Rush - Superconductor guitar tab

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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 20:05:58 -0700 (MST)

From: "Anthony John Zimmermann"

Rush

Superconductor

Presto

Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart

Transcribed by Tony Zimmermann

Comments welcome

(7/4) Rhy.Fig.1

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--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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|-----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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||------8--6--------------|----6--5-----5-|-----8-----8-----8--------|

||------------8-----------|----------6----|--6-----------------------|

||---6--------------------|-4-------------|--------------------------|

Rhy.Fig.5 (cont.)

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|--------------8--/12--10~~~~~----||----------------------------------

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Rhy.Fig.6 (4/4) Rhy.Fig.7 slight trem vibrato

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|----------------------------|-------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--------------------------

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Rhy.Fig.8

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||--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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||--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--------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----------------------------------------||

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||------------------2-----(2)----(2)-----(2)------------------------||

||--2---------------------------------------------------------------||

Rhy.Fig.12 Rhy.Fig.13 slight trem vibrato

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||-----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--------------------------

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Rhy.Fig.14 Rhy.Fig.15 slight trem vibrato

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||-----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--------------------------

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Rhy.Fig.16 (synth arr. for guitar)

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[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]