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)-------------------------------|
