Different Strings

Rush

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by Rush
 
Intro (x2)
 
Am7 D/A Am
e|--------------------0-|
B|-1--------3--(3)----1-|
G|-------0--0------0----|
D|----2---------4-------|
A|-0--------0--(0)----0-|
E|----------------------|
 
Am D9(no 3rd) Cmaj7
e|:----------0--------------|----------0--------------|-----------------------|
B|:-------1-----0---------1-|-------1-----0---------1-|----------1--(1)-------|
G|:----2---------------2----|----2---------------2----|----0--2----------0----|
D|:-----------------2-------|-0----------(0)--0-------|-----------------------|
A|:-0----------(0)----------|-------------------------|-3------------2------3-|
E|:-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
 
"Who's come to slay the dragon..."
"What happened to our innocense..."
 
e|----------0--------------:|
B|-------1-----0---------1-:|
G|----2---------------2----:|
D|-0----------(0)--0-------:|
A|-------------------------:|
E|-------------------------:|
 
"Too much fuss and bother,"
"Diff'rent eyes see diff'rent things."
 
Bm11 F Bm11
e|:----------0--(0)-------|-1--------1--(1)----------|----------0--(0)-------|
B|:-2----------------2----|----1-------------1-------|-2----------------2----|
G|:-------2-------------2-|---------------------2----|-------2-------------2-|
D|:----0------------------|-------3------------------|----0------------------|
A|:-2--------2--(2)-----2-|------------------------0-|-2--------2--(2)-----2-|
E|:-----------------------|-1-----------(1)----------|-----------------------|
 
"too much contradiction and confusion..."
"Diff'rent hearts beat on different strings..."
 
F G A(add B)
e|-1--------1--3-------|-0-----0--(0)-------|-----------0--(0)----------:|
B|----1-----------3----|-2-------------0--2-|-(2)---------------0--0----:|
G|-------------0-----0-|-4------------------|--------2------------------:|
D|-------3-------------|-2--2---------------|-----2--------(2)----------:|
A|---------------------|-0------------------|--0----------------------0-:|
E|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------------:|
 
G/F F G/F Am(add B) Fmaj9 G6 Am7
 
"All there really is, the two of us, and we both know why we've come along."
"Nothing to explain..."
 
outro
 
A A/D C D
 
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Different Strings
by Rush
 
Intro (x2)
 
Am7 D/A Am
e|--------------------0-|
B|-1--------3--(3)----1-|
G|-------0--0------0----|
D|----2---------4-------|
A|-0--------0--(0)----0-|
E|----------------------|
 
Am D9(no 3rd) Cmaj7
e|:----------0--------------|----------0--------------|-----------------------|
B|:-------1-----0---------1-|-------1-----0---------1-|----------1--(1)-------|
G|:----2---------------2----|----2---------------2----|----0--2----------0----|
D|:-----------------2-------|-0----------(0)--0-------|-----------------------|
A|:-0----------(0)----------|-------------------------|-3------------2------3-|
E|:-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
 
"Who's come to slay the dragon..."
"What happened to our innocense..."
 
e|----------0--------------:|
B|-------1-----0---------1-:|
G|----2---------------2----:|
D|-0----------(0)--0-------:|
A|-------------------------:|
E|-------------------------:|
 
"Too much fuss and bother,"
"Diff'rent eyes see diff'rent things."
 
Bm11 F Bm11
e|:----------0--(0)-------|-1--------1--(1)----------|----------0--(0)-------|
B|:-2----------------2----|----1-------------1-------|-2----------------2----|
G|:-------2-------------2-|---------------------2----|-------2-------------2-|
D|:----0------------------|-------3------------------|----0------------------|
A|:-2--------2--(2)-----2-|------------------------0-|-2--------2--(2)-----2-|
E|:-----------------------|-1-----------(1)----------|-----------------------|
 
"too much contradiction and confusion..."
"Diff'rent hearts beat on different strings..."
 
F G A(add B)
e|-1--------1--3-------|-0-----0--(0)-------|-----------0--(0)----------:|
B|----1-----------3----|-2-------------0--2-|-(2)---------------0--0----:|
G|-------------0-----0-|-4------------------|--------2------------------:|
D|-------3-------------|-2--2---------------|-----2--------(2)----------:|
A|---------------------|-0------------------|--0----------------------0-:|
E|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------------:|
 
G/F F G/F Am(add B) Fmaj9 G6 Am7
 
"All there really is, the two of us, and we both know why we've come along."
"Nothing to explain..."
 
outro
 
A A/D C D
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 18:29:50 +0100
From: Joost de Moel
Subject: TAB:Different Strings by Rush
 
I know a version of this song already exists, but my version is more
accurate and easier to play.
 
Different Strings
by Rush
 
Intro:
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Riff1: 2x
|------------------|-0----------------|
3|-1--------3-------|------------------|
|-------0--------0-|------------------|
|----2--------4----|------------------|
4|-0--------0-------|-0----------------|
|------------------|------------------|
 
Riff2:
|----------0-------------|----------0-------------|
4|-------------0----------|-------------0----------|
|-------5--------------5-|-------5--------------5-|
|----7--------------7----|----7--------------7----|
4|-0--------------7-------|-5--------------5-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 
|------------------------|----------0-------------|
|----------0-------------|-------------0----------|
|-------0----------------|-------5--------------5-|
|----0-----------0-----0-|----7--------------7----|
|------------------------|-5--------------5-------|
|-8-----------7-----8----|------------------------|
 
who's..
Verse 1:
--------
 
Riff2:
who's come to slay the dragon
come to watch him fall (making)
 
Riff2:
making arrows out of pointed words
Giant killers, at the call
 
Riff3:
Bm11 F
|----------0-------------|-1--------1-------------|
4|-2--------------2-------|----1-----------1-------|
|-------2-----------2----|-------------------2----|
|----0-------------------|-------3----------------|
4|-2----------------------|-3----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Too much fuss and bother
 
Bm11 F G
|----------0-------------|-1--------1--3--------3-|
|-2--------------2-------|----1-----------3-------|
|-------2-----------2----|-------2-----------4----|
|----0-------------------|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|-3-----------5----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Too much con- tra- diction and con-
 
A
|-5----------------------|------------------------|
|-5--------5-------------|-------5----------------|
|-6--------------------6-|----------------6-------|
|----------------7-------|-------------7----------|
|-7----------------------|----7-------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
(softly...)
fusion
 
Riff3:
Peel away the mystery
Here's a clue to some real motivation
 
Chorus:
-------
 
C E
|------------------------|----------0-------------|
4|-1--------1--1----------|-------------0----------|
|-------0--------------0-|-------1--------------1-|
|----2--------------2----|----2--------------2----|
4|-3--------------3-------|-2--------------2-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
All there really is, the
nothing to ex- plain. It's
 
Am F
|----------0----------| |-3-----0----------------| |------------------|
7|-------------1-------|4|-------------3p-1-------|3|-1--------1-------|
|-------2-------------| |-------------------2----| |----2--------2----|
|----2--------------2-| |------------------------| |-------3--------3-|
8|-0--------------0----|4|------------------------|4|-3--------3-------|
|---------------------| |------------------------| |------------------|
two of us, and we both know
part of us, to be found with
 
________________________________________________________________________
|1.
| G G A
|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
3|-3--------3x------|4|-3-----5--------5x------|-5--------5x-------5----|
|-4--------4x------|
|-4-----6--------6x------|-6--------6x-------6----|
|-5--------5x------|
|-5-----7--------7x------|-7--------7x-------7----|
4|-5--------5x------|4|-5-----7--------7x------|-7--------7x-------7----|
|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
why we've come along.
 
_______________________________________________
|2.
| E D
|------------------| |------------------------|
3|-0--------0-------|4|------------------------|
|-1--------1-------| |-2----------------------|
|-2--------2-------| |------------------------|
4|-2--------2-------|4|------------------------|
|------------------| |------------------------|
in a song
 
Bridge:
-------
 
Riff1: 2x
 
Riff2: 4x
 
Verse 2:
--------
 
Riff2:
What happened to our innocense.
Did it go out of style?
 
Riff2:
Along with our naivete
No longer a child
 
Riff3:
Different eyes see different things
Different hearts beat on different strings
 
Riff3:
But there are times
For you and me when all such things agree.
 
Repeat chorus
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