Superconductor
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
---------||----------------------------------------------------------|
--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