Alien Shore chords by Rush

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D
E
G
Em
A
Esus4
F#m
Bm
C

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor) You an (E major) d I,  (E minor) 
G 
D 
E 
G 
 (G major)  (D major)  (E major) we are strangers by one chromosome  (G major) 
Em 
Slave  (E minor) to the hormone,
G 
D 
E 
D 
G 
 (G major)  (D major) body and  (E major) soul  (D major)  (G major) 
E 
G 
D 
In a struggle  (E major) to be  (G major) happy and free  (D major) 
E 
G 
E 
G 
Swimming  (E major) in a primitive  (G major)  (E major) sea  (G major) 
D 
E 
G 
 (D major)  (E major)  (G major) 

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Verse 2

You and I, we must dive

below the surface

A world of red neon and ultramarine

Shining bridges on the

ocean floor

Reaching to the alien

shore

Verse 3
G 
 (G major) 
Em 
F#m 
G 
A 
For  (E minor) you and me  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
E 
F#m 
G 
A 
For  (E major) you and me  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
E 
F#m 
For  (E major) you and me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (G major) sex is not  (A major) a com (E major) petition  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (G major)  (A major) For  (E major) you and me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
G 
A 
 (G major) sex is not  (A major) a job  (E major) descrip (F sharp minor)  (G major) tion  (A major) 
E 
D 
G 
A 
For  (E major) you and me  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) 
Em 
G 
 (E minor) We  agree  (G major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 4
E 
D 
E 
 (E major) You and I,  (D major) we are  (E major) pressed
into these solitudes
D 
E 
Color and culture, lan (D major) guage and  (E major) race
D 
E 
A 
D 
Just variations  (D major) on  (E major) a theme  (A major)  (D major) 
E 
Em 
D 
E 
 (E major) Islands in a much larger stream  (E minor)  (D major)  (E major) 
D 
E 
 (D major)  (E major) 

Verse 5
Em 
F#m 
For  (E minor) you and me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (G major) race is not  (A major) a com (E major) peti (F sharp minor) tion
G 
A 
Em 
F#m 
 (G major)  (A major) For  (E minor) you and me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
G 
 (G major) race is not  (A major) a defini (E major)  (F sharp minor) tion   (G major) 
A 
E 
F#m 
G 
A 
 (A major) For  (E major) you and me  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
Em 
G 
 (E minor) We  agree  (G major) 
A 
Bm 
 (A major)  (B minor) 

Verse 6
A 
Bm 
C 
 (A major)  (B minor)  (C major) 
A 
Reaching for the alien  (A major) 
D 
A 
Bm 
C 
shore  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (C major) 
A 
D 
A 
Bm 
Reaching for the alien  (A major) shore  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor) 
C 
A 
 (C major) Reaching for the alien  (A major) shore

Interlude 2
D 
Em 
G 
D 
E 
G 
D 
A 
G 
Em 
G 
D 
Em 
G 
D 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major) 
Em 
G 
Em 
G 
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
G 
 (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) 
Em 
G 
D 
G 
D 
Em 
G 
D 
Em 
G 
Em 
 (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) 
D 
Em 
G 
A 
D 
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
A 
Bm 
C 
A 
D 
F#m 
G 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (B minor)  (C major)  (A major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (G major) 
Em 
E 
D 
E 
D 
 (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major) 

Verse 7
E 
D 
E 
 (E major) You and I,  (D major) we reject  (E major) these
D 
narrow  (D major) attitudes
E 
We  (E major) add to each other,
Esus4 
D 
E 
D 
 (Esus4) like  (D major) a coral reef  (E major)  (D major) 
E 
D 
 (E major) Building bridges  (D major) on the ocean floor
E 
D 
Em 
E 
 (E major) Reaching for the alien  (D major)  (E minor) shore  (E major) 
D 
E 
D 
 (D major)  (E major)  (D major) 

Verse 8
E 
F#m 
For  (E major) you and me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (G major) sex is not  (A major) a com (E major) petition  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (G major)  (A major) For  (E major) you and me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (G major) race is not  (A major) a defini (E major) tion  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
Em 
F#m 
 (G major)  (A major) For  (E major) you an (E minor) d   me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
 (G major) we hold these truth (A major) s to be  (E major) self-evident
F#m 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
For  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major) For  (E major) you and me,  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
E 
F#m 
G 
A 
 (G major) we'd elect  (A major) each other  (E major) pres (F sharp minor) id (G major) ent  (A major) 
E 
F#m 
G 
A 
For  (E major) you and me  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
E 
Em 
G 
We  (E major) might  (E minor)  (G major) agree
A 
 (A major) But that's just