Rush: Different Strings
From the album Permanent Waves (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1980 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Lee

Comments/corrections to Branden Robinson <branden@purdue.edu>

Tabbed by Bob Vinn

These riffs are all picked chords. Let ring throughout.

Intro riff
e:---------------------------|------------------------------------|
B:----1----------3----------|----5------------------------------|
G:-----------0----------0---|----5------------------------------|
D:--------2----------4------|----5------------------------------|
A:----0----------0----------|----0------------------------------|
E:---------------------------|------------------------------------|


Riff 1 
e:--------------0---------------|-------------0--------------|
B:-----------------0----0------|----------------0------------|
G:-----------5-------5---------|----------5-------------5---|
D:--------7----------------7---|-------7-------------7------|
A:----0-------------------------|----5-------------5---------|
E:------------------------------|------------------------------| 

e:-----------------------------|---------------0---------------|
B:--------------0-------------|------------------0------------|
G:-----------2-------0----0--|-----------5--------------5---|
D:--------5-------------------|--------7---------------7-----|
A:-----3----------2----3-----|----5---------------5--------|
E:-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


Riff 2
e:--------------0--------------|--1---------1----------------|
B:----2------------2----------|------1-------------1--------|
G:-------2--2-----------------|---------2-------------2----|
D:-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A:----2---------------------2-|------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------|--1------------------------1-|

e:-------------0-------------|---1-----------3-------------|
B:---2------------2----------|------2-----------4----------|
G:------2--2-----------------|---------3-----------5---0--|
D:----------------------------|------------4-----------------|
A:---2---------------------2-|-------------------------------|
E:----------------------------|--1------------3-------------|

e:---0------0-----------------|---------------0----------------|
B:---0------0------0----2----|-----------2------------0--0---|
G:---2------2-----------------|-------2------------------------|
D:---2------2-----------------|---2----------------------------|
A:---0------0-----------------|---------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------|---------------------------------|


Riff 3
e:-----------------------|-----------0----------------|
B:---1---1---1---1--0-|---------------0------------|
G:-----------------------|-------0---------------0---|
D:---3------------------|-----------------------------|
A:-----------------------|-----------------------------|
E:-----------------------|-----------------------------|

                       Do not ring here     
e:-----------0----------7-|--------0---5----------------------|
B:---0--------0----------|---0------------0-----------------|
G:-------2----------------|-------------2----------2---0----|
D:-------------------------|--------2----------2--------------|
A:---0--------------------|---------0----------------------0--|
E:-------------------------|------------------------------------|

e:-----------------|--------------------------|
B:---1------1-----|---3-------3------3-----|
G:---0------0-----|---0---h4-4-----4-----|
D:---3------3-----|---0-------0------0-----|
A:---3------3-----|--------------------------|
E:-----------------|--------------------------|

e:----0----0----0----0---|--------------|
B:----1----1---------1---|---1-----1----|
G:----0----0---------0---|---0-----0----|
D:----2----2---------2---|---2-----2---|
A:-------------------------|---------------|
E:-------------------------|---------------|

e:-----------------------|---------0----------|
B:---1-1-1--1--1-0---|-----------0--------|
G:--------2------2-2---|------0----------0-|
D:---3-3----3----------|----3--------3-3---|
A:-----------------------|---------------------|
E:-----------------------|---------------------|
 
e:-----------0-------|-----------------------|
B:---0---------0-----|----3------3---------|
G:-------2--------2--|---------2-------2---|
D:--------------------|----------------------|
A:---0---------------|----------------------|
E:--------------------|----------------------|

e:-----------------|----------------|----0---------|
B:---1------1-----|---3------3---|----0---------|
G:---0------0-----|---0------0---|----2---------|
D:---3------3-----|---0------0---|----2---------|
A:---3------3-----|----------------|----0---------|
E:-----------------|----------------|----0--------|


Riff 4, stacatto chords
e:-------------------|---------5-------|---------------|
B:-------------------|---------5-------|--------7------|
G:------------h12--|---------5-------|--------7------|
D:-------h12-------|---------7-------|--------7------|
A:-------------------|---------7-------|---5---5------|
E:-------------------|---5----5-------|----------------|

e:------------------|-------7-------
B:--------5--------|-------7-------
G:--------5--------|-------7------
D:--------5--------|-------7------
A:---3----3-----3-|---5---5-----
E:------------------|--------------

Solo
(Sorry, no solo :(


Different Strings

Opening riff x2
Riff 1 x3. Lyrics start with 2nd repetition.

Who's come to slay the dragon,
Come to watch him fall?
Making arrows out of pointed words,
Giant killers at the call 

Riff 2 x2

Too much fuss and bother,
Too much contradiction and confusion
Peel away the mystery,
Here's a clue to some real motivation.

Riff 3

All there really is,
The two of us,
And we both know why we've come along.
Nothing to explain,
It's a part of us
To be found within a song

Opening Riff x2
Riff 1 x6, Lyrics start with 5th repetition

What happened to our innocence,
Did it go out of style?
Along with our naivete',
No longer a child.

Riff 2 x2

Different eyes see different things,
Different hearts beat on different strings.
But there are times
For you and me, when all such things agree

Riff 3

All there really is,
The two of us,
And we both know why we've come along.
Nothing to explain,
It's a part of us
To be found within a song

Riff 4 repeat
Solo