Learn and Play Music: By Tor And The Snow Dog guitar tab - Rush tabs

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  From jimmy@walrus.com Sun May  4 09:48:16 1997
  Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 17:30:48 -0400 (EDT)
  From: Jimmy Pena 
  To: shpank@beachin.net, guitar@olga.net, jstryk@wt.net
  Subject: TAB: 'By-Tor and The Snow Dog' by Rush
  
  Rush - By-Tor & The Snow Dog
  
          From the CD 'Fly By Night'
                  Written by Lee/Lifeson/Peart
                  Mercury/Polygram Records 822542-2
  
          This tab is not 100% correct. Feel free to fix it. Standard
  tuning [EADGBe] (low to high). The key signature is D, but it appears to
  change to E in the middle, then back to D at the Epilogue. Yes the tab
  has gotten messier but I think it's also gotten more accurate.
  
  Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com
  
  | = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
  ~ = vibrato or held note
  x = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
  h = hammer on
  p = pull off
  s = slide
  b = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
  r = release bend to indicated string/fret
  / = slide up from infinity
   = slide down into infinity
  
  Chord legend:
  
  G   : [320033]
  D   : [xx0232]
  A   : [x0222x]
  E   : [022100]
  C   : [x3555x]
  F   : [133211]
  B   : [x2444x]
  F/A : [x03211]
  
  Progression:
  
  [At the Tobes of Hades:]
  
        G        D      A     D          D      A       D  A
  The tobes of Hades lit by flickering torch light.
  
        G      D        A        D      D    A   E
  The nether world is gathered in the glare.
  
         G        D          A   D        D     A      D  A
  Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the north light.
  
        G      D      A      D         D  A  E
  The sign of Eth is rising in the air.
  
    C   F  G                  F     G   D      C   F    G
  By-Tor,         Knight of darkness,      centurion of evil,
  
  F    G       D
       devil's prince.
  
  
  [Across the Styx:]
  
    G         D     A        D        D    A      D  A
  Across the River Styx, out of the lamp light.
  
       G   D       A       D     D    A  E
  His Nemesis is waiting at the gate.
  
       G         D       A      D      D     A    D  A
  The Snow Dog, ermine glowing in the damp night.
  
   G           D    A     D           D  A  E
  Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate.
  
    C   F  G                F    G   D     C     F      G
  By-Tor,         and the Snow Dog,      square for battle,
  
   F        G    D
  Let the fray begin.
  
  ----
  
          Here is part of the middle section. I put the time down so you
  can figure out where I am.
  
  
    1:11                   1:17                  1:23
     E~   A B B G~   D E E  E~   A B B G~  D E E  A~
  
   1:26        1:29 1:32          1:35          1:38
    C  G  C  G  A~   C  G  C  G    D  E  D  E    C  F/A  C  F/A
  
  1:41                      1:47
    D  B  D  B   D  B  D  B  E~
  
  
  [Guitar and effects for about 1:00]
  
  Then there are a few E and D chords:
  
    2:55  2:58  3:01  3:04
     E     D     E     D
  
        G
  e:---------------------------------------------------|
  B:--------8-9------8-9------8-9-8------------------|
  G:o-----7---------7---------7-------9-8-7-----------o|
  D:o---9---------9---------9---------------9-7-6~~---o|
  A:---------------------------------------------------|
  E:---------------------------------------------------|
  
          There is another part in here but I just can't figure it out. It
  sounds like the previous pattern but played higher up and with some
  hammer-ons and pull-offs.
  
  e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  G:o-----5-6-7-----5-6-7----5-6-7-6-5-------------------------o|
  D:o---7----------7---------7------------7-6-5------------------o|
  A:--------------------------------------------7-6~--------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:--------------------------------5--8--5-----------------------|
  G:o-----5-6-7-----5-6-7----5-6-7---------7-6-5---------------o|
  D:o---7----------7---------7---------------------7~------------o|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  Stop and start E with drum fills:
  
  e:-----------------------------------------------------------|
  B:-----------------------------------------------------------|
  G:o----9--9-----9--9--------9--9-----9--9-------------------o|
  D:o----9--9-----9--9--------9--9-----9--9-------------------o|
  A:-----7--7-----7--7--------7--7-----7--7--------------------|
  E:--0--------0--------0--0--------0--------0-----------------|
  
  Every note is gradually swelled via volume control:
  
  e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:---8--10--13-----10~----8-10~--------8--10----8~--------------|
  G:-7--------------------7---------7~----------7-----------------|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:-7--8---------------------------------------------------------|
  B:---------8~------7~-------7~--8~------12~---10~---7~----------|
  G:-------------7~------7~---6~--7~------14~------------6~--7~---|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:---------------------------------(0)--------------------------|
  
  e:-------|------------------------------------|
  B:-7~----|------8~---7~-----------8~--7~------|
  G:-------|o-9~--9~---7~--7~---9~--9~--7~-----o|
  D:-------|o-9~-----------9~---9~-------------o|
  A:-------|------------------------------------|
  E:----0~-|-------------------------------0~---|
  
  Full volume:
  
  e:-------------10-----------------------------------------------|
  B:-----10b12~~~~~~~~12r10----8-10-8--5~--8b10r8--5~-------------|
  G:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:-----------10-11-12--15b17r15---10h12p10--12---12--12--12---|
  B:-10-11-12-----------------------------------------------------|
  G:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:-12--10---/17--15-12p11p10--12-12--12--10--------------------|
  B:-------------------------------------------12p11p10--9--------|
  G:-------------------------------------------------------12-----|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:------------------------------8-9-10-10-10-8-----------------|
  G:-7-8-9--12--12b14r12s9-----9---------------------------------|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:-----8--10b12r10--10-10-10--10b12r10---8----------------------|
  G:-7-9--------------------------------------9-------------------|
  D:-----------------------------------------------7--5----------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  G:-----------------8---8h9~--9--9h11--11b12---11b12---11b12-----|
  D:---5-5-5h7-7-7s9----------------------------------------------|
  A:-7------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:------------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:------------------------10-10--------------9h10p9--9h10p9--9h10p9-|
  G:-11b12p9----9-11-11--11-------9h11--9-7-7------------------------|
  D:------------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:-15b16---13--10h12p10--------------10-------------------------|
  B:-----------------------8~---10b12~~~~~~12r10-----10b12~~~-----|
  G:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:-10-8-10-10---5---5--8---------------------------------------|
  G:----------------8---------------------------------------------|
  D:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  Then play:
  
  e:----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
  B:----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
  G:----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
  D:--5-5-6-7---5-5-6-7---5-5-6-7-6-5-------|--5-5-6-7---5-5-6-7-------|
  A:----------------------------------7~----|--------------------------|
  E:----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
  
  e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  D:--5-5-6-7-6-5-6-5--------------------------------------------------|
  A:------------------7-----------------------------------------------|
  E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  
  [Epilogue:]
  
       G        D      A      D      D   A     D  A
  The battle's over and the dust is clearing.
  
      G      D       A        D        D     A   E
  Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell.
  
      G      D       A     D       D   A    D  A
  Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing.
  
   G      D     A      D          D   A   E
  By-Tor in defeat retreats to hell.
  
   C      F   G          F    G  D
  Snow Dog       is victorious!
  
       C       F      G       F      G     D
  The land of the Overworld     is saved again,
  
   F      G     D
     is saved again,
  
  
       F       G          D
  e:------------------|---2---------------------------------------|
  B:-------1-------3--|---3--------7------------------------------|
  G:-----2-------4----|---2---or---7------------------------------|
  D:---3-------5------|---0--------7------------------------------|
  A:------------------|------------5------------------------------|
  E:------------------|-------------------------------------------|
  
  Repeat whole thing twice
  Then repeat first half twice, then whole thing again one last time

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