Rush – Distant Early Warning (Guitar)

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[Intro] | Am7 | (Am7) Cadd9 | (Cadd9) Gsus2 | (Gsus2) Am7 | 2x | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | | F G F G | F G F G | [Verse 1]
   Am7
An ill wind comes arising

                               Cadd9
Across the cities of the plain

                                  Gsus2
There's no swimming in the heavy water

                           Am7
No singing in the acid rain

                    G
Red alert, red alert

                        Am7
It's so hard to stay together

                           Cadd9
Passing through revolving doors

            Cadd9
We need someone to talk to

        Gsus2                               Am7
And someone to sweep the floors, incomplete, incomplete
[Instrumental] | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | | F G F G | F G F G | [Chorus]
     Dm                  C
The world weighs on my shoulders

      Dm             F    G
But what am I to do?

     Dm                  C
You sometimes drive me crazy

       Dm             F    G
But I worry about you

    Dm              C
I know it makes no difference

     Dm                      F    G
To what you're going through

       Dm                C
But I see the tip of the iceberg

       Dm             F    G
And I worry about you
[Instrumental] | Am7 | (Am7) Cadd9 | (Cadd9) Gsus2 | [Verse 2]
                     Am7
Cruising under your radar

                             Cadd9
Watching from the satellites, take a page from the red book

 Gsus2
Keep them in your sights

                    Em
Red alert, red alert

 Am7
Left and rights of passage

  Cadd9
Black and whites of youth

         Dm
Who can face the knowledge

                            Am7
That the truth is not the truth?

         Am7
Obsolete, absolute yeah
[Instrumental] | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | | F G F G | F G F G | [Chorus]
     Dm                  C
The world weighs on my shoulders

      Dm             F    G
But what am I to do?

     Dm                  C
You sometimes drive me crazy

       Dm             F    G
But I worry about you

    Dm              C
I know it makes no difference

     Dm                      F    G
To what you're going through

       Dm                C
But I see the tip of the iceberg

       Dm             F    G
And I worry about you
[Instrumental] | Dm C | Dm F G | 4x | Am7 | (Am7) Cadd9 | (Cadd9) Gsus2 | (Gsus2) Am7 | | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | G5 D5/F# C5/E G5 D5/F# C5/E | 2x | F G F G | F G F G | [Chorus]
     Dm                  C
The world weighs on my shoulders

      Dm             F    G
But what am I to do?

     Dm                  C
You sometimes drive me crazy

       Dm             F    G
But I worry about you

    Dm              C
I know it makes no difference

     Dm                      F    G
To what you're going through

       Dm                C
But I see the tip of the iceberg

       Dm             F    G
And I worry about you
[Outro] | Dm Cadd9 |
Dm    F        G        Dm    Cadd9    Dm    F  G
 Absalom, absalom, absalom
| Dm Cadd9 | Dm F G | Dm |