Time Stand Still

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From: STDN%[email protected] (Dan Newcombe) 
 
Time Stand Still    -   Rush         (from Hold Your Fire) 
Transcription by Dan Newcombe ([email protected]) 
 
(I know that this is not 100% accurate, but it is closer 
 than nothing.  If you have corrections, please post them 
 in a nice civilized manner.  No flames, they're a waste.) 
 
 
To find out the chord rythyms, listen to the album. 
 
 
Intro:  (Riff 1) 
 (Clean tone, with a bit of delay and maybe Chorus) 
(Play 3 times) 
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--------------------2-2-- 
------4-----4-------2-2-- 
----4-----4---------2-2-- 
--------7------4-0--0-0-- 
--7---------------------- 
 
C#                         A                                 E 
I turn my back to the wind to catch my breath before I start off 
 
                                              B 
again              Driven on without a moment to spend       to 
---0------------------------------------------------------------- 
---0----------------------------------------------4-5^4--5^4--5^4 
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4 
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4 
---1-------------------------------0--2--4--2-------------------- 
---0------------------0---2---4---------------------------------- 
 
B                      E           A        C# 
pass the moment with a drink and a friend.  I let my skin get 
 
          A                              E 
too thin, I'd like to pause, no matter what I 
 
pretend             like some pilgram who learns to transcend. 
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---0----------------------------------------------4-5^4--5^4--5^4 
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4 
---2----------------------------------------------4---4----4----4 
---1-------------------------------0--2--4--2-------------------- 
---0------------------0---2---4---------------------------------- 
 
B     E         A 
as if each step were the end. 
 
(Guitar Tacet) 
"Time Stand Still, I'm not looking back but I want to 
look around me now. Time Stand Still, See more of the 
people and the places that surround me" 
 
(Play riff 1 twice) 
now      Time stand still 
 
E              A                   B 
  Freeze this moment a little bit longer 
                                      -0-----0----- 
                                      ---4-----4--- 
                                      -----4-----4- 
                                      ------------- 
                                      ------------- 
                                      ------------- 
 
A             F#                    E 
 Make each sensation a little bit stronger 
 
B           A     E      B          A     (Play riff 1) 
 Experience slips away   Experience slips away      Time Stand still 
 
A A 
 
(2nd verse same as the first as far as music goes.) 
I turn my face to the sun, close my eyes, let my defences down, 
all those wounds that I can't get unwound.  I let my past get 
too fast, no time to pause, if I could slow it all down, like 
some captain whose ship runs aground, I can wait till the tide 
comes around. 
 
Chorus: 
 "Time stand still.  I'm not looking back, but I wanna look around 
me now. Time stand still, see more of the people and the places 
that surround me 
 
(Play riff one) 
now 
 
E              A                   B 
  Freeze this moment a little bit longer 
                                      -0-----0----- 
                                      ---4-----4--- 
                                      -----4-----4- 
                                      ------------- 
                                      ------------- 
                                      ------------- 
 
A             F#                    E        B 
 Make each impression a little bit stronger 
 
E              A                   B 
  Freeze this moment a little bit longer 
 
B           A     E      B          A     (Play riff 1) 
 The innocence slips away   Innocence slips away     Time Stand still 
 
(Play riff one) 
TIME STAND STILL 
 
(Play riff 5 10 times) 
Riff 5 
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----2-4-2-4/5-4-2-4-2------------------------- 
-4-------------------------------------------- 
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A B ??? 
 
(Play riff 5 4 times) 
 
(The rest of the song is taken from the parts that come 
 after the slow part of the Chorus.  They are easy to figure 
 out, mostly E A and B chords, and I am too tired to 
 type them in) 
 
 
From: [email protected] (Phil Hodges) 
Subject: TAB: Time Stand Still (Rush) 
 
I got the TAB for "Time Stand Still" off the ftp site and noticed that 
the intro was heinously incorrect. I realize the person who wrote it 
said it wasn't 100% correct, and I am posting the correction in a 
civilized manner :) I'll post more Rush TAB if there are enough people 
interested. There's a pretty good-size collection going at the site, 
and most of it's correct that I've seen, and I want to add to it as 
much as I can. Alex Lifeson is my favorite guitarist, and I know how to 
play most of Rush's tunes. 
 
E-|-------------------------------------| 
B-|-------------0-----------------------| 
G-|-----4-----4--------------2---2------| 
D-|---4-----2---------2------2---2------| 
A-|-2--------------4-----0---0---0------| 
E-|-------------------------------------| 
    Let ring ------------|