Rush: Finding My Way
From the album Rush (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1974 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Lee and Lifeson

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

Transcription by George Grinch, Jimmy Pena, and Branden Robinson

Riff A (intro, pre-verse)

e:-----(5)----------------------------------------------|--3---------|
B:-----(5)----------------------------------------------|--3--3------|
G:o-----2----------------------------------------------o|--0--2------|
D:o-----2--------------4p2---4p2---4p2---4p2-----------o|--0--0------|
A:--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-3p0-0--|-----0------|
E:------------------------------------------------------|--3---------|
    * *

* PM

Riff B (verse)

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

Riff C (pre-chorus)

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

Riff D (chorus)

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

Riff E1 (bridge)

e:--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G:o----------------7--7----------o|o----------------5--5------------o|
D:o-7--7-----------7--7----------o|o-5--5-----------5--5------------o|
A:--7--7--4--5--7--5--5-----------|--5--5--2--3--5--3--3-------------|
E:--5--5-----------------2--3--4--|--3--3-----------------0--1--2----|

Riff E2 (bridge)

e:-----------------------------|
B:-----------------------------|
G:-----------------7--7\------o|
D:--7--7-----------7--7\------o|
A:--7--7--4--5--7--5--5\-------|
E:--5--5-----------------------| (either slide down or dive with bar)

Solo

(over riff B)

e:-----------------------15--15------15------------------------------|
B:------13-15-13--15b17----------15--15b17r15p13-----15-13-----------|
G:--/14-------------------------------------------14-------14-13-14--|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                    |----------| hold bend

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--13s15--17b19r17p15----------5-8p5---5-8p5------------------------|
G:----------------------17-14s7-------7-------7-7p5-----5-7b10r7p5---|
D:--------------------------------------------------7-5--------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----5-5-----5h7p5---5-7-7p5---5------------------------------------|
D:--7-----5h7-------7---------7---7-6-5------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------------7-6-5-3b5r3------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                  AH--------------|


(over riff C)

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------5b8r5------------5---5-7--------|
D:---------------------------5-7p5---------5h7----5h7---7------------|
A:-----3-3-----3-5p3---3-5s7-------7-----------5h7-------------------|
E:--3-5----3-5-------5-----------------------------------------------|


                            (over riff B)

e:----------------------------------------5-8p5---5------------------|
B:--5-8p5-------------5-8p5---5-8p5---5-8-------7---8p7p5---5--------|
G:--------7-5---5-5-7-------7-------7---------------------7---7p5----|
D:------------7---------------------------------------------------7--|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--5-7-----5-7b11r7p5---5-5-----------------------------------------|
D:----7-5-7------------7---------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff F1 (second bridge)

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--------5--7s8s7---------------------------------------------------|
G:--------5--7s8s7----5--7--5----------------------------------------|
D:--5--7-------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff G (harmony with riff F1)

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--------12-14s15s14-12-14-12---------------------------------------|
D:--12-14------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff F2 (second bridge)

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------5-7s8s7-5-7-5------------------------------|
G:------5-7s8s7-5-7-5-----5-7s8s7-5-7-5------------------------------|
D:--5-7---------------5-7--------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Remarks:

Standard Zeppelin-esque blues rocker. Take liberties with the chord
voicings; improvise. You may want to use bends instead of slides in
riffs F and G. Alex seasons this song with artificial harmonics, as he
did much of the material on the first album.

Tablature explanation:

| - music separator, not a standard notation bar line

|----|
|----|
|o--o|  repeat
|o--o|
|----|
|----|

h  - hammer on
p  - pull off
tr - trill
b  - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r  - release bend
s  - slide
/  - slide up
\  - slide down
~  - vibrato
t  - tap (with strumming hand)
x  - muted, struck string

() optional note, or note held from previous articulation
<> natural harmonics
[] artificial (pinch) harmonics
NH natural harmonics
AH artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute