Xanadu chords by Rush

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chords:
  E A D G B e
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
G: 3 2 0 0 3 3
D: x x 0 2 3 2
A: x 0 2 2 2 0

   E A D G B e
E5*: 0 2 2 4 0 0
G5: 3 x 0 0 x x
A5: x 0 2 2 x x
B5: x 2 4 4 x x

   E A D G B e
E/E: 0 14 14 13 0 0
D/E: 0 12 12 11 0 0
B/E: 0 9 9 8 0 0
A/E: 0 7 7 6 0 0
G/E: 0 5 5 4 0 0

     E A D G B e
Aadd9:  5 7 7 6 0 0
G6:    3 5 5 4 0 0
F#7add11: 2 4 4 3 0 0
Badd11:  7 9 9 8 0 0


Riff 1:

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-5-4-----9-7-5-4-5-4-----------|
E|-----7-5-------------7-5-9-7-5-|


Riff 1 Extended:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------0----|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------0----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------4----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------2----|
A|-5-4-----9-7-5-4-7-5-4---5-4-----4-----------------------------2-2----|
E|-----7-5---------------7-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4-2-5-4-2-0-4-2-0---0----|



Instrumental in multiple parts:

Ethereal Intro:
E (drone over guitar volume swell part)

Full band enters:
E G D A x3

A (sustained)

E5* Riff 1 x3

E5* Riff 1 Extended

E/E D/E B/E A/E G/E x4

F#7add11 E

G6 F#7add11 Aadd9 E

G6 F#7add11 Badd11

E F#7add11 x6


Short A Part 1:
  E        F#7add11
"To seek the sacred river Alph
  E         F#7add11
To walk the caves of ice
  Badd11    Aadd9
To break my fast on honeydew
  Badd11      Aadd9
And drink the milk of Paradise"

D Am G F E


B Part 1:
E      G5 A        G5 E5  B5  A5  G5  A5
I had heard the whispered tales of im - mor - ta - li - ty
  E5  B5  A5  G5  A5
The dee - pest my - ste - ry
E     G5  A      G5 E
From an ancient book I took a clue
E        G5 A       G5 E5  B5  A5  G5  A5
I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eas - tern lands un - known
E5  B5 A5 G5 A5
Time and Man a - lone
E       G5 A   G5  E
Searching for the lost Xana - du

E  G  D
Xa - na - du


Synth Break 1:

D5 Bb6 Cadd9 G x6


A Part 2:
  D5    Bb6  Cadd9   G
To stand within the Pleasure Dome
 D5    Bb6  Cadd9   G
Decreed by Kubla Khan
  D5   Bb6   Cadd9   G
To taste anew the fruits of life
  D5   Bb6  Cadd9   G
The last immortal man
  D5    Bb6  Cadd9  G
To find the sacred river Alph
  D5    Bb6   Cadd9   G
To walk the caves of ice

  D5   Bb6   Cadd9   G
Oh, I will dine on honeydew
  D5    Bb6   Cadd9 G  D5    Bb6  Cadd9
And drink the milk of Para  -  dise
G    D5    Bb6  Cadd9   G
Oh, paradise!

D D D


Instrumental Bridge:

E5* Riff 1 x3

E5* Riff 1 Extended

E


B Part 2:
 E       G5  A       G5 E5  B5 A5   G5 A5
A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by
E5  B5   A5 G5 A5
Stars stopped in the sky
E     G5 A   G5  E
Frozen in an everlasting view
E      G5 A      G5 E5 B5 A5 G5 A5
Waiting for the world to end, weary of the night
E5 B5  A5 G5 A5
Praying for the light
E     G5 A
Prison of the lost
 G5  E
Xana - du

E  G  D
Xa - na - du


Synth Break 2:

D5 Bb6 Cadd9 G x6


A Part 3:
D5    Bb6  Cadd9   G
Held within the Pleasure Dome
 D5    Bb6  Cadd9   G
Decreed by Kubla Khan
  D5     Bb6  Cadd9   G
To taste my bitter triumph
   D5 Bb6   Cadd9   G
As a mad immortal man
D5   Bb6   Cadd9 G
Nevermore shall I re - turn
 D5     Bb6     Cadd9   G
Escape these caves of ice

  D5   Bb6   Cadd9   G
For I have dined on honeydew
  D5    Bb6   Cadd9 G   D5    Bb6
And drunk the milk of Para  -  dise
Cadd9    G   D5
Woah, is it  paradise?

Bb6   Cadd9 G


Instrumental:

E F#7add11 x6


Guitar Solo:

E F#7add11
E F#7add11
Badd11 Aadd9
Badd11 Aadd9
E F#7add11
E F#7add11
E F#7add11
E F#7add11
Badd11 Aadd9
Badd11 Aadd9


Outro:

D Asus2 G F
E