War Paint Rush
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 00:06:04 -0700 (MST)
From: "Anthony John Zimmermann"
Rush
War Paint
Presto
Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart
Transcribed by Tony Zimmermann,
Comments welcome
Electric Guitar 4 x
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[G] [Cadd9] [D] [Cadd9]
[(Cadd9)]Girl before the mirror
appraises her disguise
[G]child become a mother
tries to fix her eyes
[Cadd9]no more of his excuses
it has to be today...[Cadd9].
[G]she can keep her fantasy
if she can get away
Paint her name....
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Wounded pride....
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All puffed up with vanity...
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Cadd9 (let ring)...
(Cadd9) (overdub palm mute quarter notes)
boy before the mirror
w/Lead Fig. 1 (Below)
checks his camouflage
[G]polishes his armor
F G G F F = 133211
and the charger in the garage...
C F5/C F5/C C = 355xxx
no more lame excuses... F5/C = x3356x
C w/Lead Fig. 2 (Below)
it has to be tonight
[G]he can take the princess
[F]if[G] he can take the fight
Lead Fig. 1 Lead Fig. 2
------------------------3----|----------------------------------------3-| ---0--------------------3----|----------------------------------------3-| --(2)-(2)--0---------0--0----|----------------------------------------0-| ---F--rel------0-H-2----0----|--------0-2-P-0-3-P-0-2-P-0-------------0-| ------------------------2----|--0-2-3---------------------3-P-0-2-P-0-2-| ------------------------3----|----------------------------------------3-|
Opening chords, with acoustic playing palm-muted quarter notes:
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[D] [D] [D] [D]
[Cadd9]
[ G5: 355xxx ]
[ F5: 133xxx ]
[ C5: x355xx ]
[ F5/C:x3356x ]
[ rbytbm bere is eigbtb, quarter, eigbtb repeated ]
[C5]. - . . - . . - . . -
boys and girls together
mistake conceit for pride..[F5/C]...[C5]
[G5]-ambition for illusion[F5] [G5] [F5] [G5]
[(G5)]-dreams for self-delusion...[F].. [similar next stanza]
paint it black.... [solo]
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Harmonizer up a fifth Harmonizer off
-(19)~(19)~(19)~(19)--------------------------------------------------| ---H---rel---H---rel--------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------17--19--17------17------------------------| ------------------------19--------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------19------19--------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| -(19)~(19)~(19)~(19)---------------------------------------------------| ---H---rel---H---rel------------------18-P-15--------------------------| ----------------------15-H-17-17-P-15---------17----19----17---12--5~~-| -------------------------------------------------/17---/15--/10--------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
Include eighth note palm mute power chords on electric guitar:
[G5] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[F5]Bb5[/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [x133xx]
[C5] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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