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:
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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:
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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:
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Riff1: 2x
Riff2: 4x
Verse 2:
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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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How to play Different Strings
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am7. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.