Rush – Seven Cities Of Gold (Guitar)

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##==============================================================## || || || Rush - Seven Cities Of Gold - Clockwork Angels Tour (2012) || || || ##==============================================================## Transcribed by: Carl Tirschler, 2015 D5/A: 5577XX A5: X022XX A5/G: 302XXX C#sus2/G#: 446644 G: 355433 Bsus2/F#: 224422 Csus2/G: 335533 Dsus2/A: 557755 E5: 022400 B: 799877 //INTRO-SOLO: Floyd-Rose-Madness over Em Theme: unisono bass & guitar
    1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +   4x
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//VERSE 1:
  D5/A             A5                 A5/G  [THEME]
A man can lose his past, in a country like    this 

C#sus2/G# 
Wandering aimless 

G           Bsus2/F#     [THEME]
Parched and nameless 

  D5/A               A5                A5/G  [THEME]
A man could lose his way, in a country like this 

C#sus2/G#
Canyons and cactus 

G           Bsus2/F#     [THEME]
Endless and trackless 
//PRE-CHORUS:
Csus2/G             Dsus2/A     Csus2/G    Dsus2/A
Searching through a grim eternity

Csus2/G         Dsus2/A      Csus2/G     Dsus2/A
Sculptured by a prehistoric sea
//CHORUS: A5 A5/G E5
A5     A5/G       E5
Seven Cities of Gold

A5           A5/G      E5
Stories that fired my imagination 

A5    Bsus2/F#  Csus2/G
Seven Cities of Gold 

A5            Bsus2/F#    Csus2/G
A splendid mirage in this desolation 
1+2+3+
E5    Dsus2/A  (3/4): G   B
Seven Cities of       Gold 

E5            Dsus2/A         G   B
Glowing in my dreams, like hallucinations 

A5             A5/G       E5
Glitter in the sun like a revelation 

A5           A5/G           E5        [THEME]
Distant as a comet or a constellation 
//VERSE 2:
  D5/A             A5                 A5/G    [THEME]
A man can lose himself, in a country like this

C#sus2/G#  
Rewrite the story

  G           Bsus2/F#     [THEME] 
Recapture the glory

  D5/A               A5                 A5/G  [THEME]
A man could lose his life, in a country like this 

C#sus2/G#
Sunblind and friendless 

G          Bsus2/F#     [THEME]
Frozen and endless 
//PRE-CHORUS:
Csus2/G             Dsus2/A     Csus2/G    Dsus2/A
And the nights grow longer, the farther I go

Csus2/G             Dsus2/A     Csus2/G    Dsus2/A
Wake to aching cold, and a deep Sahara of snow 
//CHORUS:
A5     A5/G       E5
Seven Cities of Gold

A5           A5/G      E5
Stories that fired my imagination 

A5    Bsus2/F#  Csus2/G
Seven Cities of Gold 

A5            Bsus2/F#    Csus2/G
A splendid mirage in this desolation 
1+2+3+
E5    Dsus2/A  (3/4): G   B
Seven Cities of       Gold 

E5            Dsus2/A         G   B
Glowing in my dreams, like hallucinations 

A5             A5/G       E5
Glitter in the sun like a revelation 

A5           A5/G           E5        [THEME]
Distant as a comet or a constellation 
//RE-INTRO: Em ad lib Theme (same as above, for better readability):
    1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +   4x
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||o--------------------|------------------o||
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||-------5-7-5---5-----|-------------------||
||o---/7-------7---7---|---5-7------------o||
||--0------------------|/7-----0-5-0-5-3---||
//PRE-CHORUS:
Csus2/G           Dsus2/A                    Csus2/G    Dsus2/A
That gleam in the distance could be heaven's gate 

Csus2/G        Dsus2/A                Csus2/G          Dsus2/A
A long-awaited treasure at the end of my cruel fate 
//CHORUS A5 A5/G E5
A5     A5/G       E5
Seven Cities of Gold

A5           A5/G      E5
Stories that fired my imagination 

A5    Bsus2/F#  Csus2/G
Seven Cities of Gold 

A5            Bsus2/F#    Csus2/G
A splendid mirage in this desolation 
1+2+3+
E5    Dsus2/A  (3/4): G   B
Seven Cities of       Gold 

E5            Dsus2/A         G   B
Glowing in my dreams, like hallucinations 

A5             A5/G       E5
Glitter in the sun like a revelation 

A5           A5/G           E5       
Distant as a comet or a constellation 
//OUTRO: Theme (same again):
    1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1  + 2 + 3 + 4 +   4x
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||o--------------------|------------------o||
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||-------5-7-5---5-----|-------------------||
||o---/7-------7---7---|---5-7------------o||
||--0------------------|/7-----0-5-0-5-3---||
Solo over Em ad lib ========================================================================== Have fun! (Rating appreciated! ;) )