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  "Working Man" by Rush
  Tabbed by Jeff Blank (jfblank@picard.infonet.net)
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  /   Slide up
     Slide down
  (0) Ghost/grace note
  
  Intro/verse: (repeat several times)
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  -(2)-2--(2)-2----------(2)-2--(2)-2------------
  -(2)-2--(2)-2----5-----(2)-2--(2)-2----3--3h5- <-- Sometimes, the hammer
  -(0)-0--(0)-0--0---5--(0)-0--(0)-0--0---------     is a slide
   ^^^
   Omit this chord the first time at the very beginning of the song.
  
  
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  -2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0------------------------
  ---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---5---5---7--0-5/7--
  ---------------------------------3---3---5---0--------
                          "They call me the working man
                                            I guess that's what I am"
  
  
  Song: Working Man
  Artist: Rush
  Album: Rush
  
  Tab by: Janss Adams
   I saw the tab for this song already posted and I checked it out. . I have a few more things to add.
  
  Main riff:
  This riff is pretty easy. . .this is how I play it. . .(Heavy on the distortion)
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  --1--1-1-1--------1--1-1-1--------
  --2--2-2-2--------2--2-2-2-----_--
  --2--2-2-2--5-----2--2-2-2--3-3-5
  --0--0-0-0----5---0--0-0-0--------
  
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  --7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5-------5---5---7---7-
  ----7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---3---3---5---0---
  
  
  Solo 1- I think it's pretty accurate
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  -1>(5)-5~-5>(7)-7~-7-8~-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5------_------------------
  ---------------------------------------7---7-6-7-6-4--------_------
  ------------------------------------------------------5-7-5-7-5----
  -----------------------------------------------------------------7--
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------10-
  ------------------------------------------_---------8-10!-10!-10!---
  ------------_---------_----------------7-9-7---7-9-----------------
  --5-7!-5-7-7-5---5-7-7-5-----_--5-7>9-------9---------------------
  ---------------7----------7--5-7-----------------------------------
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  --10-----10----_-------------------------------_--------------
  ------10!----10!-8--8---8-10!-8---8--12!--10!-10!-8---10-8-----
  ------------------9--9---------9-------------------9------7-9-
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------_----------_-------_-----------------------------
  ---_--7-9!---9!-9!-9-7---7-9!-9!-7---9-9-7--7-----------_----_------
  --7-9-----------------9----------9-------9---9-8-7-5-7-5--7-5-----
  ----------------------------------------------------------7----7-5~~
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  I couldn't transcribe the rest of the solos to my satisfaction, so I left them out.  The only other part of the song I know is the following. . .
  
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  -------_----------_-------------------------_---------_------------
  --7-7-7-5---7-7-7-5---7-5---5~~--7-5-7-7-7-5---7-7-7-5--7-5---5~
  ----------7----------7-----7-------------------7---------5-----7---
  
  ----------_----------_---------3~----------_----------_---------3~
  -----5-5-5-3---5-5-5-3--5-3------5-3-5-5-5-3---5-5-5-3--5-3-----
  -------------4---------4-----4-----------------4---------4----4----
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  -7-5----------------------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  
                           _
  --0-3-5-5!-5!-5-3---5-3-------3-----------
  ------------------5-----5-3-5--5-3-0-3-5!
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  --7-7-7-7-5---5~--5--5------------------
  -------------7----------7-5-3~--3-5-3-0-
  
  Key-
  ~ vibrato
  !  bend
  _  hammer on or pull off
  > slide up
  
  That's it. . .
  Any questions?. . .Janss- ubeads@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu

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