I Am The Spirit


#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# #-- File created with Instab - http://www.pconline.com/~smcarey/instab.html --# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Author/Artist: Alex Lifeson Title: I Am The Spirit Album: Victor ( Atlantic 82852-2 ) Transcribed by: Richard J. Soto & Chris Iacovella Email: hrhkinglerxst@home.com & corripio@yahoo.com Copyright 1996 Atlantic Recording Corp. & Anthem Entertainment Music by Alex Lifeson & Bill Bell Updated September 2, 2001 MANY thanks and respect go out to Chris Iacovella for his great input and excellent insight. I'll play with ya anytime! :^) Use a clean pretty chorus for Riff-A and a dirty distortion for Riff-B. Notice how Riff-C is very similar to Alex's famous "Spirit Of Radio" riff. (Hence this song's title! ) There's a slight digital delay used for Riff-C. There may be a rhythm guitar under Riff-C in unison with the Bass playing the B5, B5, B5, B5, A5. But I think it's just a very punchy Bass. The wobble guitar can be produced using a tremolo pedal. However, I use a Boss Chorus CE-3 and switch to stereo mode II but actually run it in mono through one amp through output A to create the wobble effect. ---0---------2---------------0---------2\------------|------------------------| --------4------------2--3---------4-------------0----|------------------------| ------4----4----2-4-------------4----4--------4------|------------------------| --------------------------------------------4--------|------------------------| -2-------------------------2--------------2----------|------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------|------------------------| Riff-A Play 2x ----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------| ---2p0-5p0-2p0---------------2p0-5p0-2p0------------|-------------------------| ---------------0--2--4--5----------------0--2--4vvv-|-------------------------| -0-------------------------0------------------------|-------------------------| Riff-B Play 4x ------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| ------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| -9\---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| -9\-------------------7-------|-----------------------------------------------| -7\-------4b-r-2vvv-/-5---5vvv|-----------------------------------------------| -------2----------------7-----|-----------------------------------------------| Rhy.1 Play 4x -2p0---0-5p0---0-2p0---0---------2p0---0-5p0---0-2p0---0-------|--------------| -----4-------4-------4---0-----------4-------4-------4---2p0---|--------------| -------------------------------------------------------------2-|--------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| Riff-C Play 3x -2p0---0-5p0---0-2p0----0------3------------------------------|---------------| -----4-------4--------4---2p0--3------------------------------|---------------| -------------------------------2------------------------------|---------------| -------------------------------2------------------------------|---------------| -------------------------------0------------------------------|---------------| --------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| Riff-D -----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------| (Riff-B Play 4x) (Rhy.1 Play 4x) (Riff C Play 3x) (Riff-D Play 1x) -----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------| -----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------| -----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------| -----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------| -----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------| -----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------| (Riff-B Play 2x) (Riff-A Play 4x) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----| ----4---6---4------------4---6---4-----------------------------------2--------| ---------------6--4/6---------------6--4\----2---4---2------------2-----------| -4-----4---4--------------------------------------------4--2/4-0--------------| ----------------------7----7---7----------2-----2---2-------------------------| Wobble Guitar (Play 1x alone & 2x with Rhy.2) -------------0--------|------------------------------------0-|-0----|---------| ----------0-----0-----|-------------0------------------0-----|-0----|---------| -------4-----------0--|---------6------------------6---------|-6----|---------| ----2-----------------|-----6------------------6-------------|-6----|---------| -0--------------------|-4------------------------------------|-4----|---------| ----------------------|--------------------------------------|------|---------| Rhy.2 (Play 7x) -------------------------------------------------12-11-9----------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------12-11-9--------7--9--| ------------8--9vvv-8-9b-r--8h9p8--------------------------------11\8vv-------| -9----9--11-----------------------9vvv-11-7v7v7-------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar Solo -----------------------------------------------17--20bvvvvvvv-||--------------| -10--10b--11-12-14--14-15-17---16-17-19--17-19----------------||--------------| --------------------------------------------------------------||--------------| --------------------------------------------------------------||--------------| --------------------------------------------------------------||--------------| --------------------------------------------------------------||--------------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------| -----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------| (Riff-B Play 4x) (Rhy.1 Play 4x) (Riff A Play 8x) END