Rush – Natural Science (Guitar)

Capo 2 • Video Lesson

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Versions (5)

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Chords

[Intro] A G F C [Verse 1]

Am         G    Bb   C
When the ebbing tide retreats

 Am       G     Bb         C
Along the rocky shoreline

   Am       G     Bb       Cm
It leaves a trail of tidal pools

           Am    G    Bb  C
In a short-lived galaxy

Bm            Dm    Em
Each microcosmic planet

  Bm         F#m   A
A complete socie---ty

[Solo] | E A | Bm A | G A | Bm

Am            Dm
A simple kind mirror

     Bb             C
To reflect upon our own

Am                  G
All the busy little creatures

   Bb                   C
Chasing out their destinies

Bm
Living in their pools

          Am               G
They soon forget about the sea...

[Solo] | G | F | F | F | [Chorus]

D             C
Wheels within wheels in a spiral array

  D          C
A pattern so grand and complex

D          C
Time after time we lose sight of the way

D                C                 A
Our causes can't see their effects

[Solo] | D C A | D C A | D C A | D | | D E | E | G A7 | A7 | [Verse 2]

E
A quantum leap forward

E
In time and in space

    G                          A
The universe learned to expand

B
The mess and the magic

B
Triumphant and tragic

  D
A mechanized world out of hand

[Solo] | D | D | D | A | G | F | C | A | G | | F | C | B A | G B | B A | G Em | Em | Dm | A | G

E
Computerized clinic

E
For superior cynics

    A                         Bb F
Who dance to a synthetic band

B
In their own image

B
Their world is fashioned

   E                            F
No wonder they don't understand

[Solo] | A | G | F | F C | Am | G | G F | C | Am | G | | F | C | Am | G | F | C | Bm | A | G | D | |Bm | A | G | D | D C | A Bb | Dm Bb | C | D C | C | C | [Chorus]

D             Bb          C
Wheels within wheels in a spiral array

  D                    C
A pattern so grand and complex

D          Bb      C
Time after time we lose sight of the way

    D                      C
Our causes can't see their effects

[Solo] | D C A | D Bb C | F Dm | C | Dm | C Am | Bb C | C A | |A | G D | D A | A | G D | D G | D | A | G D | D | D [Verse 3]

C             G      F              D
Science, like nature,  must also be tamed

C      G      C         G      A    D  F
With a view towards its preservation

C              F            D
Given the same   state of integrity

C       G      C     G  A    F  D
It will surely serve us well

[Solo] | A | G | D A | A | G | D |

C                 F                  D
Art as expression,  not as market campaigns

C          G       C     G    Am   F  D
Will still capture our imaginations

C         G    F          A D
Given the same   state of integrity

G              C    G   A    F
It will surely help us along

[Solo] | D | A | G | D | A | G | D | | A | G | G | A | G | D | D | [Verse 4]

         C              F               D
The most endangered species: the honest man

G             C           Am    F  D
Will still survive annihilation

C               F            D
Forming a world,  state of integrity

C  G      C  G      A      F  D  Bb
Sensitive, open and strong

[Solo] | C | D Bb | C | Dm Bb | C | D Bb |C| | Dm Bb | C | Dm Bb | C | A G | G C | | A G | G C | B A | D Em | Bm A | D E | [Chorus]

A          G         F             C
Wave after wave will flow with the tide

    A        G               F
And bury the world as it does

B          F#        D          E
Tide after tide will flow and recede

        B          A        D   E
Leaving life to go on as it was

[Solo] | A B | B | A G | G | A B | | B | A G | G | G B | B | B