Rush: Limelight From the album Moving Pictures (Mercury Records) Copyright 1981 Core Music Publishing Music by Lee and Lifeson Lyrics by Peart Comments/corrections to C. D. Bruce Transcribed by Peter Seckel and Richard J. Soto There are multi-layered tracks of guitars. This tab is designed to replicate the album's recording with one guitar only. There are several little detailed areas that can be played slightly different. I've tried to go for accuracy. I play the solo with a delay/sampler in which I sample the whammied notes at the solos end, activate the loop, stomp on the chorus, play, then deactivate the loop when finished the arpeggiated riff. 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