Rush – Superconductor (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:05:58 -0700 (MST) From: "Anthony John Zimmermann" <[email protected]> Presto Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart Transcribed by Tony Zimmermann <[email protected]> Comments welcome
         (7/4)    Rhy.Fig.1
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--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
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----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
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|--------------------------------------------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
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----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)
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||---------------7---8--7-|---------------|--------8-----7-----8--7--|
||------8--6--------------|----6--5-----5-|-----8-----8-----8--------|
||------------8-----------|----------6----|--6-----------------------|
||---6--------------------|-4-------------|--------------------------|

Rhy.Fig.5 (cont.)
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|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|--------------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
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||------------------------------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)
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||------------------7------6----------------------------------------||
||--9-----------------------------7-------4-------------------------||
||------------------0-----(0)----(0)-----(0)------------------------||
||--0---------------------------------------------------------------||

Rhy.Fig.10
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||--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)
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||--2---------------5------4----------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------4---------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------6-------------------------||
||------------------2-----(2)----(2)-----(2)------------------------||
||--2---------------------------------------------------------------||

Rhy.Fig.12                     Rhy.Fig.13          slight trem vibrato
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||---------------------------|-------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
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||---------------------------|-------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)
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||--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]