Rush: Countdown From the album Signals (Mercury Records) Copyright 1982 Core Music Publishing Music by Lee and Lifeson Lyrics by Peart Comments/corrections to Rich Soto Transcribed by Rich Soto This song is a favorite of mine. It has all sorts of time changes. I've noticed in the song's video that Alex plays an E5 chord as the openning chord. However, that isn't what's on the actual recording so I use the E7sus4th just as it was originally recorded. 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Play 2x Play Rhy.3 repeating/fade