Rush – Natural Science (Guitar Solo Tab)

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Title: Natural Science Artist: Rush Album: Permanent Waves (1980) [Mercury Records] Track: 6 Music by: Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson Words By: Neil Peart I noticed there is a great tab for this song, but there is no tabs for the solos. This a tab for the first solo. It may not be 100% but it's how I play it and I think it really close. Legend v - vibrato ~ - hold the note for a little bit longer <>- pinch harmonic / - slide up \ - slide down sb - slow bend h-hammer-on p-pull off t - tap
4:06                                              (faster)
e------14~------0------------15----------------------------------------------|
b--12v------10v---10------15--------14-15--12~---7-10-7-10p7---7-10p7--------|
g---------------------12v-------13v--------------------------9--------<9>b~~-|
d----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                 (much faster)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------/15-14-14-14-14-14-17-14-14-14-14-14-15-14-|
g--<7>-<9>-9brp7-9p7-9-<7>b~~~----------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-14-14-14-14-17-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-14-14-------14-14-15-14-14-14-14-14--|

g-------------------------------------------16-16--------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                             (slower)
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-15-14-14-14-14-14-17-\12-9-9-9-9-9-12-9-9-9-9-9-------9-9--12b-12b~--12b-|
g-------------------------------------------------11-11--------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                      (hold the bend)    (release)     (bend)   hold the tap
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-12-10h12p10---------12b-----t15~-p12b--r12--t17~-p12-12b-t19--r19-p19-15b~-|
g-------------12sb~~---------------------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  (repat this last line 4 times)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--15br-13-15~-12-13-15-----------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Another way to play the first line of the solo, is with natural harmonics, like 
this. Alex plays the solo with harmonics live.
--(All notes in parenthesis are natural harmonic)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---(12)-(7~)-----------------------------------------12~~------------------|
g-------------------------(12)--(7)--(5)---------(7)------------------------|
d--------------(7)---------------------------(7)----------------------------|
a-----------------(7)-(12)--------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------(4)-------------------------------|