In The End
by Rush

Album: Fly By Night (1975)
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  • Well, I can see what you mean
    It just takes me longer
    And I can feel what you feel
    It just makes you stronger

    I know, I know, I know
    Oh, the feeling grows
    I see, I see, I see
    It's got to be
    You can take me for a little while
    You can take me, you can make me smile
    In the end

    Well, I can do what you do
    You just do it better
    And I can cry like you cry
    It just makes me sadder

    Well, I can shine like you shine
    It doesn't make me brighter
    But if I think like you think
    It don't make my load much lighter Writer/s: Alex Zivojinovich, Geddy Lee Weinrib
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment
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Comments: 10

  • Carl from Lincolnshire UkI think this song intro on acoustic is played in a different key or guitar tunes down. Song book says start with chard C. But I think this is incorrect . Can anybody tell me what charts are played on acoustic intro and is the acoustic guitar tunes down and is electric guitar tunes down?
  • Kirk from Santa CruzThe Guitar intro is on a 12 string.
  • Rusty from Oahu, HiNeil Peart did not write the lyrics of "In The End." The album credits Geddy Lee with the lyrics and Lifeson/Lee with the music.
  • Rufus from Wheeling, WvOne of my favorite early Rush songs, this and Here again off the first release.
  • Arthur from Ktichener, OnDuring the solo, Geddy Lee is singing with the guitar starting at 4:23 until near the end of the solo.
  • Kent Lyle from Cincinnati, OhMy LP pressing of _Fly By Night_ credited "In the End" to Lee and Lifeson, and Wikipedia has also taken that path. However, there are some sources which seem to list "Lee/Lifeson/Peart", so maybe there is some controversy. If Peart did write those lyrics, he certainly wasn't trying very hard.
  • Justin from Montpelier, VtThe opening guitar on this song is an acoustic tuned down a whole step, if you try to play the intro in regular tuning it'll sound way too sharp.
  • Robert from Schaumburg, IlKent from CA look at the credits| lyrics by Peart
  • Kent Lyle from Palo Alto, CaUndoubtedly a holdover from their pre-Peart days. The lyrics are of the same throwaway nature as those of the first album.
  • Mike from Mountlake Terrace, WashingtonIn the live version recorded for "All the worlds a stage" (1976) At 1:48 into the intro, before Alex starts the main guitar riff, you can hear Geddy slowly count in echo "one...two...buckle my shoe".
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