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DISTANT EARLY WARNING
As recorded by Rush
(From the 1984 Album GRACE UNDER PRESSURE (MERCURY 314 534 634-2))
Words by PeartMusic by Lee and Lifeson
Arranged by Rush
Transcribed by Richard J. Soto hrhkinglerxst@comcast.net
Last Updated: 2002-11-25
Am11 Csus2 Gsus2 Am7
x 0 5 5 3 3 x 3 5 5 3 3 x 10 12 12 10 10 x 0 5 5 8 5
Gsus2add11/A Am6 Am DmV
x x 7 5 8 5 x x 7 5 7 5 x x 7 5 5 5 x 5 7 7 6 5
CIII Dm(type 2) FVIII GX
x 3 5 5 5 x x 5 7 7 6 x x 8 10 10 10 x x 10 12 12 12 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Main Guitar1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Muted Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Solo'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=150
Am11 Csus2
4/4
Gtr I
W W +W +H +Q +E E
|----------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)--(3)-3--|
|----------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)--(3)-3--|
|----------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-5--|
|----------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-5--|
|----------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)-3--|
|----------|----------|------------|--------------------|
Gsus2 Am11
+W +H +Q +E E +W +H +Q +E E
|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-(10)----(10)--(10)-3-|
|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-(10)----(10)--(10)-3-|
|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-12-|-(12)--------|-(12)----(12)--(12)-5-|
|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-12-|-(12)--------|-(12)----(12)--(12)-5-|
|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-(10)----(10)--(10)-0-|
|------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|
Csus2 Gsus2
Gtrs I, II Gtr I Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM----------| PM---------------|
+W E E E E E E E E +W E E E E E E E E
|-(3)--------|---------------3-|-(3)--------|----------------------10-|
|-(3)--------|---------------3-|-(3)--------|----------------------10-|
|-(5)--------|---------------5-|-(5)--------|----------------------12-|
|-(5)--------|-----5---------5-|-(5)--------|-------12-------------12-|
|-(0)--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)--------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------------|
Am7
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM----------|
+W E E E E E E E E +W
|-(10)--------|---------------5-|-(5)----||
|-(10)--------|---------------8-|-(8)----||
|-(12)--------|---------------5-|-(5)----||
|-(12)--------|-----7---------7-|-(7)----||
|-(10)--------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)----||
|-------------|-----------------|--------||
Pre-Chorus
Double Time E=300
GsuAm6Am11/A F G F G
7/8 5/8 7/8
Q Q Q. 4x E +E +E q E +E +E E E q
||--5--5--5-----||-||--1-(1)-(1)-3--|-1-(1)-(1)-3---3---||
||o-8--7--5----o||-||o-1-(1)-(1)-3--|-1-(1)-(1)-3---3--o||
||--5--5--5-----||-||--2-(2)-(2)-4--|-2-(2)-(2)-4---4---||
||--7--7--7-----||-||--3-(3)-(3)-5--|-3-(3)-(3)-5---5---||
||o------------o||-||o-3-(3)-(3)-5--|-3-(3)-(3)-5---5--o||
||--------------||-||--1-(1)-(1)-3--|-1-(1)-(1)-3---3---||
Verse
Moderately Fast Rock Q=150
Am11 Csus2
4/4
W +W +H +Q +E E +W
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)--(3)-3-|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)--(3)-3-|-(3)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-5-|-(5)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-5-|-(5)----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)-3-|-(3)----|
|----------|------------|-------------------|--------|
Gsus2 Am11
+H +Q +E E +W +H +Q +E E +W
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-(10)----(10)--(10)-3-|-(3)----|
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-(10)----(10)--(10)-3-|-(3)----|
|-(5)----(5)--(5)-12-|-(12)--------|-(12)----(12)--(12)-5-|-(5)----|
|-(5)----(5)--(5)-12-|-(12)--------|-(12)----(12)--(12)-5-|-(5)----|
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-(10)----(10)--(10)-0-|-(0)----|
|--------------------|-------------|----------------------|--------|
G/B
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM----------|
+H +Q +E E +W E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E Q
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-7-|-(7)--------|---------------3-|-(3)--(3)-------3--|
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-8-|-(8)--------|---------------3-|-(3)--(3)----------|
|-(5)----(5)--(5)-7-|-(7)--------|---------5-5-5-5-|-(5)--(5)---5-5----|
|-(5)----(5)--(5)-9-|-(9)--------|-----5-5-------5-|-(5)---5--5--------|
|-(0)----(0)--(0)---|------------|-0-0-------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM----------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------3-|-(3)--------------|
|---------------3-|-(3)-3-3-3-----3--|
|---------5-5---5-|-(5)-------5-5----|
|-----5-5-----5---|------------------|
|-3-3-------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM---------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|----------------------10-|-(10)--------------------|
|----------------------10-|-(10)----10-10-------10--|
|-------------12-12----12-|-(12)-12-------12--------|
|-------12-12-------12-12-|-(12)-------------12-----|
|-10-10-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM----------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------5-|-(5)-(5)-----5------||
|---------------8-|-(8)-(8)-8-------8--||
|---------5-5---5-|-(5)--5----5---5----||
|-----5-5-----5---|--------------------||
|-0-0-------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Double Time E=300
$
$$
GsuAm6Am11/A F G F G
7/8 5/8 7/8
Q Q Q. 4x E E E q E E E E E q
||--5--5--5-----||-||--1-1-1-3--|-1-1-1-3---3---||
||o-8--7--5----o||-||o-1-1-1-3--|-1-1-1-3---3--o||
||--5--5--5-----||-||--2-2-2-4--|-2-2-2-4---4---||
||--7--7--7-----||-||--3-3-3-5--|-3-3-3-5---5---||
||o------------o||-||o-3-3-3-5--|-3-3-3-5---5--o||
||--------------||-||--1---1-3--|-1---1-3---3---||
Chorus
Dm C Dm F G Dm
4/4
Gtrs I, III Gtr I Gtrs I, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. H E
|-----------5-----|-----------------|-------5-------1-|-(1)---3-------|
|-6---------6---5-|-----------5---6-|---6-----6p5-6-1-|-(1)---3----6--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|-----7---------2-|-(2)---4----7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-----5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|---------------3-|-(3)---5----7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----3-|---3-3-3-3-----5-|---------------3-|-(3)---5----5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-|-(1)---3-------|
Dm C Dm F G Dm
Gtr I Gtrs I, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q. H E
|-----------5-----|---------------5-|---------5----1-|-(1)---3----5-|
|-----------6---5-|-----------5---6-|-------6------1-|-(1)---3----6-|
|---7-7-7-7-7---5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|-----7--------2-|-(2)---4----7-|
|---7-7-7-7-----5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|---7----------3-|-(3)---5----7-|
|---5-5-5-5-----3-|---3-3-3-3-----5-|--------------3-|-(3)---5----5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------1-|-(1)---3------|
Dm C Dm F G Dm
Gtr I Gtrs I, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. H E
|-----------5-----|---------------5-|-------5-------1-|-(1)---3----5-|
|-----------6---5-|-----------5---6-|---6-----6p5-6-1-|-(1)---3----6-|
|---7-7-7-7-7---5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|-----7---------2-|-(2)---4----7-|
|---7-7-7-7-----5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|---------------3-|-(3)---5----7-|
|---5-5-5-5-----3-|---3-3-3-3-----5-|---------------3-|-(3)---5----5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------1-|-(1)---3------|
To Coda
To Coda
Dm C Dm F G Am7/G
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q. H E
|-----------5-----|-----------------|---------5----1-|-(1)---3----5-||
|-----------6---5-|-----------5---6-|-------6------1-|-(1)---3----8-||
|---7-7-7-7-7---5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|-----7--------2-|-(2)---4----5-||
|---7-7-7-7-----5-|---5-5-5-5-5---7-|---7----------3-|-(3)---5----5-||
|---5-5-5-5-----3-|---3-3-3-3-----5-|--------------3-|-(3)---5------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------1-|-(1)---3------||
Verse
Moderately Fast Rock Q=150
Csus2
+W +W +H +Q +E E +W
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-3-|-(3)----|
|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)----(8)--(8)-3-|-(3)----|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-5-|-(5)----|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)--(5)-5-|-(5)----|
|------------|------------|-----------------3-|-(3)----|
|------------|------------|-------------------|--------|
Gsus2
+H +Q +E E +W E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|---------------3-|-(3)--3-3---------|
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-------------3-3-|-(3)------3-3-----|
|-(5)----(5)--(5)-12-|-(12)--------|---------5-5---5-|-(5)----------5---|
|-(5)----(5)--(5)-12-|-(12)--------|-----5-5-------5-|-(5)--------------|
|-(3)----(3)--(3)-10-|-(10)--------|-0-0-------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
Csus2
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------3-|-(3)-3-------------|
|---------------3-|-(3)---3-3---------|
|---------5-5---5-|-(5)-------5-5-4---|
|-----5-5-----5-5-|-(5)---------------|
|-3-3-----------3-|-(3)---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
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E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|--------------------10-|-(10)-------------------|
|-0------------------10-|-(10)--13-13-10-10------|
|---0-------10-10-------|-------------------10---|
|-----12-12-------12----|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
Am7/G
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------5-|-(5)--------------|---------------7-|-(7)----------------|
|---------------8-|-(8)--8-8---------|---------8-8---8-|-(8)------8-----8---|
|---------5-5---5-|-(5)------7-7-5---|-----7-7-----7-7-|-(7)----7-----7-----|
|-----5-5-----5-5-|-(5)--------------|-9-9-------------|-----10-----9-------|
|-0-0-------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Q Q Q E E +E Q Q E Q Q Q E Q E +E Q Q E E E
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|--------3--------|
|-------8------|-------------8\--|-------3------|-----3-----------|
|----5-----5-7-|-(7)-5-----5-----|----5----5--4-|-(4)-------5-4---|
|-5------------|--------5--------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-3------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
E E Q E Q E +E Q Q Q +E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------10-----13-|-(13)-12--10-----------|
|-------10-----10-----|--------------10--(10)-|
|----12---------------|-----------------------|
|-10------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E Q Q E E +Q +E Q E Q
|---------------|------------------||
|--------8----7-|-(7)--(7)-5-------||
|-----5-----7---|-------------5----||
|---7-----------|---------------7--||
|-0-------------|------------------||
|---------------|------------------||
Bridge
&
F G
Q. H E +E E E E Q E E
|-(1)---3------||-------5---5--5---|
|-(1)---3------||---------6--------|
|-(2)---4----7-||-(7)-7----------5-|
|-(3)---5----7-||-(7)------------5-|
|-(3)---5----5-||-(5)------------3-|
|-(1)---3------||------------------|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +Q. H E
|------------------|-----------------8-|--(8)---5------|
|-------5---5--5---|-------6---6--6--8-|--(8)---8------|
|-(5)-5---5------7-|-(7)-7---7------10-|-(10)---5----7-|
|-(5)------------7-|-(7)------------10-|-(10)---7----7-|
|-(3)------------5-|-(5)-------------8-|--(8)--------5-|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------|
+E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +Q. E +H
|-------5---5--5---|------------------|-----------------8-|--(8)---5-(5)----||
|---------6--------|-------5---5--5---|-------6---6--6--8-|--(8)---8-(8)----||
|-(7)-7----------5-|-(5)-5---5------7-|-(7)-7---7------10-|-(10)---5-(5)----||
|-(7)------------5-|-(5)------------7-|-(7)------------10-|-(10)---7-(7)----||
|-(5)------------3-|-(3)------------5-|-(5)-------------8-|--(8)------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, III, IV
~ ~ ~~~
q q E E Q q q E E Q q e. S E E Q q q E E Q
|-5------------|-5------------|-5----------------|-5-------------|
|----8--6-5----|----8--6-5----|----8--6-6-5------|----8--6-5-----|
|-----------7--|-----------7--|-------------[7]--|-----------7/--|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|
E S S E S S E E E E S S S S E S S E E E E
|-13-12-12-12-------------------|-13-13-13-13-12-------------------|
|-------------15-15-15-13-12----|----------------15-15-15-13-12----|
|----------------------------14-|-------------------------------14-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S E S S E E E E S S S S E S S E E e E
|-13-13-13-13-12-------------------|-13-13-13-13-12------------------||
|----------------15-15-15-13-12----|----------------15-15-15-13-12-5-||
|-------------------------------14-|-------------------------------5-||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E +E Q E E E q
|-------------5-----|-5----------------|--------3-------|----------3------|
|-(5)-----------8---|-----8-8-8-7-5h7\-|----------3-----|--------3---3----|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-----5-|---5--------------|-5-5-5--------4-|-(4)-4-----------|
|-------------------|------------------|-5-5-5------5---|--------------5--|
|-------------------|------------------|-3---3----------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E Q E E E E +E Q Q E E E
|----------10----------|----------------------|
|------10-----10----12-|-(12)-12--13--12-10---|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---12-----------12----|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------0-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E E Q Q +E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------5-|---5---5-5-5-5--||
|--------8--(8)-7-|---7---8-8-8-8--||
|-----5---------5-|---5---5-5-5-5--||
|---7-------------|----------------||
|-0---------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
GsuAm6Am11/A F G Dm
7/8 4/4
Q Q Q. 4x Q. S S Q. E
||--5--5--5-----||-|-1----3-3-3------||
||o-8--7--5----o||-|-1----3-3-3----6-||
||--5--5--5-----||-|-2----4-4-4----7-||
||--7--7--7-----||-|-3----5-5-5----7-||
||o------------o||-|------5-5------5-||
||--------------||-|------3----------||
Outro
DmV CIII Dm(type 2) F G
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
W W W E E E E E E q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3-5-5---5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
DmV CIII Dm(type 2) FVIII GX
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Dm(type 2) CIII
E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E S S E S S Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
Dm(type 2) FVIII GX
E S S E S S E S S Q E E E S S E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
DmV
q H. +W +W +W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W W W
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------*|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------*|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------*|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------*|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------*|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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