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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:05:58 -0700 (MST)
From: "Anthony John Zimmermann" <97445@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>

Rush
Superconductor
Presto
Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart

Transcribed by Tony Zimmermann
<97445@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>
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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1993 Counterparts
1991 Roll the Bones
1989 Presto
1987 Hold Your Fire
1985 Power Windows
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1982 Signals
1981 Moving Pictures
1980 Permanent Waves
1978 Hemispheres
1977 Farewell to Kings
1976 2112
1975 Caress of Steel
1975 Fly by Night
1974 Rush
Presto tabs
01Show Don't Tell tabbass tab
02Chain Lightning tabbass tab
03The Pass tabbass tab
04War Paint tabbass tab
05Scars tabbass tab
06Presto tabbass tab
07Superconductor tabbass tab
08Anagram tabbass tab
09Red Tide tabbass tab
10Hand Over Fist tabbass tab
11Available Light tabbass tab

 

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