Vapor Trail Chords

by Rush
KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays506

Vapor Trail by Rush is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 
w/phaser 
||------------------|| 
||--5--5--5--5p3p0--|| 
||------------------|| 
||------------------|| 
||------------------|| 
||------------------|| 
 
Main Riff 
  12 String Guitar 
||----0-----2-|---0-----2-|---0-----2-|---0-----2-|---0-----2-|---0-----2-|| 
||------0-----|-----0-----|-----0-----|-----0-----|-----0-----|-----0-----|| 
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|| 
||o-----------|-----------|-0-----0---|-0-----0---|-0-----0---|-----------|| 
||--2-----2---|-2-----2---|-----------|-----------|-----------|-4-----4---|| 
||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|| 
 
||-----0---2-|-----0---2--|| 
||---0-------|---0--------|| 
||-----------|-----------o|| 
||-----------|-----------o|| 
||-2-----2---|-0-----0----|| 
||-----------|------------|| 
 
 
Pre Chorus 
||-------------------------------|| 
||-------------------------------|| 
||o-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-o|| 
||o-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-o|| 
||--3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--|| 
||--3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--|| 
 
Chorus 
||--2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|| 
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| 
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o|| 
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o|| 
||-----------------------------------|| 
||-----------------------------------|| 
 
||-------------------------------|| 
||-------------------------------|| 
||o-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-o|| 
||o-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-o|| 
||--3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--|| 
||--3-3-x-3-3-x-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--|| 
 
After 1st Chorus (over Verse riff} 
N.H.--------------- 
||-------------------|| 
||-------------------|| 
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o|| 
||o-----------------o|| 
||-------------------|| 
||-------------------|| 
 
 
2nd Verse (Lead w/main riff) 
||-----------------------------------------|| 
||--0-0-12p0-0-10p0-0-12p0-0-10p-0-0-12p0--|| 
||o---------------------------------------o|| 
||o---------------------------------------o|| 
||-----------------------------------------|| 
||-----------------------------------------|| 
 
Chorus - Same as Chorus 1 
 
 
Pre Solo (w/verse riff) 
(w/dist.) 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-2~~~~~~-0---------|---------5~~~~~~/9~~~~~~-|| 
||-----------3~~~~~~-|-0~~~~~~-----------------|| 
|| 
|| (w/dist.) 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-2~~~~~~-0---------|---------5~~~~~~\4~~~~~~-|| 
||-----------3~~~~~~-|-0~~~~~~-----------------|| 
 
Solo 
(Volume swells throughout) 
||---------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
||---------------|-12~~~~-10~~~~-12-|----------12~~~~-|--------------15--|| 
||--7~~~~/11~~~~-|------------------|-11~~~~----------|-7~~~~/11~~~~(11)-|| 
||---------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
||---------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
||---------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
 
(these are 14's, 15's and 10's) 
||-14-1414-1414-1414-1414141414-|------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------|-15-1515-1515-1515-1515151515-|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||-10-1010-1010-1010-1010101010-|-10-1010-1010-1010-1010101010-|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| 
 
Play w/pre solo after 3rd Chorus 
(backwards guitar) 
||--12~~~~~~~~~~~--12--10p8p7-8-7\5~~~~--|-----------------|------------------|| 
||---------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
||---------------------------------------|--10\9-----------|------------------|| 
||---------------------------------------|--------9/10~~~--|--9---9---9---9---|| 
||---------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
||---------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
 
Outro: 
Play around with Pre-Solo riff 
 
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||-2~~~~~~-0---------|---------5~~~~~~/9~~~~~~-|| 
||-----------3~~~~~~-|-0~~~~~~-----------------|| 
 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-4~~~~~~-----------------|| 
||-2~~~~~~~~---------|-------------------------|| 
||-----------3~~~~~~-|---------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|| 
 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
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||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-2~~~~~~-0---------|---------5~~~~~~/9~~~~~~-|| 
||-----------3~~~2~~-|-0~~~~~~-----------------|| 
 
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||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
||-2~~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~-|-9~~~~~~~~~~12~~~~~~~~~~-|| 
||-------------------|-------------------------|| 
 
There are like a million variations on this, just end on a Bm 
 
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| Tab Explanation | 
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|| = barline to begin/end a tab line 
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| = barline in middle of tab line 
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||                    || 
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||o                  o|| 
||o = repeat marks   o|| 
||                    || 
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~ = vibrato 
/ = slide 
p = pull-off 
h = hammer on 
x = left hand mute 
N.H. = natural harmonics 
(n) = ghost note. also used when a note is tied from the previous note. 
 
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Contribuição: Taino Vieira([email protected]) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante