Need some help with Rush's Limelight on guitar...

[Fassa Albrecht]

The tab:
E---
B---
G--4
D--4
A--2
E---

Does anyone know how I'm supposed to play the following chord? Am I supposed to just play all strings from the A string or do I play only the three fretted strings?

[stratovani]

Alex is renown for using a lot of open chords, such as the E or the C chord moved up two frets. The fretted strings are part of a B chord, you fret those and let the open strings ring out. If the open strings had X's then you would mute them.

[TheEmptyCell]

Most tabs would have 0's for open strings if you were supposed to play them open.

[I<34080]

It's a power chord, only play the three strings listed.

[iamlowsound]

Are you playing this while practicing your snare sticking and having a ghost breath on your feet?

lowsound