The Big Wheel Lyrics
by Rush
Gtr I
H. +E E +H. +E E
| Gtr II
| H. +E E +H. +E E
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E S S S +E E E E E E E E E
+H. +E E +H. +E E
| +H. +E E +h +E E
| E E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E S S S E
Gtr I
+H. +E E +H. +E E
| Gtr II
| +H. +E E +H. +E E
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E S S S +E E E E E E E E E
H. +E E +E E E E E E E E
| H. +E E +W
| E E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E S S S E
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q
E E E E E E E E 8x Q. Q E Q
||o-----------------o||-0----3-3--2--|
||o-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2------------|
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q
E E E E E E E E 8x Q. Q E Q
||o-----------------o||-0----3-3--2--|
||o-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2------------|
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q
Gtr I
W W
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E S S S +E. E E E E E E E E
||o-16-18-20-21-18-20-21-20-18-(18)-|-16-18-20-21-20-18-------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
W W
| E E E E E E S S S +E. E E E E E E E E
Q. E H Q. E H
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--2---------4--4-------------------|--2---------4--4-----------o||
| E E E E E E S S S +E. E E E E E E E E
|-16--18-20-21-18--20-21-20-18-(18)-|-16--18-20-21-20--18-------o||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------o||
Gtr I
Q. E H Q. E H
PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
||o---------------------------------o||
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q
PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q Q. Q E Q
Gtr I
W W
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E S S S +E. E E E E E E E E
||o-16-18-20-21-18-20-21-20-18-(18)-|-16-18-20-21-20-18-------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
W W
| E E E E E E S S S E. E E E E E E E E
W W
| E E E E E E S S S +E. E E E E E E E E
Gtr I
Q. E H Q. E H
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--2---------4--4-------------------|--2---------4--4-----------o||
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E S S S +E. E E E E E E E E
|-16--18-20-21-18--20-21-20-18-(18)-|-16--18-20-21-20--18-------o||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------o||
Q. E H Q. E H
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9--11p=9p7-9-|
| Gtr II
| H. +E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p=9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p=9p=7-9--|
| +H. +E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9--11p=9p7-9-|
| H. +E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p=9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p=9p=7-9--|
| +H. +E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9--11p=9p=7----9----|
| H. +E S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p9p7-9-11p9p=7--9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9--|
| Q. S S H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p=7-9-|-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9-11p9p7-9--|
| H. E E W
Gtr I
PM
||o-----------------o||-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-o||-||o---2-----4---4---|---2-----4---4---o||
PM
||o-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-5-5-2-2-2-o||-|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-|
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||o---2-----4---4---|---2-----4---4----o||
PM
||o-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-5-5-2-2-2-o||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
Gtr I
W W
||o-------------------------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------------------------|--------------|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-------------------------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------------------------|--------------|
Gtr I
W W
| Gtr II
Gtr I
W W
| Gtr II
Gtr I
Q. E H Q. E H
|---------------|---------------o||
|-2----4--4-----|-2----4--4-----o||
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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