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/ Rush / Grace Under Pressure (1984) / The Enemy Within guitar tab

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The Enemy Within                                                     As recorded by
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(In B minor)																																																									Rush

Music by Lee & Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Transcribed by Brendan Cahill (bcahill@ucsd.edu)

***Note: I'm not sure if all this is 100% accurate.  It will sound like the song because the chords are right and stuff--some of it is just my improvisation though.  However, most of it is basically what Geddy plays.  Enjoy:

Tab notes:
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R    = Rest                      /   = slide up              %   = repeat last bar
/3\  = Triplet grouping          \   = slide down            %|% = repeat last 2 bars
x    = Muted note                +   = tie                   *   = repeats
.    = Dotted note               @   = coda mark             *
&    = fine mark                 ¥   = staccato
===========================================================================================

                                                                   (Play 4x)
      w     w     w     w      e s s e e s s s s e e   e s s e e e s s e e
+--------+-----+-----+------+------------------------+----------------------+
|4:*-----|-----|--2--|-----*|*-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------*|
|4:*--2--|--5--|-----|--0--*|*-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------*|
+--------+-----+-----+------+------------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--+

 @
  e s s e e s s s s e e   e s s e e e s s e e
+-----------------------+---------------------+------------+------------+
|-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------|-----------%|%-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------|------------|------------|
+-----------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-+------------+------------+
1.Things crawl in the darkness      that imagination spins
2.    picious looking stranger    flashes you a dangerous grin

+-----------------------+------------------+--------------+-------------+
|----------------------%|%-----------------|-------------%|%------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------|
+-----------------------+------------------+--------------+-------------+
Needles at your nerve ends crawl like spiders on your skin    Pow-pow-pow-
Shadows across your window--was it only trees in the wind?         Every

+-----------------------+-----------------+--------+--------+
|----------------------%|%----------------|-------%|%-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|--------|--------|
+-----------------------+-----------------+--------+--------+
Pounding in your temples and a surge of adrenaline      Every
breath a static charge       that tastes like tin       Steely-

+----------------+------------+--------------+-------------+
|---------------%|%-----------|-------------%|%------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
+----------------+------------+--------------+-------------+
muscle tense--to  fence the enemy within...
eyed outside--to  hide  the enemy within...

  q e e q e e   q e e e e e e   q e e q e e   e e e e e e e e
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------------+
|---R-----R---|---R-----------|---R-----R---|-----R-----------|
|-2---2-2---2-|-2---2-5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0---0-|-4-4---4-5-5-7-7-|
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------------+
                                                            I'm

 &
   q  e  e  q  e  e     q  e  e  e  e  e  e      q  e  e  q  e  e
+-------------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|*----R--------R----|------R------------------|-----R--------R-----|
|*-2-----2--2-----2-|---2-----2--5--5--5--5---|--0-----0--0-----0--|
+-------------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
 not giving in to security under pressure I'm not missing out on the
 not giving up on  implausible dreams  --  Experience to extremes--ex-
                                                                           D.S. al
                  (TO CODA)                                                 coda @
                  (TO FINE)                                       /H^P\
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      w     h h                    w    e s s e e e e e e
+-------------------------+-------+-----+---+---+---+---+-----+-------------------+
|-------R----------------*|-------|-----|--%|%--|--%|%--|-----|-R-2-4-2-0---------|
|-4--4-----4--5--5--7--7-*|---2---|---0-|---|---|---|---|--2--|-----------4-2-4-0-|
+-------------------------+-------+-3---+---+---+---+---+-----+-------------------+
promise of adventure   I'm
perience to             extremes                                               Sus-


(CODA)
                  (Play 6x)              w                   w
+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-------------------+--------------+
|-----|-----|*-----|-----*|-----|-----|-------------------|--------------|
|--2--|---0-|*--2--|---0-*|--2--|---0-|--2----------------|--5-----------|
+-----+-3---+------+-3----+-----+-3---+-------------------+--------------+
tremes                             To you--is it movement or is it action?


   w              w                 w
+--------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+
|--2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--2------------|
|--------------|--0--------------|--2--------------|--5-------------|---------------|
+--------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+
Is it contact or just reaction and you--revolution or just resistance Is it living or


  e e e e e e e e    h..             s s   w                    w
+-----------------+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+
|-----------------|------------------0-2-|-4-----------------|--2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--2-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
+-----------------+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+
just existence yeah you--it takes a little more persistence to get up and go the dist-


  q h.        q  e  e  q  e  e     q  e  e  e  e  e  e     q  e  e  q  e  e
+----------+-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+
|----------|*----R--------R----|------R------------------|----R--------R-----|
|-0-0------|*-2-----2--2-----2-|---2-----2--5--5--5--5---|-0-----0--0-----0--|
+----------+-------------------+-------------------------+-------------------+
ance    I'm not giving in                            I'm not missing out
            not giving up on  implausible dreams  --  Experience     to    ex-

                  D.S. al
                  fine &   (FINE)             ¥ ¥  ¥    ¥ ¥ ¥  ¥  ¥ ¥ ¥
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      w     h h   h+e e e  e   +e e e  e +e e q    w
+-------------------------+-------+-----+-----7-9-11-+-11-7-9-11-11-9-7-+-----+
|-------R----------------*|-------|-----|------------|------------------|-----|
|-4--4-----4--5--5--7--7-*|---2---|---0-|-2-2--------|------------------|--2--|
+-------------------------+-------+-3---+------------+------------------+-----+
tremes                I'm  tremes

                                                      /H^P\
  h h   h+e   e  e +e  e  e +e  q   q q q q    w    e s s e e s s e e e
+-----+-----+---16-16-14-16-16-16-+---------+-----+---2-4-2-------------+
|-----|-----|---------------------|---------|-----|-R-------4-2-4-2-0---|
|---0-|--2--|---------------------|-2-----2-|--5--|-------------------4-|
+-3---+-----+-7-------------------+---2-5---+-----+---------------------+
                                                       Hey    hey    hey

																											(Repeat and fade out)
   e s s e e s s s s e e   e s s e e e s s e e
+------------------------+----------------------+
|*-----------4-4-4-4-2-0-|---------------------*|
|*-2-2-2-2-2-------------|---------------------*|
+------------------------+-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--+
Yeah


Rush albums
2002 Vapor Trails
1996 Test for Echo
1993 Counterparts
1991 Roll the Bones
1989 Presto
1987 Hold Your Fire
1985 Power Windows
1984 Grace Under Pressure
1982 Signals
1981 Moving Pictures
1980 Permanent Waves
1978 Hemispheres
1977 Farewell to Kings
1976 2112
1975 Caress of Steel
1975 Fly by Night
1974 Rush
Grace Under Pressure tabs
01Distant Early Warning tabbass tab
02Afterimage tabbass tab
03Red Sector 'A' tabbass tab
04The Enemy Within tabbass tab
05The Body Electric tabbass tab
06Kid Gloves tabbass tab
07Red Lenses tabbass tab
08Between the Wheels tabbass tab

 

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