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Rush - In the Mood

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IN THE MOOD
As recorded by Rush
(From the 1974 Album RUSH)
Words and Music by Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee
C5 D5 A E
x 3 5 5 x x x 5 7 7 x x 5 7 7 6 x x 0 2 2 1 0 0
G E5 Aopen
3 5 5 4 x x 0 7 9 9 x x x 0 2 2 2 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson Lead'
Intro
Q=130
(A)
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2---2--|| ||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---2--|| ||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-0-o|| ||------------------|------------------||

Verse
$
(A)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-||------------------|------------------| |-||o-----------------|------------------| |-||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2------| |-||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---4--| |-||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-2--| |-||------------------|------------------|

C5 D5 A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------| |-5-5---5-5-5---5-|---8S7-5-7-5-----|-7----7-7-7---7-|----------------| |-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|---8S7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7--9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7---7--------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7--------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-5-5-5-5--0-2-3-|

Chorus
(G) E D5 A G A
+E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H q Q E E Q Q. Q E E E
|-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)-----||--------------|---------------| |-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)----o||--------------|---------------| |-------0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)---1-(1)-----||-7--7---------|---------------| |-----0---------------|-------2-(2)-----||-7--7--7-7----|-5----7--------| |---------------------|-------2-(2)----o||-5--5--7-7----|-5----7--7-9-7-| |-(3)-----------------|-------0-(0)-----||-------5-5----|-3----5--7-9-7-|

D5 A E5 D5 A G A
q Q E E +E E +Q E E S S S +S E E q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------| |-----------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------| |-7--7----------9-|-(9)--------------------|-7--7---------|----------------| |-7--7--7-7-(7)-9-|-(9)--------------------|-7--7--7-7----|-5----7-7---7---| |-5--5--7-7-(7)-7-|-(7)------7h9p7-(7)---7-|-5--5--7-7----|-5----7-7-9-7---| |-------5-5-(5)-0-|-(0)--7-9-----------9---|-------5-5----|-3----5-5-5-5-0-|

To Coda D.S. al Coda
(G) E (G) E
E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E H
|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|-----------------0-|-(0)------0----|| |-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|-----------------0-|-(0)------0----|| |-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1-(1)-----|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1----|| |---0---------------|--------2-2-(2)-----|---0---------------|--------2-2----|| |-------------------|------2---2-(2)-----|-------------------|------2---2----|| |-3-----------------|----------0-(0)-0-2-|-3-----------------|----------0----||

Guitar Solo
&
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~
H Q E E +Q Q Q E E
|---------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------5---|-(5)----5-----5----5---5---| |-----------------7b9-|-(7)b9--7b9---7b9--7b9-7b9-| |---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------|

|
| Gtr I Gtr I
| E E E +E E E E E +Q E E H
|-----------------0---|-(0)----------0------------| |-----------------0---|-(0)----------0------------| |-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1---|-(1)----------1------------| |---0-----------------|------------2-2------------| |---------------------|--------2-----2------------| |-3-------------------|--------------0------------|

(A)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
E E E E E E S S S S E E E Q E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------| |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5h8p5---|-7-5-------------| |-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-------7-|-7-5-7-------5-7-| |---------------------------------|-----7-7---7-----| |---------------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------|

|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------2-----------|---5S4-2-4-2-----| |-2---2---4-----------2h==4---2---|---5S4-2-4-2---4-| |-0---0---0---3h==4-----------0---|-------------4-2-| |---------------------------------|-----------------|

C5 D5
~~~~~~~~ ~
Q Q S S S S E E +Q S S E E E a E S S S S E S S E E Q E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------| |-7b9---7b9r==7p5-----5---|-----------5-7-7pb8r7p5-5-5-|-7p5---------------5-| |-----------------7-----7-|-(7)---5h7------------------|-----7-7p5---5-7-----| |-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------7---------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|

|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------| |-5---5-----5-5---5-----5-|-----8S7---5-7-5------------|-7---------7-7-7---7-| |-5---5-7---5-5---5---7-5-|-----8S7---5-7-5------7-5---|-7-----9---7-7-7-9-7-| |-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3-|----------------------7-5---|-5-----5---5-5-5-5-5-| |-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|

A (G) E
~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Q S S E E E Q S S E E E S S E Q +Q E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------5--7--7-5-7b8==| |-------------------|-----------------------|------5-5--7--7-5-7b8==| |-7-------5---------|-----5----7--7p5-5-----|-----------------------| |-----5h7---5-7-----|-5s7---5-----------7---|-(7)-------------------| |---------------8---|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|
| E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H
|-------------------|---------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)----------| |-------------------|---------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)----------| |-------------------|-------0-(0)-4---3-2-1-|-(1)----1-(1)----------| |-7-7-----7---------|-----0-----------------|--------2-(2)----------| |-7-7-9---7---------|-----------------------|--------2-(2)----------| |-5-5-5---5---0-2-3-|-3---------------------|--------0-(0)----------|

(A)
+E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E
|------------------------------|---------------------------| |-(7)r(7)-5-7b8==(7)r(7)5-7b8==|=(7)r(7)5-7b8==(7)r(7)-5-5-| |-(7)r(7)-5-7b8==(7)r(7)5-7b8==|=(7)r(7)5-7b8==(7)r(7)-5-5-| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------|

|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------2--------|------5S4-2-----4---2------| |--2---2--4-----------2h4-2----|------5S4-2-----4---2----4-| |--0---0--0-3h====4-------0----|-----------------------4-2-| |------------------------------|---------------------------|

C5 D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----8---8---8---|------10-10----------| |-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7s9---9---9---9-|-9s11-------11s9-5---| |------------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |------------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|

|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |------------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |--5-5-----5---5-5-----5-|---8S7-5-7-5-----|-7--------7--7-7---7-| |--5-5---7-5---5-5---7-5-|---8S7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-----9--7--7-7-9-7-| |--3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|-------------7-5-|-5-----5--5--5-5-5-5-| |------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|

A (G) E
~ ~~~~~~~~
A E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E
|------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|| |-7s5-7-5----------|-5-7-7b8==(7)r7-5-----|--------------7b8==(7)r7--|| |-7s5-7-5------5-7-|-5-7-7b8==(7)r7-5-----|------5-7--5--7b8==(7)r7--|| |---------7--7-----|------------------7---|------5-7--5--------------|| |------------------|--------------------7-|-(7)----------------------|| |------------------|----------------------|--------------------------||

|
| E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H
|------------------|--------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)-------------|| |------------------|--------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)-------------|| |------------------|-----0----(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)----1-(1)-------------|| |---7-7---7--------|---0------------------|--------2-(2)-------------|| |---7-7-9-7--------|----------------------|--------2-(2)-------------|| |---5-5-5-5--0-2-3-|-3--------------------|--------0-(0)-------------||

Chorus
D5 A G A D5 A E5
Gtr I
q Q E E Q Q. Q E E E q Q E E +E E +Q E E S S S +S E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------| |--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------| |-7--7---------|---------------|-7--7----------9-|-(9)--------------------| |-7--7--7-7----|-5----7--------|-7--7--7-7-(7)-9-|-(9)--------------------| |-5--5--7-7----|-5----7--7-9-7-|-5--5--7-7-(7)-7-|-(7)------7h9p7-(7)---7-| |-------5-5----|-3----5--7-9-7-|-------5-5-(5)-0-|-(0)--7-9-----------9---|

D5 A G A (G) E
q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E +E E E
|--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----| |--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----| |-7--7---------|----------------|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1-(1)-----| |-7--7--7-7----|-5----7-7---7---|---0---------------|--------2-2-(2)-----| |-5--5--7-7----|-5----7-7-9-7---|-------------------|------2---2-(2)-----| |-------5-5----|-3----5-5-5-5-0-|-3-----------------|----------0-(0)-0-2-|

Intro Reprise
(G) E (A)
E E E +E E E E E +Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------0-|-(0)------0------||------------------|------------------|| |-----------------0-|-(0)------0------||o-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1--2---||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2---2--|| |---0---------------|--------2-2----2-||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---2--|| |-------------------|------2---2------||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-0-o|| |-3-----------------|----------0------||------------------|------------------||

Verse
(A) C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| ||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2-----|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|---8S7-5-7-5------| ||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---4-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|---8S7-5-7-5-7-5--| ||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------7-5--| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

D5 A (G) E
Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H
|----------------|----------------|-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)-----|| |----------------|----------------|-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)----o|| |-7----7-7-7---7-|----------------|-------0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)---1-(1)-----|| |-7--9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7---7--------|-----0---------------|-------2-(2)-----|| |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7--------|---------------------|-------2-(2)----o|| |----------------|-5-5-5-5--0-2-3-|-(3)-----------------|-------0-(0)-----||

Chorus
D5 A G A D5 A E5
q Q E E Q Q. Q E E E q Q E E +E E +Q E E S S S +S E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------| |--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------| |-7--7---------|---------------|-7--7----------9-|-(9)--------------------| |-7--7--7-7----|-5----7--------|-7--7--7-7-(7)-9-|-(9)--------------------| |-5--5--7-7----|-5----7--7-9-7-|-5--5--7-7-(7)-7-|-(7)------7h9p7-(7)---7-| |-------5-5----|-3----5--7-9-7-|-------5-5-(5)-0-|-(0)--7-9-----------9---|

D5 A G A (G) E
q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E +E E E
|--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----| |--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----| |-7--7---------|----------------|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1-(1)-----| |-7--7--7-7----|-5----7-7---7---|---0---------------|--------2-2-(2)-----| |-5--5--7-7----|-5----7-7-9-7---|-------------------|------2---2-(2)-----| |-------5-5----|-3----5-5-5-5-0-|-3-----------------|----------0-(0)-0-2-|

Outro
(G) E (A)
E E E +E E E E E +W E E E E E E E E +E +E E E E E E E
|-----------------0-|-(0)--------||-----------------||-----------------------|| |-----------------0-|-(0)--------||-----------------||o---------------------o|| |-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)--------||-----------2-----||----------------2------|| |---0-------------2-|-(2)--------||-2-2-4-----2h4-2-||--(2)-(2)-4-----2h4-2--|| |-----------------2-|-(2)--------||-0-0-0-3h4-----0-||o-(0)-(0)-0-3h4-----0-o|| |-3---------------0-|-(0)--------||-----------------||-----------------------||

Aopen
W q Q H
|-0--------|------------*| |-2--------|------------*| |-2--------|-2----------*| |-2--------|-2----------*| |-0--------|-0----------*| |----------|------------*|

Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------

h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------

| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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