be
#10 by Cory at Jan 31, 1995 at 9:53 PM EST
Totally agree with you. Definitely one of Rush's best songs!
 
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Wacko
Average
#11 by Wacko Jacko at Apr 24, 1995 at 1:20 PM EST
you also cant forget the liquid grace thats probably and lsd reference