Seven Cities of Gold Tabs & Lyrics by Rush
Seven Cities of Gold
guitar tabs lyrics
Rush - Seven Cities of Gold
Clockwork Angels
This is a first draft, and some of the chords aren't quite right.
Please send corrections/additions to
thegrandexaltedlordtim at dot
Thanks!
Opening blues lead
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|----5-7-8^(1/2)-5^(1/2)--5----|----------------------------------|
|-5s7-------------------7---7--|--5-7-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|7-----7-5-3-5-3v------------------|
Verse
The second chord is sometimes strummed to accent the drums
"A man can lose his past, in a country like this.."
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|----------2-------------------|
|7---------2-------------------|
|7---------2-------------------|
|5---------0-------------------|
|5-----------------------------|
"Wandering aimless, parched and nameless.."
Can strum the G in sections ala "Witch Hunt"s opening riff
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|----------(3)-------------------|
|6----------4--------------------|
|6----------5--------------------|
|4----------5--------------------|
|4----------3--------------------|
"Searching through a grim eternity
Sculpted by a prehistoric sea"
Strum Strum
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|5--------------7----------------|
|5--------------7----------------|
|3--------------5----------------|
|3--------------5----------------|
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Chorus:
"Seven cities of gold" x2
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|---------0-------------------------------------|
|---------1----Slowly play the full chord-------|
|---------2-------------------------------------|
|7--5--2--2-------------------------------------|
|5--3--0--0-------------------------------------|
"A splendid mirage in this desolation" x2
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|7-------5-------10----------|
|5-------3-------8-----------|
"Seven cities of gold" x1
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|7-------5-------2---------|
|5-------3-------0---------|
"Glowing in my dreams, like hallucinations" x1
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|7--------------5--------------10--------------|
|5--------------3--------------8---------------|
"Glitt-er-in-the-sun-like-a-rev-a-la-tion"
Strum these in 8ths (match the vocals)
|5--3--0-------------------------|
|5--3--0-------------------------|
|6--4--1-------------------------|
|7--5--2-------------------------|
|7--5--2-------------------------|
|5--3--0-------------------------|
Later on, the chorus gets some kind of flange/chorus added on
Not tabbed:
The beginning/breakdown/ending 'fuzzy/hissy' parts
Cheers!