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