Alien Shore chords by Rush

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E G  G  E G  G     D A G
E G  G  E G  D A   E      E   E   E


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

E        G D         E      Em             G
You and I,   we must dive below the surface
  E7               A     D      E   E7
A world of red neon  and ultramarine
                       A7    D
Shining bridges on the ocean floor
E7                          G D  E
Reaching to the alien shore


Chorus:
    Em      F#   G     A
For you and me
    Em      F#m  G     A
For you and me
    E       F#m  G      A     E           G  A
For you and me,  sex is not a competition
    E       F#m  G      A     E               G  A
For you and me,  sex is not a job description
    E       F#m  G   A  E   G    A
For you and me          we agree

Solo:
| E | E D | E | E |

Verse 2:
E
You and I, we are pressed into these solitudes
E
Color and culture, language and race
E                         D
Just variations on a theme
E                        Em    D  E
Islands in a much larger stream


Chorus:
    Em      F#m G       A     E           G A
For you and me, race is not a competition
    Em      F#m G       A     E   F#m     G A
For you and me, race is not a definition
    Em      F#m  G A  Em  G    A   Bm C
For you and me        we agree

C                  A     D    A B
  Reaching for the alien shore
C                  A     D    A B
  Reaching for the alien shore
C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore


Solo:
| E G | G A | E G  | D A G | Em G | G E  | Em G | D | Em   | Em  |

| G   | G   | Em   | G  A  | Em   | A Em | Em G | A | Em G |  G  |

|Em G | G   | Em G | G Em  | G    | Em G | A    | A |  C   | A D |

| G   | E   | E    | E     | E


Verse 3:
E                                   D
You and I, we reject these narrow attitudes
   E                                    D E
We add to each other, like a coral reef
                        D
Building bridges on the ocean floor
E                      D    E
Reaching for the alien shore


Chorus:
    Em      F#m G      A     E      F#m   G A
For you and me, sex is not a competition
    Em      F#m G       A     E     F#m   G A
For you and me, race is not a definition
    Em      F#m    G          A            E    F#m    G A
For you and me, we hold these truths to be self-evident
    Em      F#m G     A         E        F#m    G  A
For you and me, we'd elect each other president

    Em      F#m G  A
For you and me
   E      G
We might agree
A                  Bm
But that's just us


Outro:
C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore
                A  Bm
But that's just us
C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore
                A  Bm
But that's just us

C                  A     D
  Reaching for the alien shore
                A  Bm
But that's just us
C
  Reaching for the alien shore