Promise


Victor: Promise From the album Victor (Atlantic Records) Copyright 1996 Lerxst Music Inc. Music by Alex Lifeson and Bill Bell Lyrics by Alex Lifeson Comments/corrections to Rich Soto Transcribed by Richard J. Soto A very Rushesque sort-of song; Signature Lifeson! 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-7----7---7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-------|------------| -5----5---5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----|------------| ----------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\-----------------------3b-|------------| d d u u d u u d u u d . . . . ----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------|----------| ----------------|--------------x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------|----------| ----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4\----6---6-6--|----------| ----------------|-7-7--7-7-7---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7--|----------| ----------------|-5-5--5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\----7---7-7--|----------| ----------------|--------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3\----5---5-5--|----------| (Rhy.2 Play 3x) . . d d u u d u u d u u d . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------| 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----------------------------0---------------------------------||--------------| -----5-----3-------3------3-------5-----3---------------------||--------------| ---4-----2---0---4----0-4-------4-----2---0-------------------||--------------| -2-----2----------------------2-----2-----------------2-0-----||--------------| --------------------------------------------------0-2-----4-0-||--------------| --------------------------------------------0-2-4-------------||--------------| Riff-B (Play 2x) ---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| (Riff-A Play 1x, begin fade while repeating over & over) END