As recorded by Rush
(From the 1989 Album PRESTO)
Words by Peart Music by Lee/Lifeson
Transcribed by Keith Nelson - ob1gynob@hotmail.com
From the Rush Tablature Project - www.cygnusproductions.com/rtp
Last Updated: 2003-05-27
x x [Eb6add9]10 10 11 11 13 x 1[F5]5 17 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic #1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric #1 (clean)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric #2 (distortion)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Electric #3 (distortion)'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Synth arr for guitar'
Intro
Q128
[1/4] Gtrs [4/4]I, II
Q W W W W
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| Gtr V
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W W W
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| >
| +W +W +W
Verse 1
Gtr II
W W H E. S E E
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| W +W +W
W +W +W
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|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
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| +H H +W
Verse 2
W W W W
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| >
+H Q E E W +W
|
| >
| W W W
Chorus 1
[F5]+W +W +W +W
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[/] [/] [/] [/]
W +W E. S E. S H +W
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| W W W H E S S S S S S
[F5]+W +W +W
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[/] [/] [/]
W +W E. S E. S H
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| W +W W
[F5]+W +W
| |
[/] [/]
H. E E W
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| H E S S S S S S W
|
| Gtr IV
| H Q E E +H +E S S S S S S S S
+W
|
[/]
W
|
| >
| +W
|
| ~~
| |--3---|
| T T E. +E +S S S H
Verse 3
Gtr II
W W W
|
| Gtr IV
| +H H W W
|
| Gtr V
| >
+W +W W
|
| W W W
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| W +W +H H
Gtr IV
|--3--|
E S S S S S S S +S S S E S S S
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| Gtr V
| +W
S +S E S S S S E. S S S E
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| +W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S +S S S S S
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| >
| W
~~~
+E +S S H.
|
|
W W W
|
| Gtr II
| W W Q Q Q Q
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| Gtr V
| >
| +W W W
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| +W H H W
~~~~ ~~~~
H H H H +W
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| ~~~~
| H H H a H +W
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| +H H +W +W
Chorus 2
[F5]Gtr V
W +W +W
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[/] [/] [/]
Gtr IV
TP TP TP ~~
Q H. H +S E S Q W
+W +W +W
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[/] [/] [/]
~~~~ ~~
|-3-|
+H Q Q Q W +H +E E +S S E
W +H E S S +S S E
|
| Gtr V
| >
| W W
~~~~
a W +H. +E E
|
|
| +W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W Wx8
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| >
| +H H +W W
Chorus 3
[Eb6add9]Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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/ / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x /
Gtr IV
W +W
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|
~~~~
+Q. E H W +W
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| >
| +W +W W
Gtrs II, IV
E S S +S S S S E E E E
|
| Gtr V
| W
Verse 7
~
E S S +S S S S E E Q E S S +S S S S E E E E
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| >
| +W W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +W
|
| >
| +W W
(From the 1989 Album PRESTO)
Words by Peart Music by Lee/Lifeson
Transcribed by Keith Nelson - ob1gynob@hotmail.com
From the Rush Tablature Project - www.cygnusproductions.com/rtp
Last Updated: 2003-05-27
x x [Eb6add9]10 10 11 11 13 x 1[F5]5 17 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic #1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric #1 (clean)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric #2 (distortion)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Electric #3 (distortion)'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Synth arr for guitar'
Intro
Q128
[1/4] Gtrs [4/4]I, II
Q W W W W
|----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|----||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|
| Gtr V
|
W W W
|--11---------|-------------|---------|
|--11---------|-------------|---------|
|--10---------|-------------|---------|
|--10---------|-------------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|
| >
| +W +W +W
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-(16)--------|-------------|---------|
|-(17)--------|-(17)--------|-(17)----|
|-(15)--------|-(15)--------|-(15)----|
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-(13)--------|-(13)--------|-(13)----|
Verse 1
Gtr II
W W H E. S E E
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------3--3-3-1-|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|
|
| W +W +W
|-13--------|-(13)--------|-(13)-------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------------|
W +W +W
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|--(1)--------|--(1)--------|--(1)----|
|---1---------|--(1)--------|--(1)----|
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------|
|
|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|--11-----||
|--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|--11-----||
|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--10-----||
|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--10-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------||
|
| +H H +W
|-(13)------------------------------------------------|---------||
|-(16)----------------------(16)----------------------|-(16)----||
|-(17)----------------------(17)----------------------|-(17)----||
|-(15)----------------------(15)----------------------|-(15)----||
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------||
|----------------------------13-----------------------|-(13)----||
Verse 2
W W W W
|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
|
| >
+H Q E E W +W
|----------------|------------|---------|
|-(9)r-----------|------------|---------|
|--------------xS|^10--------|-(10)----|
|--------------xS|^10--------|-(10)----|
|--------------xS|^-8--------|--(8)----|
|----------------|------------|---------|
|
| >
| W W W
|-11-------------|------------|---------|
|-11-------------|------------|---------|
|-10-------------|------------|---------|
|-10-------------|------------|---------|
|----------------|------------|---------|
|----------------|------------|---------|
Chorus 1
[F5]+W +W +W +W
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[/] [/] [/] [/]
W +W E. S E. S H +W
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-10--10-10--10-10----|-(10)------------------------|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-10--10-10--10-10----|-(10)------------------------|
|--8--------|--(8)--------|--8---8--8---8--8----|--(8)------------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| W W W H E S S S S S S
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
[F5]+W +W +W
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
W +W E. S E. S H
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-10--10-10--10-10----|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-10--10-10--10-10----|
|--8--------|--(8)--------|--8---8--8---8--8----|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
|
| W +W W
|-11--------|-(11)--------|---------------------|
|-11--------|-(11)--------|---------------------|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|---------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
[F5]+W +W
| |
[/] [/]
H. E E W
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-10----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--8-------------------8\-------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| H E S S S S S S W
|----------16-16-16-x-13-----13-|--11-------------------------------------|
|----------16-16-16-x-13-----13-|--11-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--10-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| |--3--| |------5-------|
| H Q E E +H +E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------16b18|(16)----(16)r16p13----13-------13-------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------16----16b18----16p13-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
+W
|
[/]
W
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| >
| +W
|-(11)---------------------------------||
|-(11)---------------------------------||
|-(10)---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| ~~
| |--3---|
| T T E. +E +S S S H
|--------------------------------------||
|------13-16b18(16)-(16)r16-13-------||
|--15----------------------------15----||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
Verse 3
Gtr II
W W W
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-^-1---------|
|---------------|-------------|-^-3---------|
|---------------|-------------|-^-1---------|
|---------------|-------------|-^-3---------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| +H H W W
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-(15)\---------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr V
| >
+W +W W
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--(1)--------|--(1)--------|-----------------|
|--(3)--------|--(3)--------|-----------------|
|--(1)--------|--(1)--------|-----------------|
|--(3)--------|--(3)--------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|
| W W W
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|
| W +W +H H
|-(13)--------|-(13)--------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-(17)--------|-(17)--------|-(17)----(17)----|
|--15---------|-(15)--------|-(15)----(15)----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------13-----|
Gtr IV
|--3--|
E S S S S S S S +S S S E S S S
|----------------------------------------------13-------13-------|
|------------13-16-------13-16--------------13----15b17----16p13-|
|------15b17-------15b17-------15b17(15)r----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| +W
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(17)-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(13)-----------------------------------------------------------|
S +S E S S S S E. S S S E
|------------------13-16-13----16b18-16---13-16-|
|---------------16----------16------------------|
|--15b17(15)r---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(17)------------------------------------------|
|-(15)------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(13)------------------------------------------|
|----5------| |-----5-----| |---------6---------| |------5------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S +S S S S S
|-----13-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--16----16p13----13h16p13----13-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------15----------15----15p13----13-15b17(15)-(15)rp13----13-13b15|
|--------------------------------------15-------------------------15-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| >
| W
|--13--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(17)-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(13)-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
+E +S S H.
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|-(13)r(13)-13h15-----||
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|---------------------||
|
|
W W W
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|-13--------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W Q Q Q Q
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|----------6-----|
|-----------|-------------|-------------8--|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|-------8--------|
|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr V
| >
| +W W W
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|--(8)--------|-----------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|
| +W H H W
|-(13)--------|-(13)----(13)----|-(13)----|
|-------------|-----------------|--16-----|
|-(17)--------|-(17)----(17)----|-(17)----|
|-------------|--17------15-----|-(15)----|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|-------------|-----------------|---------|
~~~~ ~~~~
H H H H +W
|---8------11-----|--13-------16----|-(16)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|
| ~~~~
| H H H a H +W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|---6-------------|---6-----6S9----|--(9)----|
|-----------8-----|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|
| +H H +W +W
|-(13)------------|-----------------|---------|
|-(16)----(16)----|-(16)------------|-(16)----|
|-(17)----(17)----|-(17)------------|-(17)----|
|-(15)----(15)----|-(15)------------|-(15)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|----------13-----|-(13)------------|-(13)----|
Chorus 2
[F5]Gtr V
W +W +W
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
Gtr IV
TP TP TP ~~
Q H. H +S E S Q W
|-------------|---------------------|-------|
|-------------|---------------------|-------|
|----10-------|-10----(10)-x\-x/-x--|-10----|
|----10-------|-10----(10)-x\-x/-x--|-10----|
|-----8-------|--8-----(8)-x\-x/-x--|--8----|
|-------------|---------------------|-------|
+W +W +W
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
~~~~ ~~
|-3-|
+H Q Q Q W +H +E E +S S E
|---------------|-------------|----------------11-(11)-11-11-|
|-----------8---|-------------|----------------11-(11)-11-11-|
|-(10)----8-8-8-|-10----------|-(10)------(10)-10-(10)-10-10-|
|-(10)----8-8-8-|-10----------|-(10)------(10)---------------|
|--(8)----8---8-|--8----------|--(8)-------(8)---------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------------------------|
W +H E S S +S S E
|-11--------|-(11)----11-13-13-(13)-13-13-|
|-11--------|-(11)----11-13-13-(13)-13-13-|
|-10--------|-(10)----10-12-12-(12)-12-12-|
|-10--------|-(10)----10------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| >
| W W
|-----------|--13-------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------|
|-17--------|-(17)------------------------|
|-15--------|-(15)------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------|
|-13--------|-(13)------------------------|
~~~~
a W +H. +E E
|----------------|-------------------||
|-----11---------|-(11)------(11)/---||
|-10-(10)--------|-(10)------(10)/---||
|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------||
|
|
| +W
|-(13)-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W Wx8
|--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-------------|--------||
|--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-------------|--------||
|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-------------|--------||
|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-------------|--------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------||
|
| >
| +H H +W W
|-(13)------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------||
|-(16)----------------------(16)----------------------|-(16)--------|--------||
|-(17)----------------------(17)----------------------|-(17)--------|--------||
|-(15)----------------------(15)----------------------|-(15)--------|--------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------||
|----------------------------13-----------------------|-(13)--------|--------||
Chorus 3
[Eb6add9]Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x / / / x /
Gtr IV
W +W
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------|-(10)-------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------|-(10)-------------------------------|
|--8-------------------------------|--(8)-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|
~~~~
+Q. E H W +W
|-------------------------------------|---1---------|-(1)------||
|-------------------------------------|---1---------|-(1)------||
|-(10)-----------10p8---------------|---3---------|-(3)------||
|-(10)-----------10p8---------------|---3---------|-(3)------||
|--(8)------------8---8---------------|-------------|----------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------|----------||
|
| >
| +W +W W
|-------------------------------------|-------------|----------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------|----------||
|-(17)--------------------------------|-(17)--------|----------||
|-(15)--------------------------------|-(15)--------|----------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------|----------||
|-(13)--------------------------------|-(13)--------|----------||
Gtrs II, IV
E S S +S S S S E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---------1-3-|
|--1-1-4b4.5-(4)-------1-4b4.5-----|
|
| Gtr V
| W
|-13-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Verse 7
~
E S S +S S S S E E Q E S S +S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------1---1-----3--|------------------1---1-----1-3--|
|---1--1-4b4.5-(4)-------1-4----|---1--1-4b4.5-(4)-------1-4------|
|
| >
| +W W
|-(13)---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-(17)---------------------------|-15-----------------------------------|
|-(15)---------------------------|-15-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +W
|------------------------------------|------------|
|------------------------------------|------------|
|------------------------------------|------------|
|------------------------------------|------------|
|--(3)-------------------------------|-(3)--------|
|------------------------------------|------------|
|
| >
| +W W