Rush: Virtuality From the album Test for Echo (Atlantic Records) Copyright 1993 Core Music Publishing Music by Lee and Lifeson Lyrics by Peart Transcribed by Matt Rasmussen Guitar I w/heavy distortion & chorus Intro Riff A ~~~ w/bar |-------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------- |*------------------------------------------------- |*------------P-------P-----------------P---------- |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--------- |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5---3--- End Riff A ~~~ w/bar -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------7--*| -------------P-------P-----------------P---6--*| ------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--7---| ---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-----------| Verse 1 "Like a ship wrecked mariner...." Riff B ~~~ |-------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------- |*------------------------------------------------- |*------------P-------P-----------------P---------- |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--------- |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5---3--- End Riff B ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------8---7---| -------------P-------P-----------------P---7---6---| ------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--8---7---| ---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4---------------| Guitar I Riff C End Riff C N.H.............................................................] |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*| |*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*| |--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------| |--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------| "I’m a castaway........" N.H.............................................................] |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |*----------------------------------------------------(5)-------(5)--*| |*------------------------(5)-------------------------(5)--(5)--(5)--*| |--------------------(5)-------------------------(5)-------(5)--------| |--(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)------------(5)--(5)-(5)-(4)-----------------------| Chorus w/Guitar II (acoustic) playing the same thing "Net boy Net girl......." Riff D |-------------------------------- |-------------------------------- |*---------5--------------------- |*--2------5------5------7---5--- |---2------3------5------7---5--- |---0-------------3------5---3--- "Let your fingers walk and...." End Riff D ------------------------2--3-2--| ------------------------3--3-3--| ----------5-------------2--2-2-*| ---2------5------5------0--0-0-*| ---2------3------5--------------| ---0-------------3--------------| Guitar III "I can save the universe in a ..." Riff E End Riff E N.H...................................................] |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--5-5-5-5-4-4-3-3-2.4-2.4-2-2-2.4-2.4-3-3-4-4-5-5-5-5---| Bridge "Let’s dance tonight....." Riff F |------------------------------------- |------------------------------------- |*------------------------------------ |*--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--- |---3/5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--- |------------------------------------- End Riff F ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| --------------------------------*| ---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*| ---5-3-3-5---5-3-3-0---0-3-3/5---| ---------------------------------| Solo (play twice) ~~~ |-------------------------------------------10\- |-----------9-----10-----------9-----10--------- |---9--9-9-----9-------9--9-9-----9------9------ |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- ~~~ -----------------------------------------------| --------9-----10------------9-----10-----9B\---| 9--9-9-----9--------9--9-9-----9------9--------| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| 2nd time. ---0---0--0---| ---3---3--3---| ---2---2--2---| ---0---0--0---| --------------| --------------| Outro Riff G |-------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------8-8-7--- |-------------P-------P-----------------P--7-7-6--- |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0-8-8-7--- |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-------------- -----------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------7---| -------------P-------P-----------------P---6---| ------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0--7---| ---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4-----------| |------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------8-8-7-- |-------------P-------P-----------------P--7-7-6-- |------------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0-8-8-7-- |---0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------------- End Riff G w/echo repeat ~~~ --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| ----------P-------P-----------------P-------------------| ---------3-0-----5-0---7-----------3-0------------------| 0--3--4------3/5-----6----0--3--4------5--3-----5---3---| Ok here are the riffs with the music: Intro: Riff A Riff B Like a shipwrecked mariner adrift on an unknow sea Clinging to the wreckage of the lost ship Fantasy Riff C I'm a castaway stranded in a desolate land I can see the footprints in the virtual sand RIff A Riff D Net boy, net girl Send your signal round the world Let your fingers walk and talk and set you free Riff D Net boy, net girl Send your message round the world Put your message in a modem and throw it in the Cyber Sea Riff A Riff B Astronauts in weightlessness of pixellated space Exchange graffiti with a disembodied race Riff C and Riff E I can save the universe in a grain of sand I can hold the future in my virtual hand Riff D Net boy, net girl Send your signal round the world Let your fingers walk and talk and set you free Riff D Net boy, net girl Send your message round the world Put your message in a modem and throw it in the Cyber Sea Bridge Riff F Let's dance tonight to a virtual song Press this key and you can play along Riff F Let's fly tonight On our virtual wings Press this key to see amazing things Solo Riff A Riff B Like a pair of vagabonds who wave between to passing trains Or the glimpse of a woman's smile through a window in the rain Riff C and Riff E I can smell her perfume, I can taste her lips I can feel the voltage from her fingertips Riff D Net boy, net girl Send your signal round the world Let your fingers walk and talk and set you free Riff D Net boy, net girl Send your heartbeat round the world Put your message in a modem and throw it in the Cyber Sea Outro:Riff G P = pull off B = bend \ = slide down / = slide up ~~~ = vibrato N.H. = Natural Harmonic