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Author/Artist: Alex Lifeson
Title: I Am The Spirit
Album: Victor ( Atlantic 82852-2 )
Transcribed by: Richard J. Soto & Chris Iacovella
Email: hrhkinglerxst@home.com & corripio@yahoo.com
Copyright 1996 Atlantic Recording Corp. & Anthem Entertainment
Music by Alex Lifeson & Bill Bell
Updated September 2, 2001
MANY thanks and respect go out to Chris Iacovella for his great
input and excellent insight. I'll play with ya anytime! :^)
Use a clean pretty chorus for Riff-A and a dirty distortion for Riff-B.
Notice how Riff-C is very similar to Alex's famous "Spirit Of Radio" riff.
(Hence this song's title! ) There's a slight digital delay used for Riff-C.
There may be a rhythm guitar under Riff-C in unison with the Bass
playing the B5, B5, B5, B5, A5. But I think it's just a very punchy Bass.
The wobble guitar can be produced using a tremolo pedal. However,
I use a Boss Chorus CE-3 and switch to stereo mode II but
actually run it in mono through one amp through output A to create
the wobble effect.
---0---------2---------------0---------2\------------|------------------------|--------4------------2--3---------4-------------0----|------------------------|------4----4----2-4-------------4----4--------4------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------4--------|------------------------|-2-------------------------2--------------2----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------| Riff-A Play 2x
----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|---2p0-5p0-2p0---------------2p0-5p0-2p0------------|-------------------------|---------------0--2--4--5----------------0--2--4vvv-|-------------------------|-0-------------------------0------------------------|-------------------------| Riff-B Play 4x
------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-9\---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-9\-------------------7-------|-----------------------------------------------|-7\-------4b-r-2vvv-/-5---5vvv|-----------------------------------------------|-------2----------------7-----|-----------------------------------------------| Rhy.1 Play 4x
-2p0---0-5p0---0-2p0---0---------2p0---0-5p0---0-2p0---0-------|--------------|-----4-------4-------4---0-----------4-------4-------4---2p0---|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------2-|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| Riff-C Play 3x
-2p0---0-5p0---0-2p0----0------3------------------------------|---------------|-----4-------4--------4---2p0--3------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------2------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------2------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------0------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| Riff-D
-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------| (Riff-B Play 4x) (Rhy.1 Play 4x) (Riff C Play 3x) (Riff-D Play 1x)
-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------| (Riff-B Play 2x) (Riff-A Play 4x)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----|----4---6---4------------4---6---4-----------------------------------2--------|---------------6--4/6---------------6--4\----2---4---2------------2-----------|-4-----4---4--------------------------------------------4--2/4-0--------------|----------------------7----7---7----------2-----2---2-------------------------| Wobble Guitar (Play 1x alone & 2x with Rhy.2)
-------------0--------|------------------------------------0-|-0----|---------|----------0-----0-----|-------------0------------------0-----|-0----|---------|-------4-----------0--|---------6------------------6---------|-6----|---------|----2-----------------|-----6------------------6-------------|-6----|---------|-0--------------------|-4------------------------------------|-4----|---------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|------|---------| Rhy.2 (Play 7x)
-------------------------------------------------12-11-9----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------12-11-9--------7--9--|------------8--9vvv-8-9b-r--8h9p8--------------------------------11\8vv-------|-9----9--11-----------------------9vvv-11-7v7v7-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar Solo
-----------------------------------------------17--20bvvvvvvv-||--------------|-10--10b--11-12-14--14-15-17---16-17-19--17-19----------------||--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|
-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------| (Riff-B Play 4x) (Rhy.1 Play 4x) (Riff A Play 8x) END
