The Enemy Within

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Rush - The Enemy Within

From the CD 'Grace Under Pressure'

Written by Lee/Lifeson/Peart

Mercury/Polygram Records 818476-2

This song is in D. The guitar is chorused. This tab is not

entirely correct as there are many picking nuances throughout the song

and I didn't tab out each and every one. I just tabbed the main ones and

you are free to experiment with them.

Jimmy Pena - [email protected]

| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music

~ = vibrato or held note

s = slide

/ = slide up from infinity

= slide down into infinity

[x35553]

= fret box; this is a C chord - this is the same as standard

tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.

PM = Palm Mute; lightly touch the strings at the bridge with the edge of

the fret hand

Chord legend:

[x0222x]

A :

[Riff 1] - Let each note ring out

Bm some kind of D Bm? Asus4 addD?

e:-------------------|------------0---|------2--------|--------------|

B:--------0----3-----|------0--3------|----3----------|------3---2---|

G:------4---------0--|----2---------0-|--4------2-----|----2-------4-|

D:----0--------------|-0--------------|2------------2-|--0-----------|

A:--2----------------|----------------|-----------0---|0-------------|

E:-------------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|

[Riff 2]

Bm G A

e:--------------7---------------7---------------3----------------5----|

B:--------------7---------------7---------------3----------------5----|

G:--------------7---------------7---------------4----------------6----|

D:--------------9---------------9-------------------------------------|

A:--9--9-9-9-9------9--9-9-9-9-------5--5-5-5-5-------7--7-7-7-7-------|

E:--7--7-7-7-7------7--7-7-7-7-------3--3-3-3-3-------5--5-5-5-5-------|

PM ----------| PM ----------| PM ----------| PM -----------------|

[Riff 3]

Bm D A A/C#

e:-------7~--------7~--------7~---------------|----------------------|

B:-------7~--------7~--------7~-----10~-------|----------------------|

G:-------7~--------7~--------7~-----11~-11----|--2--2-2-2--2-2--2----|

D:-------9~--------9~--------9~-----12~-12----|--2--2-2-2--2-2--2----|

A:--9-9-----9-9-9-----9-9-9-----9---12~-12----|--0--0-0-0--0-0--4----|

E:--7-7-----7-7-7-----7-7-7-----7---10~-10s12-|----------------------|

e:----------------------------|

B:-------------------2--------|

G:-----2-------------2--------|

D:-----2--2----0-----2--------|

A:--4--4--4------0---0---0----|

E:----------------------------|

[Riff 4]

Bm G A

e:---------------------------------------------------------------------|

B:--------------------7------------------------------------------------|

G:---------7--------7------------------4----------6--------------------|

D:-----------9----9------------------5----------7----------------------|

A:------9--------------------------5----------7------------------------|

E:---7---------------------------3----------5--------------------------|

PM ------------------------------------------------------------------|

Progression:

[Riff 1] x2

[Riff 2] x4

[Riff 2] x8 /w lyrics:

Things crawl in the darkness that imagination spins.

Needles at your nerve ends crawl like spiders on your skin.

Pou - pou - pou - pounding in your temples, and a surge of adrenalin.

Every muscle tense to fence the enemy within.

[Riff 3] x1

[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:

I'm not not giving in to security under pressure,

I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure,

I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,

Experience to extremes, experience to extremes...

[Guitar tacet] while keyboard and bass imply [Riff 2] x4

[Riff 2] x8 /w lyrics:

Suspicious looking stranger flashes you a dangerous grin.

Shadows across your window, was it only trees in the wind?

Every breath a static charge, a tongue that tastes like tin.

Steely-eyed outside to hide the enemy within.

[Riff 3] x1

[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:

I'm not not giving in to security under pressure,

I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure,

I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,

Experience to extremes, experience to extremes...

[Riff 4] x8

[Riff 1] x3

To you is it movement or is it action? Is it contact or just reaction?

And you, revolution, just resistance? Is it living or just existence?

Yeah you, it takes a little more persistance to get up and go the

A A

distance.

[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:

I'm not not giving in -

I'm not missing out -

I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,

Experience to extremes...

[Riff 3] x2 /w lyrics:

I'm not not giving in to security under pressure,

I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure,

I'm not giving up on implausible dreams,

___(some kind of weird chord here

/ can't make it out)

Experience to extremes, experience to extremes...

[Riff 4] x5

e:---------------------------------------------------------------------|

B:----------------------7----------------------------------------------|

G:---------7----------7------------------------------------------------|

D:------------9-----9----------------5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-----------------|

A:------9----------------------------5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-----------------|

E:---7-------------------------------3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-----------------|

PM ------------------------------------------------------------------|

Hey hey hey yeah!

Until fadeout:

Bm G A

e:-----7--7-----7--7-----7-----7-------3-------3------5-5-----5------|

B:-----7--7-----7--7-----7-----7-------3-------3------5-5-----5------|

G:-----7--7-----7--7-----7-----7-------4-------4------6-6-----6------|

D:-----9--9-----9--9-----9-----9-------------------------------------|

A:--9--------9--------9-----9------5--------5------7-------7---------|

E:--7--------7--------7-----7------3--------3------5-------5---------|