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Alien Shore Tab

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Rush: Alien Shore
From the album Counterparts (Atlantic Records)
Copyright 1993 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Comments/corrections to Jim Cirronella 

Transcribed by Joe Weinson and Tony Kennedy


Chords:
A         [x02220]
Asus      [x02230]
Asus2     [x02200]
(Intro)

--------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
--12--14--15--14--12--14--|--15--14--15--|--12--12--10--10/(1)-(1)16-|
--------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|


-------------------|------------|----------------------------|-------|
-12-15--14--12--14-|-15--14--15-|-15-15p14-14p12-12p10-10-10-|-------|
-------------------|------------|----------------------------|-------|
-------------------|------------|----------------------------|-------|
-------------------|------------|----------------------------|-------|
-------------------|------------|----------------------------|-3F-0~~|

(Verse Riff 1)
Asus           	                Asus2

-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------------------3------|----------------------0------|
------------------2------2---|------------------2------2---|
---------------2-------------|--------------2--------------|
---0--0---0------------------|---0--0---0------------------|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

(Verse Riff 2)
Asus                  w/ delay Asus2                w/ delay
------------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------3--3--|-----------------------2--2--|
-------------------2----2--2--|------------------2----2--2--|
---------------2--------------|--------------2--------------|
---0--0---0-------------------|---0--0---0------------------|
------------------------------|-----------------------------|


(Verse Riff 3)  Do a rhythm on these 2 chords

A      Asus
---0---|---0---|
---2---|---3---|
---2---|---2---|
-------|-------|
-------|-------|
-------|-------|

(Pre-chorus)
------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------|
----------0-----------0-----------2-------0-------2---|
------0-----------2-----------2-------0-------2-------|
--0-----------2-----------3---------------------------|

(Chorus)
    A                B                        C
                                  D                         G
---------------------------|-(3)--------------------------------------|
---------------------------|--5-------------------------12--12--12-12-|
-2--2--2--4--4--4--(4)--5~-|--5--2--2--4--4--4-7--7--7--12--12--12-12-|
-2--2--2--4--4--4--(4)--5~-|--5--2--2--4--4--4-7--7--7--12--12--12-12-|
-0--0--0--2--2--2--(2)--3~-|--3--0--0--2--2--2-5--5--5--10--10--10-10-|
---------------------------|------------------------------------------|


(Solo)             (All pre-bent)
---------------|---------------------|---------------------|
-------3~~-3vv-|--0--3-5-5p3p0--5~/--|-9F--9Fp7--9F-7-9F---|
----2~-2~~-2vv-|---------------------|---------------------|
--2~-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
---------------|---------------------|---------------------|
---------------|---------------------|---------------------|

w/ delay on last 2 notes                   (pre-bent)
---12---10------|---------------------------|--------------------|
------------10--|---------------------------|-15p12----[12Hh13]--|
----------------|---------------------------|-------14-----------|
----------------|------------------------7~~|--------------------|
----------------|--57--79--7--5--7--9-----|--------------------|
----------------|---------------------------|--------------------|

more later.......

Progression:
(Intro)
(Verse Riff 1)x5 with lyrics:
	You and I, we are strangers by one chromosome,
	slave to  the hormone, body and soul,
	in a struggle to be happy and free,
	swimming in a primitive sea

(Verse Riff 2)x1 with lyrics:
	You and I, we must dive below the surface

(Verse Riff 1)x2 with lyrics:
	A world of red neon and ultra-maroon

(Verse Riff 1)x1 with lyrics:
	Shinning bridges on the ocean floor, reaching
	to the alien shore

(Verse Riff 2)x1

(Pre-chorus)x8 with lyrics:
	For you and me, for you and me, for you and me
	sex is not a competition,
	for you and me,
	sex is not a job description,
	for you and me, we agree

(Verse Riff 1)x4 with lyrics:
	You and I, we are pressed
	into these solitude's,
	color and culture,
	language and race,
	just variations on a theme,
	islands in a much larger stream

(Verse Riff 2)x1 with lyric:
	Yeah

(Pre-chorus)x6 with lyrics:
	For you and me, race is not a competition,
	for you and me, race is not a definition,
	for you and me, we agree

(Chorus)x3 with lyrics:
	Reaching for the alien shore,
	reaching for the alien shore,
	reaching for the alien shore

(Intro)
(Solo)
(Verse Riff 3)x2

(Verse Riff 3)x8 with lyrics:
	You and I, we reject these narrow attitudes,
	we add to each other,
	like a coral reef,
	building bridges on the ocean floor,
	reaching for the alien shore

(Pre-chorus)x10 with lyrics:
	For you and me, sex is not a competition,
	for you and me, race is not a definition,
	for you and me, we hold these truths to be self-evident,
	for you and me, we elect the job of president,
	for you and me, we might agree

(Chorus)x3 with lyrics:
	But that's just us, reaching for the alien shore,
	but that's just us, reaching for the alien shore,
	but that's us, reaching for the alien shore,
	but that's just us

(1st half of Chorus) then lyrics:
	Reaching for the alien shore

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Gabe Average	#1 by Gabe Hawkins at Sep 29, 1972 at 10:05 PM EST
	Similarities exist in everyone, be they of different race or of the opposite sex. There is more to everyone than their race, religion, sex, or culture. I also get the impression that when he says, "Sex is not a job description," perhaps he is referring to traditional views of a woman's place -- she does not have to be in the home, being a mother/housewife just because she is female, thus, "sex is not a job description." And that's my two cents.

No Picture Cohen Wanna Be	#2 by Cohen B at Feb 8, 2001 at 7:15 AM EST
	Not my fav Rush song.

No Picture Ricky Rhythm Player	#3 by Ricky Cribb at Jan 16, 2002 at 4:23 PM EST
	This song seems to reflect that even though we are very different, we have common traits, desires, and interests. But more specifically, the differences between male and female are addressed. Reaching for the alien shore indicates that once involved in a relationship, we reach to find those things strange to our sex in order to achieve completeness as a couple.