Rush – Alien Shore (Guitar)

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[Intro] E G G E G G D A G E G G E G D A E E E E [Verse 1]
E
You and I, we are strangers by one chromosome

E
Slave to the hormone, body and soul

                 D     G      D
In a struggle to be happy and free

E              Em       E   G D E
Swimming in a primitive sea

E        G D         E      Em             G
You and I,   we must dive below the surface

  E7               A     D      E   E7
A world of red neon  and ultramarine

                       A7    D
Shining bridges on the ocean floor

E7                          G D  E
Reaching to the alien shore
[Chorus]
    Em      F#   G     A
For you and me

    Em      F#m  G     A
For you and me

    E       F#m  G      A     E           G  A
For you and me,  sex is not a competition

    E       F#m  G      A     E               G  A
For you and me,  sex is not a job description

    E       F#m  G   A  E   G    A
For you and me          we agree
[Solo] | E | E D | E | E | [Verse 2]
E
You and I, we are pressed into these solitudes

E
Color and culture, language and race

E                         D
Just variations on a theme

E                        Em    D  E
Islands in a much larger stream
[Chorus]
    Em      F#m G       A     E           G A
For you and me, race is not a competition

    Em      F#m G       A     E   F#m     G A
For you and me, race is not a definition

    Em      F#m  G A  Em  G    A   Bm C
For you and me        we agree

C                  A     D    A B
  Reaching for the alien shore

C                  A     D    A B
  Reaching for the alien shore

C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore
[Solo] | E G | G A | E G | D A G | Em G | G E | Em G | D | Em | Em | | G | G | Em | G A | Em | A Em | Em G | A | Em G | G | |Em G | G | Em G | G Em | G | Em G | A | A | C | A D | | G | E | E | E | E [Verse 3]
E                                   D
You and I, we reject these narrow attitudes

   E                                    D E
We add to each other, like a coral reef

                        D
Building bridges on the ocean floor

E                      D    E
Reaching for the alien shore
[Chorus]
    Em      F#m G      A     E      F#m   G A
For you and me, sex is not a competition

    Em      F#m G       A     E     F#m   G A
For you and me, race is not a definition

    Em      F#m    G          A            E    F#m    G A
For you and me, we hold these truths to be self-evident

    Em      F#m G     A         E        F#m    G  A
For you and me, we'd elect each other president

    Em      F#m G  A
For you and me

   E      G
We might agree

A                  Bm
But that's just us
[Outro]
C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore

                A  Bm
But that's just us

C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore

                A  Bm
But that's just us

C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore

                A  Bm
But that's just us

C
  Reaching for the alien shore