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Subject : Xanadu tabs
Transcription by Charles Grogan (s3sijdp@sae.towson.edu)
intro riff
1
--12-------11---------12------11--------|
-----10-12----9--10------10-12---9--10--|
9-------------------9-------------------|
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
main theme
2 3
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--0-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--4-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--2-|-0-------4-2-0---0---------------|----------------------------------|
--2-|---4-2-0-------4---4-2-0->-4-2-0-|----------------------------------|
0---|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
long scale after main theme
4
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------|
----------------------------------------------------------------0-|----------|
----------------------------------------------------------------4-|----------|
0-------4-2-0---2-0-----0---------------------------------------2-|----------|
--4-2-0-------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---2-0-----0-------------2-2-|----------|
--------------------------------------4-----4-2---4-2-0-4-2-0---0-|----------|
chord work:
First time- guitar, percussion and synth come in
2nd-bass comes in
3rd-full drums kit, synth fades out
5
---5--2--0--0---|
9--7--4--2--0---|
9--7--4--2--4---|
9--7--4--2--5---|
7--5--2--0--5---|
------------3---|
Fourth time:
6
---5-2-0----0-----0-------0---0-----------0----0-0-0-|
-9-7-4-2--2----0-------0-------0-----------0---0-0-0-|
-9-7-4-2-2---4-------3-----1-----1-----------1-4-3-6-|
-9-7-4-2-----5-----4-------2-----------2-------5-3-7-|
-7-5-2-0-----5-----4-------2---------2---------5-2-7-|
-------------3-----2-------0-------0-----------3-2-5-|
7
-------0-----------0------0-0-0-|
---------0-----------0----0-0-0-|
-----------1-----------1--4-3-8-|
-----2-----------2--------5-4-9-|
---2-----------2----------5-4-9-|
-0-----------0------------3-2-7-|
Progression during lyrics ('To seek...')
8 9
0-0-------0---|-0-0-------0---|--------------------------------------|
0-0-----0---0-|-0-0-----0---0-|--------------------------------------|
1-3---3-------|-8-6---6-------|--------------------------------------|
2-4-4---------|-9-7-7---------|--------------------------------------|
2-4-----------|-9-7-----------|--------------------------------------|
0-2-----------|-7-5-----------|--------------------------------------|
In between '..Paradise' and 'I had heard..'
10
2-0-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------|
3-1-3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------|
2-2-4-2-1------------------------------------------------------------|
0-2-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------|
--0-5-3-2------------------------------------------------------------|
----3-1-0------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the chord sequence during 'I have heard...' etc. Here I've pinned
down all chords, for it's not all repetition.
11
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E|
The second one runs from 'I scaled the frozen...'
12
E G A G E B A G A E B A G A E G A G E| E G
and going over in the picking passage.
13 14
------------------0-----------|-------------------0------------------|
----3-------3-------3---------|-----3-------3-------3----------------|
--2---0---2---0-------0-------|-------0-------0-------0--------------|
0-----------------------------|---7-------7--------------------------|
--------1-------3-------------|-5---------------3--------------------|
------------------------3-2-0-|---------6---------------3-2-0--------|
Two versions here, the first one is how Alex plays it, the second
one just a different fingering. See what suits you best.
Solo:
15
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------17!--19!--19->-(21)!--21->-(22)!--------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
0->-(2)--0->-(2)-----------------------------------------------------|
16
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------_--------|
-----9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11!------11-11-9-11->-(13)-(13)->-11-9----9!-|
9-11------------------------9-11-------------------------------11----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
17
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
7-6-4-------------------------------------11->-(12)->-11-9!----------|
------7-5-4-5-4------------------------------------------------------|
----------------7-5-4-0----------------------------------------------|
------------------------2->-(3)-(3)->-2-0----------------------------|
18
------------------------12-------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
9->-(11)--9->-(11)->-9!----------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
19 20
_
|-15-12----12-|-15->-(17)-15-15-15-15-14-12----------------------------|
|-------15----|-----------------------------15-14-12-------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------------------14-13-12----------|
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------14-13-12-|
|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
[two times]
21 22
_ _
-----------|------------------------_------12-15----12-15----|-------|
-----------|---------------_------12-15----------15-------15-|-------|
-----------|---------_---12-14----------14-------------------|-------|
-----------|---_---12-14-------14----------------------------|-------|
14-13-12---|-12-14-------------------------------------------|-------|
---------15|-------------------------------------------------|-------|
23
---------------------------------------17->-(19)-(19)->-17-17-15->-14-|
17->-(19)--17->-(19)-17-17->-(19)->-17--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
24 25
--------|-----2-------------0-------------3----------------1---------|
17-15->-|-------3-------------1-------------3------------1-----------|
--------|---2--------------------------------------------------------|
--------|-0---------------2------------------------------------------|
--------|---------------0---------------5--------------3-------------|
--------|-----------------------------3--------------1---------------|
26 27
-------------------------16-|-0------|
-17--------------17---------|-0------|
-------16------------16-----|-4------|
---14-----------------------|-2------|
----------14----------------|-2------|
----------------------------|-0------|
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Explanation on used symbols:
| - A pair of these indicate a part of music, not the usuals bars.
: - Indicates that a part is to be repeated. This may be ommited, you should
hear it too.
_ - Indicates a hammer-on or pull-off (You should know which is appropriate)
> - Indicates a bend-up or down or a slide. With a bend, the note to bend to
is between '(' and ')'. Use the whammy for a downbend. With a slide, the
follow-up note is the one to be slid to.
! - Indicates vibrato.
^ - Indicates harmonics. Is printed below the note.
For corrections or questions on the tabs, contact the author. If no e-mail
address is included, contact Frank or Jason, addresses below.
For remarks, suggestions or additions on the tab 'archive', contact:
Frank or Jason
(schaaphe@serc.nl) (bold%astroatc.uucp@cs.wisc.edu)
HAPPY PLAYING!!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Nileppezdel Lead Player |
#1 by Nileppezdel at Jun 9, 1973 at 3:01 PM EST |
| Yeah Neal Peart was really into that shit but this song's least important features are the lyrics because instrumentaly it's genius in every aspect. Brilliantly structured song and the drums are out of this world. It's hard to believe that during that main part where Neal's doing sixteenths on the hi-hat, that there are only 3 instruments being played when there is so much going on. Geddy Lee is also one of the greatest bass players in rock music as well as Peart on drums. | |
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Spanky Lead Player |
#2 by Spanky Man at Jan 9, 1976 at 12:04 PM EST |
| Actually, I just thought I'd mention the poem (Kubla Khan) is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge and its incomplete... you can read up about it it's pretty interesting. | |
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Derek Average |
#3 by Derek Mayfield at Feb 6, 1979 at 5:47 PM EST |
| Well, I can see how you dragged Beowulf into it, (which was a good book BTW), but it definitley has nothing to do with the song.. Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an awesome poet and his poem Kubla Khan is the poem to read to understand Neil's work. I think Kubla Khan isn't his best work, but it's still a good poem. Neil uses the story line to form his own lyrics. I just think that is so cool.. That man never ceases to amaze me. | |
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edwin Wanna Be |
#4 by edwin henrriquez at Sep 27, 1983 at 8:40 AM EST |
| A man (Kubla Khan himself prehaps? he could be speaking about himself in third person) gains immortality but then regrets it as he is forced to live with only himself as company in a thousand years. The pleasure dome he before dreamt of standing in now serves as his prison. | |
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guitar girl Rhythm Player |
#5 by guitar girl 13 at Oct 30, 1991 at 1:41 PM EST |
| "This song is a Poem I belive by Beowolf." ...I'm speachless. That has gotta be the dumbest thing I've ever read. The poem is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" written/inspired from an opium-binge. Xanadu was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire. Lastly, Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic poem by an unknown author about a Swedish hero who fights some monsters. | |
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żJosh Rhythm Player |
#6 by żJosh Kirkpatrick? at Mar 28, 1994 at 3:26 PM EST |
| I saw this song live in Montreal in 2004 for the 30th tour, and alex pulled out the Double-Neck Guitar and it was amazing live! | |
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paddy Average |
#7 by paddy coscoran at Oct 20, 2003 at 1:46 PM EST |
| Awesome song amazes me all the time I hear it intro is kickass. And ya my dad told me about it being a poem by some guy in like 1500s or whenever he was drunk off his ass if im right when he did this song but anyways I love this song one of my favorite Rush ones and favorite songs of all time | |
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