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