RUSH - "War Paint" Tablature

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
---3----3---------3----3----------2----2-----------||-----3-----------
---3----3---------3----3----------3----3-----------||-----3-----------
---0----0---------0----0----------2----2---------*-||-----0-----------
---0----0---------2----2----------0----0---------*-||-----2-----------
---2----2---------3----3---------------------------||-----3-----------
---3----3------------------------------------------||-----------------
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

Cadd9
it has to be today....

G
she can keep her fantasy

if she can get away



Paint her name....
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---------0--2----0-------------0--2----0--------------5-------5-------
------4-------------4-------4-------------4---------5---5---5-----3---
---5-------------------5---------------------5----3---------------3-%-
------------------------------------------------------------------1---

Wounded pride....
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---------0--2----0----------------0--2----0-------------5-------5-----
------4-------------4----------4-------------4--------5---5---5---3---
---5------------------------5-------------------5---3-------------3-%-
------------------------------------------------------------------1---

All puffed up with vanity...
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-----------0------------------0-----------------0--------------0------
--------5------5-----------3-----3------------3---3----------5---5----
-----5------------5-----3-----------3-------5-------5------7-------7--
--3------------------1-----------------1--6-----------6--8-----------8


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 G
if 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 ]
[ rhythm here is eighth, quarter, eighth repeated ]

C5
. - . . - . . - . . -
boys and girls together
F5/C C5
mistake conceit for pride.....

G5 F5 G5 F5 G5
-ambition for illusion
(G5) F
-dreams for self-delusion..... [similar next stanza]



paint it black.... [solo]
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--12--12--------------12--13--15----13---12--13--15-(15)-(15)---------
--12--12----------------------------------------------F--rel.------
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---------------------------------------------------------------Harm.--
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-(14)-(14)-(14)-(14)--12----------------------------------------------
---H--rel.---H--rel.-----15--12-------------------------15-P-12-------
---------------------------------14-------------12-H-14---------14----
----------------------------------------12-H-14-----------------------
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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--------------------
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-(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-------
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Outro:
Include eighth note palm mute power chords on electric guitar:
G5 / / / / / / /
F5 / / / / / / /
Bb5/ / / / / / / [x133xx]
C5 / / / / / / /