Natural Science chords by Rush

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A G  F C


Verse 1:
Am         G    Bb   C
When the ebbing tide retreats
 Am       G     Bb         C
Along the rocky shoreline
   Am       G     Bb       Cm
It leaves a trail of tidal pools
           Am    G    Bb  C
In a short-lived galaxy

Bm            Dm    Em
Each microcosmic planet
  Bm         F#m   A
A complete socie---ty

Solo:
| E A | Bm A | G A | Bm

Am            Dm
A simple kind mirror
     Bb             C
To reflect upon our own
Am                  G
All the busy little creatures
   Bb                   C
Chasing out their destinies

Bm
Living in their pools
          Am               G
They soon forget about the sea...

Solo:
| G | F | F | F |

Chorus:
D             C
Wheels within wheels in a spiral array
  D          C
A pattern so grand and complex
D          C
Time after time we lose sight of the way
D                C                 A
Our causes can't see their effects


Solo:
| D C A | D C A | D C A | D  |

| D E   | E     | G A7  | A7 |


Verse 2:
E
A quantum leap forward
E
In time and in space
    G                          A
The universe learned to expand
B
The mess and the magic

B
Triumphant and tragic
  D
A mechanized world out of hand


Solo:
| D | D  | D   | A   | G   | F    | C  | A  | G |

| F | C  | B A | G B | B A | G Em | Em | Dm | A | G

E
Computerized clinic
E
For superior cynics
    A                         Bb F
Who dance to a synthetic band
B
In their own image

B
Their world is fashioned
   E                            F
No wonder they don't understand


Solo:
| A | G | F  | F C | Am  | G | G F | C | Am | G |

| F | C | Am | G   | F   | C | Bm  | A | G  | D |

|Bm | A | G  | D   | D C | A Bb | Dm Bb | C | D C | C | C |


Chorus:
D             Bb          C
Wheels within wheels in a spiral array
  D                    C
A pattern so grand and complex
D          Bb      C
Time after time we lose sight of the way
    D                      C
Our causes can't see their effects


Solo:
| D C A | D Bb C | F Dm | C | Dm | C Am | Bb C | C A |

|A | G D | D A | A | G D | D G | D | A | G D | D | D

Verse 3:
C             G      F              D
Science, like nature,  must also be tamed
C      G      C         G      A    D  F
With a view towards its preservation
C              F            D
Given the same   state of integrity
C       G      C     G  A    F  D
It will surely serve us well

Solo:
| A | G | D A | A | G | D |

C                 F                  D
Art as expression,  not as market campaigns
C          G       C     G    Am   F  D
Will still capture our imaginations
C         G    F          A D
Given the same   state of integrity
G              C    G   A    F
It will surely help us along

Solo:
| D | A | G | D | A | G | D |

| A | G | G | A | G | D | D |

Verse 4:
         C              F               D
The most endangered species: the honest man
G             C           Am    F  D
Will still survive annihilation
C               F            D
Forming a world,  state of integrity
C  G      C  G      A      F  D  Bb
Sensitive, open and strong

Solo:
| C | D Bb | C | Dm Bb | C | D Bb |C|

| Dm Bb | C | Dm Bb | C | A G  | G C |

| A G | G C | B A | D Em | Bm A | D E |

Chorus:
A          G         F             C
Wave after wave will flow with the tide
    A        G               F
And bury the world as it does
B          F#        D          E
Tide after tide will flow and recede
        B          A        D   E
Leaving life to go on as it was

Solo:
| A B | B | A G | G | A B |

| B | A G | G | G B | B | B