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Superconductor Tab

Send "Superconductor" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:05:58 -0700 (MST)
From: "Anthony John Zimmermann" 

Rush
Superconductor
Presto
Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart
 
Transcribed by Tony Zimmermann

Comments welcome
 
 
         (7/4)    Rhy.Fig.1   
---------||----------------------------------------------------------|
--x------||----------------------------------------------------------|
--x------||-----2----2-----------2-------2---2-----------------------|
------X--||-----2----2-----------2-------2---2-------2---------------|
------X--||-----0----0-----------0-------0---0---Q---2---------------|
------X--||---------------3----------3-----------3---0---------------|
cowbell/
    snare                                    Q=quarter step bend
 
 
Rhy.Fig.2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2----2-----------2-------2---2--------------------------------|
|-----2----2-----------2-------2---2-----------2--------------------|
|-----0----0-----------0-------0---0-----------2--------------------|
|---------------3----------3-----------3---2---0--------------------|
 
 
Rhy.Fig.3
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------6----------------------|
|-----5----5----3------5---3---5---5----3----5----------------------|
|-----5----5----3------5---3---5---5----3----3----------------------|
|-----3----3-----------3-------3---3---------3----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Rhy.Fig.4
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5----5----3------5---3---5---5--------------------------------|
|-----5----5----3------5---3---5---5--------------------------------|
|-----3----3-----------3-------3---3--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------6--5--3----------------------|
 
 
Rhy.Fig.5  (4/4 time)
||------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
||------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
||---------------7---8--7-|---------------|--------8-----7-----8--7--|
||------8--6--------------|----6--5-----5-|-----8-----8-----8--------|
||------------8-----------|----------6----|--6-----------------------|
||---6--------------------|-4-------------|--------------------------|
 
Rhy.Fig.5 (cont.)
|---------------------------------||----------------------------------
|---------------------------------||----------------------------------
|--------------8--/12--10~~~~~----||----------------------------------
|-------8--10---------------------||----------------------------------
|--/10----------------------------||----------------------------------
|---------------------------------||----------------------------------
 
 
Rhy.Fig.6 (4/4)               Rhy.Fig.7            slight trem vibrato
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------|-------6-----6-------6-~~~~-------------
|------5--5--5--3--3--5--5---|-------5-----5-------3------------------
|--R---5--5--5--3--3--5--5---|---R---3-----3-------3------------------
|------3--3--3--------3--3---|-------3-----3--------------------------
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------
 
Rhy.Fig.8
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||------------------------------2----|--2--2--------2-----2--2-------||
||--2--2--0-----2--0--2--2--0---2----|--2--2--------2-----2--2-----2-||
||--2--2--0-----2--0--2--2--0---0----|--0--0--------0-----0--0--Q--2-||
||--0--0--------0-----0--0-----------|---------3-------3-------(3)-0-||
 
Rhy.Fig.9  (synth arr. for guitar)
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------7------6----------------------------------------||
||--9-----------------------------7-------4-------------------------||
||------------------0-----(0)----(0)-----(0)------------------------||
||--0---------------------------------------------------------------||
 
Rhy.Fig.10
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------
||--5--5--3-----5----3--5--5--3---|--2--2-------2-------2--2----------
||--5--5--3-----5----3--5--5--3---|--2--2-------2-------2--2--------2-
||--3--3--------3-------3--3------|--0--0-------0-------0--0--------2-
||--------------------------------|--------3---------3--------3--2--0-
 
Rhy.Fig.11 (synth arr. for guitar)
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||--2---------------5------4----------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------4---------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------6-------------------------||
||------------------2-----(2)----(2)-----(2)------------------------||
||--2---------------------------------------------------------------||
 
Rhy.Fig.12                     Rhy.Fig.13          slight trem vibrato
||---------------------------|----------------------------------------
||---------------------------|-------8-----8-------8-~~~~-------------
||-----7--7--7--5--5--7--7---|-------7-----7-------5------------------
||-R---7--7--7--5--5--7--7---|---R---5-----5-------5------------------
||-----5--5--5--------5--5---|-------5-----5--------------------------
||---------------------------|----------------------------------------
 
Rhy.Fig.14                     Rhy.Fig.15           slight trem vibrato
||---------------------------|----------------------------------------
||---------------------------|-------10----10-----10-~~~~-------------
||-----9--9--9--7--7--9--9---|-------9-----9-------7------------------
||-R---9--9--9--7--7--9--9---|---R---7-----7-------7------------------
||-----7--7--7--------7--7---|-------7-----7--------------------------
||---------------------------|----------------------------------------
 
Rhy.Fig.16 (synth arr. for guitar)
||------------------------------------------------------------------||
||--4---------------7------6----------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------6---------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------8-------------------------||
||------------------4-----(4)----(4)-----(4)------------------------||
||--4---------------------------------------------------------------||
 
 
[w/Rhy.Fig.1]
   Packaged like a rebel or a hero
 
   Target mass appeal
 
   to make an audience feel 
                  [w/Rhy.Fig.2]
   He really needs it  
 
[alternate Rhy.Figs. 3&4]
   Package the illusion of persona
 
   Careful to conceal
[Rhy.Fig.4 twice]
   the fact that she's only too real
 
   she's got to screen it
 
 
   [w/Rhy.Fig.5]
   Hit you in a soft place
   a melody so sweet
   a strong and simple beat
   that you can dance to
 
 
[Rhy.Fig.6 twice, then Rhy.Fig.7, repeated]
Watch his every move
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Orchestrate illusions
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Watch his every move
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Hoping you'll believe
Designing to deceive
That's entertainment
 
[w/Rhy.Fig.8 into next verse]
 
[sim.]
He can put a target on the market
bask in your applause
reality withdraws
no he believes it
 
the role becomes the actor
she's addicted to applause
the stage a world because
she never leaves it
 
[sim.]
hit you in a soft place
with sentimental ease
they know the fantasies
that you romance to
 
[sim.]
Watch her every move
SUPERCONDUCTOR
She can manipulate reactions
SUPERCONDUCTOR
Watch her every move
SUPERCONDUCTOR
Pin the donkeys on her tail
Fantasy for sale
That's entertainment...
 
[Rhy.Fig.9] 
(Guitar tacet)
 
[Rhy.Fig.10]
[Rhy.Fig.5]
Hit you in a soft place
a melody so sweet
a strong and simple beat
that you can dance to
 
[Rhy.Fig.5]
hit you in a soft place
with sentimental ease
they know the fantasies
that you romance to
 
[Rhy.Fig.6 twice, then Rhy.Fig.7, repeated]
WATCH his every move
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Orchestrate illusions
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Watch his every move
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Hoping you'll believe
Designing to deceive
 
[Rhy.Fig.12 twice, then Rhy.Fig.13, repeated, 
                         with synth playing Rhy.Fig.11]
Watch her every move
SUPERCONDUCTOR
She can manipulate reactions
SUPERCONDUCTOR
Watch her every move
SUPERCONDUCTOR
Pin the donkeys on her tail
Fantasy for sale
That's entertainment...
 
[Rhy.Fig.14 twice, then Rhy.Fig.15, repeated, 
                         with synth playing Rhy.Fig.16]
Watch his every move
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Watch his every move
   SUPERCONDUCTOR
Hoping you'll believe
Designing to deceive
 
[Repeat :Rhy.Fig.6 twice, then Rhy.Fig.7]
That's entertainment...
That's entertainment...
That's entertainment...
[Last Chord: C5 x355xx]

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sara Average	#1 by Sara Sunshine at Aug 22, 1980 at 10:09 AM EST
	The music video is great! John Goodman dancing was pretty hilarious.

No Picture Sara Average	#2 by Sara Sunshine at Jun 15, 1999 at 11:08 AM EST
	I love the line "the stage a world", very reminiscent of Limelight. A great song, and the section after the "thats entertainment!" is very cool. Well worth a listen, as is any Rush song, but this one has a particular strength to blow you away.

No Picture Harvey Rhythm Player	#3 by Harvey Puentes at Aug 12, 2001 at 1:33 PM EST
	Great song highlighting the ease in which one can become a musical celebrity! - People exist (agents and such) that will blow sunshine up your arse and hype you out of all comprehension. I don't know who the fool is in this - the would be sucker or the consumer for listening to the "superconductor" in the first place.