ACTIVITY
In The Mood
IN THE MOOD
As recorded by Rush
(From the 1974 Album RUSH)
Words and Music by Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee
C5 D5 A E
x 3 5 5 x x x 5 7 7 x x 5 7 7 6 x x 0 2 2 1 0 0
G E5 Aopen
3 5 5 4 x x 0 7 9 9 x x x 0 2 2 2 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Lifeson Lead'
Intro
Q=130
(A)
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2---2--||
||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---2--||
||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-0-o||
||------------------|------------------||
Verse
$
(A)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-||------------------|------------------|
|-||o-----------------|------------------|
|-||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2------|
|-||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---4--|
|-||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-2--|
|-||------------------|------------------|
C5 D5 A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|---8S7-5-7-5-----|-7----7-7-7---7-|----------------|
|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|---8S7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7--9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7---7--------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-5-5-5-5--0-2-3-|
Chorus
(G) E D5 A G A
+E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H q Q E E Q Q. Q E E E
|-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)-----||--------------|---------------|
|-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)----o||--------------|---------------|
|-------0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)---1-(1)-----||-7--7---------|---------------|
|-----0---------------|-------2-(2)-----||-7--7--7-7----|-5----7--------|
|---------------------|-------2-(2)----o||-5--5--7-7----|-5----7--7-9-7-|
|-(3)-----------------|-------0-(0)-----||-------5-5----|-3----5--7-9-7-|
D5 A E5 D5 A G A
q Q E E +E E +Q E E S S S +S E E q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------|
|-7--7----------9-|-(9)--------------------|-7--7---------|----------------|
|-7--7--7-7-(7)-9-|-(9)--------------------|-7--7--7-7----|-5----7-7---7---|
|-5--5--7-7-(7)-7-|-(7)------7h9p7-(7)---7-|-5--5--7-7----|-5----7-7-9-7---|
|-------5-5-(5)-0-|-(0)--7-9-----------9---|-------5-5----|-3----5-5-5-5-0-|
To Coda D.S. al Coda
(G) E (G) E
E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E H
|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|-----------------0-|-(0)------0----||
|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|-----------------0-|-(0)------0----||
|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1-(1)-----|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1----||
|---0---------------|--------2-2-(2)-----|---0---------------|--------2-2----||
|-------------------|------2---2-(2)-----|-------------------|------2---2----||
|-3-----------------|----------0-(0)-0-2-|-3-----------------|----------0----||
Guitar Solo
&
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~
H Q E E +Q Q Q E E
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------5---|-(5)----5-----5----5---5---|
|-----------------7b9-|-(7)b9--7b9---7b9--7b9-7b9-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr I Gtr I
| E E E +E E E E E +Q E E H
|-----------------0---|-(0)----------0------------|
|-----------------0---|-(0)----------0------------|
|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1---|-(1)----------1------------|
|---0-----------------|------------2-2------------|
|---------------------|--------2-----2------------|
|-3-------------------|--------------0------------|
(A)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
E E E E E E S S S S E E E Q E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5h8p5---|-7-5-------------|
|-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-------7-|-7-5-7-------5-7-|
|---------------------------------|-----7-7---7-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------2-----------|---5S4-2-4-2-----|
|-2---2---4-----------2h==4---2---|---5S4-2-4-2---4-|
|-0---0---0---3h==4-----------0---|-------------4-2-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
C5 D5
~~~~~~~~ ~
Q Q S S S S E E +Q S S E E E a E S S S S E S S E E Q E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-7b9---7b9r==7p5-----5---|-----------5-7-7pb8r7p5-5-5-|-7p5---------------5-|
|-----------------7-----7-|-(7)---5h7------------------|-----7-7p5---5-7-----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------7---------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-5---5-----5-5---5-----5-|-----8S7---5-7-5------------|-7---------7-7-7---7-|
|-5---5-7---5-5---5---7-5-|-----8S7---5-7-5------7-5---|-7-----9---7-7-7-9-7-|
|-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3-|----------------------7-5---|-5-----5---5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
A (G) E
~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Q S S E E E Q S S E E E S S E Q +Q E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|--------5--7--7-5-7b8==|
|-------------------|-----------------------|------5-5--7--7-5-7b8==|
|-7-------5---------|-----5----7--7p5-5-----|-----------------------|
|-----5h7---5-7-----|-5s7---5-----------7---|-(7)-------------------|
|---------------8---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H
|-------------------|---------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)----------|
|-------------------|---------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)----------|
|-------------------|-------0-(0)-4---3-2-1-|-(1)----1-(1)----------|
|-7-7-----7---------|-----0-----------------|--------2-(2)----------|
|-7-7-9---7---------|-----------------------|--------2-(2)----------|
|-5-5-5---5---0-2-3-|-3---------------------|--------0-(0)----------|
(A)
+E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(7)r(7)-5-7b8==(7)r(7)5-7b8==|=(7)r(7)5-7b8==(7)r(7)-5-5-|
|-(7)r(7)-5-7b8==(7)r(7)5-7b8==|=(7)r(7)5-7b8==(7)r(7)-5-5-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------2--------|------5S4-2-----4---2------|
|--2---2--4-----------2h4-2----|------5S4-2-----4---2----4-|
|--0---0--0-3h====4-------0----|-----------------------4-2-|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
C5 D5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----8---8---8---|------10-10----------|
|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7s9---9---9---9-|-9s11-------11s9-5---|
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--5-5-----5---5-5-----5-|---8S7-5-7-5-----|-7--------7--7-7---7-|
|--5-5---7-5---5-5---7-5-|---8S7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-----9--7--7-7-9-7-|
|--3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|-------------7-5-|-5-----5--5--5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A (G) E
~ ~~~~~~~~
a E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E
|------------------|----------------------|--------------------------||
|-7s5-7-5----------|-5-7-7b8==(7)r7-5-----|--------------7b8==(7)r7--||
|-7s5-7-5------5-7-|-5-7-7b8==(7)r7-5-----|------5-7--5--7b8==(7)r7--||
|---------7--7-----|------------------7---|------5-7--5--------------||
|------------------|--------------------7-|-(7)----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H
|------------------|--------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)-------------||
|------------------|--------------------0-|-(0)----0-(0)-------------||
|------------------|-----0----(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)----1-(1)-------------||
|---7-7---7--------|---0------------------|--------2-(2)-------------||
|---7-7-9-7--------|----------------------|--------2-(2)-------------||
|---5-5-5-5--0-2-3-|-3--------------------|--------0-(0)-------------||
Chorus
D5 A G A D5 A E5
Gtr I
q Q E E Q Q. Q E E E q Q E E +E E +Q E E S S S +S E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-7--7---------|---------------|-7--7----------9-|-(9)--------------------|
|-7--7--7-7----|-5----7--------|-7--7--7-7-(7)-9-|-(9)--------------------|
|-5--5--7-7----|-5----7--7-9-7-|-5--5--7-7-(7)-7-|-(7)------7h9p7-(7)---7-|
|-------5-5----|-3----5--7-9-7-|-------5-5-(5)-0-|-(0)--7-9-----------9---|
D5 A G A (G) E
q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E +E E E
|--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|
|-7--7---------|----------------|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1-(1)-----|
|-7--7--7-7----|-5----7-7---7---|---0---------------|--------2-2-(2)-----|
|-5--5--7-7----|-5----7-7-9-7---|-------------------|------2---2-(2)-----|
|-------5-5----|-3----5-5-5-5-0-|-3-----------------|----------0-(0)-0-2-|
Intro Reprise
(G) E (A)
E E E +E E E E E +Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------0-|-(0)------0------||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------0-|-(0)------0------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1--2---||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2---2--||
|---0---------------|--------2-2----2-||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---2--||
|-------------------|------2---2------||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-0-o||
|-3-----------------|----------0------||------------------|------------------||
Verse
(A) C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------2-----|---5S4-2-4-2-----|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|---8S7-5-7-5------|
||--2-2-4-----2h4-2-|---5S4-2-4-2---4-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|---8S7-5-7-5-7-5--|
||o-0-0-0-3h4-----0-|-------------4-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------7-5--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D5 A (G) E
Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E +E E E +E E E E E +Q. E +H
|----------------|----------------|-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)-----||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------0-|-(0)---0-(0)----o||
|-7----7-7-7---7-|----------------|-------0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)---1-(1)-----||
|-7--9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7---7--------|-----0---------------|-------2-(2)-----||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-7--------|---------------------|-------2-(2)----o||
|----------------|-5-5-5-5--0-2-3-|-(3)-----------------|-------0-(0)-----||
Chorus
D5 A G A D5 A E5
q Q E E Q Q. Q E E E q Q E E +E E +Q E E S S S +S E E
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-7--7---------|---------------|-7--7----------9-|-(9)--------------------|
|-7--7--7-7----|-5----7--------|-7--7--7-7-(7)-9-|-(9)--------------------|
|-5--5--7-7----|-5----7--7-9-7-|-5--5--7-7-(7)-7-|-(7)------7h9p7-(7)---7-|
|-------5-5----|-3----5--7-9-7-|-------5-5-(5)-0-|-(0)--7-9-----------9---|
D5 A G A (G) E
q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E E E E +E E E E E +Q E E E +E E E
|--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------0-|-(0)------0-(0)-----|
|-7--7---------|----------------|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)------1-(1)-----|
|-7--7--7-7----|-5----7-7---7---|---0---------------|--------2-2-(2)-----|
|-5--5--7-7----|-5----7-7-9-7---|-------------------|------2---2-(2)-----|
|-------5-5----|-3----5-5-5-5-0-|-3-----------------|----------0-(0)-0-2-|
Outro
(G) E (A)
E E E +E E E E E +W E E E E E E E E +E +E E E E E E E
|-----------------0-|-(0)--------||-----------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------0-|-(0)--------||-----------------||o---------------------o||
|-----0-(0)-4-3-2-1-|-(1)--------||-----------2-----||----------------2------||
|---0-------------2-|-(2)--------||-2-2-4-----2h4-2-||--(2)-(2)-4-----2h4-2--||
|-----------------2-|-(2)--------||-0-0-0-3h4-----0-||o-(0)-(0)-0-3h4-----0-o||
|-3---------------0-|-(0)--------||-----------------||-----------------------||
Aopen
W q Q H
|-0--------|------------*|
|-2--------|------------*|
|-2--------|-2----------*|
|-2--------|-2----------*|
|-0--------|-0----------*|
|----------|------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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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