ader.htm" --Rush: Middletown DreamsFrom the album Power Windows (Mercury Records)Copyright 1985 Core Music PublishingMusic by Lee and LifesonLyrics by PeartTranscribed by Chris Marquardt <[email protected]>Some songs have specific patterns that are repeated or just sound neat,even though the rest of the song may be fairly easy. Rather than tabbingthe whole song, this post only contains some fun patterns to try.You guitarists would call these "riffs"  :-)Special key:C  -as usualH  -as usualS  -X-C-  X=regular hit, snares off; C=hand clap sampleT  -1-2-3-4-G  1-4="ethnic" tom samples, hi to low; G=gong bass drumK  -as usualPattern 1 - verses  q e e e e q  q e e e e q  q e e e e q  q e e e e qC ------T-T---|------T-T---|------T-T---|------T-T---|S ------------|----------C-|------------|----------C-|T G---G-------|G---G-------|G---G-----4-|G---G-------|K X-X---X---X-|X-X---X---X-|X-X---X---X-|X-X---X---X-|Other notes are thrown in occasionally, but if you keep this up youshould be able to make it through pretty easily.Pattern 2a - chorus variation 1  s s s s s s s s e e s s s s  s s s s s s s s e e s s s sC ----------------T-T---------|----------------T-T---------|H X-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-------X-O-O-|X-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-------X-O-O-|S ----------------------------|--------------------C-------|T --------------------4-------|----------------------------|K X---X-----------------------|X---X-----------------------|Pattern 2b - chorus variation 2 (note additional snare & kick)  s s s s s s s s e e s s s s  s s s s s s s s e e s s s sC ----------------T-T---------|----------------T-T---------|H X-X-O-O---X-O-O-------X-O-O-|X-X-O-O---X-O-O-------X-O-O-|S --------X-------------------|--------X-----------C-------|T --------------------4-------|----------------------------|K X---X-----------X-X---------|X---X-----------X-X---------|These three patterns will get you through about 80% of the song, withthe guitar solo being a pretty straight 4/4 beat.			untitled