Alien Shore Chords by Rush

_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You and I, _ _ _ we are strangers by one chromosome, _ _ slaved to the [C#] hormone, _ [D] body [E] and soul, _ _ _ _ in a
struggle to [A] be happy and free, [E] swimming in a _ primitive _ sea.
_ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You and [C#] I, _ [D] _ _ [E] we must dive below the surface, _ _ world of red [C#m] neon _ [A] and _ [E] _ ultramarine,
_ _ _ _ _ shining bridges [C#] on the [A] ocean floor, [E] reaching to the _ Asian _ shore.
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You [F#m] and me, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] you [F#] and [G] me, [A] sex is not a [E] _ [F#m] competition, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] you [F#m] and [G] me, [A] sex is not a [E] [F#m] job description, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] we _ [F#m] _
[G] agree.
[A] _ _ [C#] _ [E] _ You _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ and I, _ [A] _ _ we are pressed [E] into these solitudes, _ color and culture, _ [A] language [E] and race,
_ _ _ _ just variations on [D] a theme, _ [E] islands in a much larger _ stream.
[C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ You [F#m] and [G] me, race [A] is not [E] a _ [F#m] competition, [G] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ you [F#m] and [G] me, race [A] is not [E] a _ [F#m] definition, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _
_ _ [A] we [E] _ _ [F#m] _
[G] agree.
_ [A] _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _
_ Reaching for [A] the alien [D] shore, _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
reaching for [A] the [D] alien shore, _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ reaching [A] for the [D] alien shore.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] You and I, [D] _ _ _ [E] we reject these [D] narrow attitudes, _ [E] we add to each [Bm] other like coral reef, _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] building bridges [D] on the ocean floor, [E] reaching for [D] the _ alien [E] _ _
shore.
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] Sex [A] is not [E] a _ [F#m]
competition, [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] you [F#] and [G] me, [A] race is not [E] a _ [F#m]
definition, [G] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] we [G] _ agree.
[A] We choose [E] to be [F#m] self [G]-evident, [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] we [A] act [E] child [F#m] _
[G] _ _ [A]-resident, [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ we [E] love [F#m] _
[G] the [A] alien shore.
_ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ Reaching for [A] the [D] alien shore, _ _ [A] reaching [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ for [A] the [D] alien shore, _ [G] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ reaching [A] for the [D] alien shore.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _