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I Am The Spirit
Alex Lifeson
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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-------------------------------|
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Guitar Solo
-----------------------------------------------17--20bvvvvvvv-||--------------|
-10--10b--11-12-14--14-15-17---16-17-19--17-19----------------||--------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|
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-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------------|
(Riff-B Play 4x) (Rhy.1 Play 4x) (Riff A Play 8x) END