Rush – Xanadu (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chords]
   E A D G B e
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
G: 3 2 0 0 3 3 D: x x 0 2 3 2 A: x 0 2 2 2 0
     E A D G B e
E5*: 0 2 2 4 0 0
G5: 3 x 0 0 x x A5: x 0 2 2 x x B5: x 2 4 4 x x
     E A  D  G  B e
E/E: 0 14 14 13 0 0
D/E: 0 12 12 11 0 0 B/E: 0 9 9 8 0 0 A/E: 0 7 7 6 0 0 G/E: 0 5 5 4 0 0
          E A D G B e
Aadd9:    5 7 7 6 0 0
G6: 3 5 5 4 0 0 F#7add11: 2 4 4 3 0 0 Badd11: 7 9 9 8 0 0 [Riff 1]
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-5-4-----9-7-5-4-5-4-----------|
E|-----7-5-------------7-5-9-7-5-|
[Riff 1 Extended]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------0----|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------0----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------2----|
A|-5-4-----9-7-5-4-7-5-4---5-4-----4-----------------------------2-2----|
E|-----7-5---------------7-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4-2-5-4-2-0-4-2-0---0----|
[Instrumental in multiple parts] [Ethereal Intro] E (drone over guitar volume swell part) [Full band enters] E G D A x3 A (sustained) E5* Riff 1 x3 E5* Riff 1 Extended E/E D/E B/E A/E G/E x4 F#7add11 E G6 F#7add11 Aadd9 E G6 F#7add11 Badd11 E F#7add11 x6 [Short A Part 1]
    E               F#7add11
"To seek the sacred river Alph

   E                 F#7add11
To walk the caves of ice

   Badd11        Aadd9
To break my fast on honeydew

    Badd11            Aadd9
And drink the milk of Paradise"
D Am G F E [B Part 1]
E           G5  A               G5 E5   B5    A5   G5   A5
I had heard the whispered tales of im - mor - ta - li - ty

    E5    B5   A5   G5    A5
The dee - pest my - ste - ry

E         G5    A           G5 E
From an ancient book I took a  clue

E               G5  A             G5 E5    B5   A5    G5   A5
I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eas - tern lands un - known

E5   B5  A5  G5  A5
Time and Man a - lone

E             G5  A      G5   E
Searching for the lost Xana - du

E    G    D
Xa - na - du
[Synth Break 1] D5 Bb6 Cadd9 G x6 [A Part 2]
   D5        Bb6    Cadd9      G
To stand within the Pleasure Dome

  D5       Bb6   Cadd9      G
Decreed by Kubla Khan

   D5     Bb6     Cadd9     G
To taste anew the fruits of life

    D5     Bb6    Cadd9      G
The last immortal man

   D5       Bb6    Cadd9   G
To find the sacred river Alph

   D5       Bb6      Cadd9      G
To walk the caves of ice

    D5     Bb6     Cadd9      G
Oh, I will dine on honeydew

    D5        Bb6     Cadd9  G   D5        Bb6    Cadd9
And drink the milk of Para   -   dise

G       D5        Bb6    Cadd9      G
Oh, paradise!
D D D [Instrumental Bridge] E5* Riff 1 x3 E5* Riff 1 Extended E [B Part 2]
  E              G5   A             G5  E5   B5  A5     G5 A5
A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by

E5    B5      A5 G5  A5
Stars stopped in the sky

E         G5 A      G5   E
Frozen in an everlasting view

E           G5  A           G5 E5 B5 A5 G5  A5
Waiting for the world to end,  weary of the night

E5 B5   A5  G5  A5
Praying for the light

E         G5  A
Prison of the lost

  G5   E
Xana - du

E    G    D
Xa - na - du
[Synth Break 2] D5 Bb6 Cadd9 G x6 [A Part 3]
D5       Bb6    Cadd9      G
Held within the Pleasure Dome

  D5       Bb6   Cadd9      G
Decreed by Kubla Khan

   D5          Bb6    Cadd9      G
To taste my bitter triumph

     D5  Bb6      Cadd9      G
As a mad immortal man

D5     Bb6      Cadd9  G
Nevermore shall I re - turn

  D5         Bb6         Cadd9      G
Escape these caves of ice

    D5     Bb6      Cadd9      G
For I have dined on honeydew

    D5        Bb6     Cadd9  G     D5        Bb6
And drunk the milk of Para    -    dise

Cadd9       G     D5
Woah, is it   paradise?
Bb6 Cadd9 G [Instrumental] E F#7add11 x6 [Guitar Solo] E F#7add11 E F#7add11 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11 Aadd9 E F#7add11 E F#7add11 E F#7add11 E F#7add11 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11 Aadd9 [Outro] D Asus2 G F E