#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# SUPERCONDUCTOR As recorded by Rush (From the 1989 Album PRESTO (ATLANTIC 7 82040-2)) Words by PeartMusic by Lee and Lifeson Arranged by Rupert Hine and Rush Copyright 1989 Core Music Publishing Transcribed by Richard J. Soto Ver. 1.0 Submitted 2003-05-26 Throughout the verses of the song the distortion is heavy yet dry and crisp. The pre-choruses have an ambient bounce-like floating-sort-of digital delay that is super cool live. The guitar's sound within the choruses has a delay, that's slight longer than a slapback delay, along with a tremolo effect that creates that warble sound of the held chord during the "Superconductor" lyric. Bb/D G#/C C/E Bb/DXVIII x x x 7 6 6 x x x 5 4 4 x x x 9 8 8 x x x 19 18 18 C/EXX Gsus4 x x x 21 20 20 x x x 12 13 15 Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Distortion Guitar 1' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Distortion Guitar 2' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar w/delay during Pre-choruses' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven Guitar w/delay for Choruses' Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboards' Intro Q=158 A5 2/4 7/4 Gtrs I, IV H E E Q e E E E E E Q Q E E Q e E E E E E Q Q |------||------------------------------|------------------------------| |------||------------------------------|------------------------------| |------||------------------------------|------------------------------| |------||-2-2----------2-----2-2-------|-2-2----------2-----2-2-------| |------||-0-0----------0-----0-0-------|-0-0----------0-----0-0-------| |------||-----3b3.5--x-----3-----3--0--|-----3b3.5--x-----3-----3--0--| Verse A5 E E Q e E E E E E Q Q E E Q e E E E E E Q Q ||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||o------------------------------|------------------------------o|| ||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||--2-2----------2-----2-2-------|-2-2----------2-----2-2--------|| ||o-0-0----------0-----0-0-------|-0-0----------0-----0-0-------o|| ||------3b3.5--x-----3-----3--0--|-----3b3.5--x-----3-----3--0---|| E E Q e E E E E E E E Q |-|--------------------------------| |-|--------------------------------| |-|--------------------------------| |-|-2-2----------2-----2-2---------| |-|-0-0----------0-----0-0---------| |-|-----3b3.5--x-----3-----3-2-0---| C Bb/F C BbCF Bb/FF C Bb/F C BbCF E E E Q E E E E E Q Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q ||-------------------------1--|----------------------------|| ||o-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--1--|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5--------o|| ||--5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--2--|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5---------|| ||--5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--3--|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5---------|| ||o-3-3------3-----3-3--------|-3-3------3-----3-3--------o|| ||----------------------------|--------------------6-5-3---|| C Bb/F C BbCF E E E Q E E E E E E E Q |-|----------------------------| |-|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5---------| |-|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5---------| |-|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5---------| |-|-3-3------3-----3-3---------| |-|--------------------6-5-3---| Pre-Chorus $ Bb/D G#/C C/E 4/4 Gtr V W +W W W | | | | / / / / Gtrs I, II, III ~~ Q E E Q Q Q E Q +E Q Q E E Q Q a W |--------------|----------------------|---------------|---------| |--------------|----------------------|---------------|---------| |--------------|--7------8---(8)--7---|---------------|---------| |----8-8-6-----|----------------------|-------6p5-----|---------| |-----------8--|-(8)--8-(8)--(8)-(8)--|------------6--|-6s10----| |-6------------|-(6)------------------|-\4------------|---------| W +W W Bb/D W +W | | / / Q E E Q Q Q E Q E Q |--------------|----------------------| |--------------|----------------------| |--------------|--7------8----8---7---| |----8-8-6-----|----------------------| |-----------6--|-(6)--6-(6)--(6)-(6)--| |-6------------|-(6)------------------| W +W Bb/DXVIII C/EXX W W | | / / \0.25/ \0.25/ a Q Q Q Q a H Q +E +E |-----------------|----------------------------------|| |-----------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------8--|-10s12----10--(10)-----(10)-------|| |-------8--10-----|----------------------------------|| |-8s10------------|----------------------------------|| |-----------------|----------------------------------|| Chorus Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Gtr III \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.25/ \0.25/ +E +E +E +E +E +E +E +E |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)-----(10)-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | Gtrs I, II | E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------3-------3-------3-------3------(3)------3--------3------| |-----------5-------3-------3-------3h======5-------3--------5------| |-----------5-------3-------3-------3h======5-------3--------5------| |-----------3------(3)-----(3)-----(3)-----(3)-----(3)-------3------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| Bb/C Csus2 > \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ +E +E +E +E +E +E +E +E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------3--------3--------3--------3-------(3)-------3--------3------| |------------5--------3--------3--------3h=======5--------3--------5------| |------------5--------3--------3--------3h=======5--------3--------5------| |------------3-------(3)------(3)-------3-------(3)------(3)-------3------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb W W |------------------|------| |------------------|------| |------------------|------| |------------------|------| |------------------|------| |------------------|------| | | Q E +s E. E Q W |----1-(1)----1----|-1----| |----1-(1)----1----|-1----| |----3-(3)----2----|-3----| |----3-(3)----3----|-3----| |----1-(1)----1----|-1----| |------------------|------| To Coda CsBb/C Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Gtrs I, II +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||--(1)-------------------------|---------------------------| ||o-(1)-3--3---3---3--(3)--3--3-|---3--3---3---3--(3)--3--3-| ||--(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|---5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| ||--(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|---5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| ||o-(1)-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-|---3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-| ||------------------------------|---------------------------| 1.,2.,3.,D.S.4. Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb Fsus4/Bb 6/4 Q E +s E. E Q W 4x W. |----1-(1)----1----|-1---------||-1-----|| |----1-(1)----1----|-1--------o||-1-----|| |----3-(3)----2----|-3---------||-3-----|| |----3-(3)----3----|-3---------||-3-----|| |----1-(1)----1----|-1--------o||-1-----|| |------------------|-----------||-------|| Pre-Verse E/B Amaj7E/B4AmajE/Bs4A5 7/4 Gtrs I, IV E E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E Q Q |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |-1-1-1----1---1-1-1-1--2-2-|-2-2------2-----2-2-------| |-2-2-0----2---0-2-2-0--2-2-|-2-2------2-----2-2-------| |-2-2-0----2---0-2-2-0--0-0-|-0-0------0-----0-0-------| |---------------------------|-----3--------3-----3--0--| Verse A5 E E E Q E E E E E Q Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q ||---------------------------|----------------------------|| ||o--------------------------|---------------------------o|| ||--2-2------2-----2-2-------|-2-2------2-----2-2---------|| ||--2-2------2-----2-2-------|-2-2------2-----2-2---------|| ||o-0-0------0-----0-0-------|-0-0------0-----0-0--------o|| ||------3--------3-----3--0--|-----3--------3-----3-2-0---|| C Bb/F C BbCF Bb/FF C Bb/F C BbCF E E E Q E E E E E Q Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q ||-------------------------1--|----------------------------|| ||o-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--1--|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5--------o|| ||--5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--2--|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5---------|| ||--5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--3--|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5---------|| ||o-3-3------3-----3-3--------|-3-3------3-----3-3--------o|| ||----------------------------|--------------------6-5-3---|| D.S. al Coda Bb/F C BbCF Bb/FF E E E Q E E E E E Q Q |-|------------------------1---| |-|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--1---| |-|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--2---| |-|-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3\--3---| |-|-3-3------3-----3-3---------| |-|----------------------------| & Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb 4/4 Gtrs I, II Q E +s E. E Q W |----1-(1)----1----|-1----|| |----1-(1)----1----|-1----|| |----3-(3)----2----|-3----|| |----3-(3)----3----|-3----|| |----1-(1)----1----|-1----|| |------------------|------|| Interlude E D/A A/F# D/E D Gtr V W +W H H H H 3x ||--7--------|-(7)--------|-10-----9----|------5-----|| ||o-9--------|-(9)--------|-10----10----|-7----7----o|| ||--9--------|-(9)--------|-11-----9----|-7----7-----|| ||--9--------|-(9)--------|-12----11----|-7----7-----|| ||o-7--------|-(7)--------|-12-----9----|-7----5----o|| ||-----------|------------|-------------|------------|| Bridge C Bb/F C BbCF Bb/F A5 6/4 7/4 Gtrs I, IV E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q |------------------------|---------------------------| |-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3---|---------------------------| |-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3---|-2-2------2-----2-2--------| |-5-5-3----5---3-5-5-3---|-2-2------2-----2-2--------| |-3-3------3-----3-3-----|-0-0------0-----0-0--------| |------------------------|-----3--------3-----3-2-0--| Pre-Chorus Bb/D G#/C C/E 4/4 Gtr V W +W W W | | | | / / / / Gtrs I, II, III ~~ Q E E Q Q Q E Q +E Q Q E E Q Q a W ||---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------| ||o--------------|----------------------|---------------|---------| ||---------------|--7------8---(8)--7---|---------------|---------| ||-----8-8-6-----|----------------------|-------6p5-----|---------| ||o-----------8--|-(8)--8-(8)--(8)-(8)--|------------6--|-6s10----| ||--6------------|-(6)------------------|-\4------------|---------| W +W W 1. Bb/D Bb/DXVIII C/EXX W +W W W | | | | / / / / ~~ Q E E Q Q Q E Q E Q a Q Q Q Q a H H |--------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |--------------|----------------------|-----------------|----------------o|| |--------------|--7------8----8---7---|--------------8--|-10s12----10-----|| |----8-8-6-----|----------------------|-------8--10-----|-----------------|| |-----------6--|-(6)--6-(6)--(6)-(6)--|-8s10------------|----------------o|| |-6------------|-(6)------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| W +W 2. Bb/D W +W | | / / Q E E Q Q Q E Q E Q |--------------|----------------------| |--------------|----------------------| |--------------|--7------8---(8)--7---| |----8-8-6-----|----------------------| |-----------6--|-(6)--6-(6)---6--(6)--| |-6------------|-(6)------------------| W +W Bb/DXVIII C/EXX W W | | / / \0.25/ \0.25/ a Q Q Q Q a H Q +E +E |-----------------|----------------------------------|| |-----------------|----------------------------------|| |--------------8--|-10s12----10--(10)-----(10)-------|| |-------8--10-----|----------------------------------|| |-8s10------------|----------------------------------|| |-----------------|----------------------------------|| Chorus Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Gtr V W | o Gtr III \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.25/ \0.25/ +E +E +E +E +E +E +E +E |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)----(10)-----(10)-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | Gtrs I, II | E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------3-------3-------3-------3------(3)------3--------3------| |-----------5-------3-------3-------3h======5-------3--------5------| |-----------5-------3-------3-------3h======5-------3--------5------| |-----------3------(3)-----(3)-----(3)-----(3)-----(3)-------3------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| Bb/C Csus2 +W | / > \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ \0.25/ +E +E +E +E +E +E +E +E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----(10)-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------3--------3--------3--------3-------(3)-------3--------3------| |------------5--------3--------3--------3h=======5--------3--------5------| |------------5--------3--------3--------3h=======5--------3--------5------| |------------3-------(3)------(3)-------3-------(3)------(3)-------3------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb H H H H | | | | o o o o W W |--------------------|-----------| |--------------------|-----------| |--------------------|-----------| |--------------------|-----------| |--------------------|-----------| |--------------------|-----------| | | Q E +s E. E Q W |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----3-(3)------2----|-3---------| |----3-(3)------3----|-3---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |--------------------|-----------| Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Gtr V W +W | | o / Gtrs I, II +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||--(1)-------------------------|----------------------------| ||o-(1)-3--3---3---3--(3)--3--3-|----3--3---3---3--(3)--3--3-| ||--(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| ||--(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| ||o-(1)-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-|----3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-| ||------------------------------|----------------------------| Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb H H H H | | | | o o o o Q E +s E. E Q W 3x |----1-(1)------1----|-1----------|| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------o|| |----3-(3)------2----|-3----------|| |----3-(3)------3----|-3----------|| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------o|| |--------------------|------------|| Dsus2 C/D Dsus2 C/D Dsus2 W +W | | o / +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||--(1)-------------------------|----------------------------| ||o-(1)-5--5---5---5---5---5--5-|----5--5---5---5---5---5--5-| ||--(3)-7--5---5---5h==7---5--7-|----7--5---5---5h==7---5--7-| ||--(3)-7--5---5---5h==7---5--7-|----7--5---5---5h==7---5--7-| ||o-(1)-5-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-5-|----5-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-5-| ||------------------------------|----------------------------| Csus2 G/C Csus2 H H H H | | | | o o o o Q E +s E. E Q W 4x |----3-(3)------3----|-3----------|| |----3-(3)------3----|-3---------o|| |----5-(5)------4----|-5----------|| |----5-(5)------5----|-5----------|| |----3-(3)------3----|-3---------o|| |--------------------|------------|| E E7 E E7 E W +W | | o / +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||--(3)-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-| ||o-(3)-0-3-3-3p=0--0-0-|----0-3-3-3p=0--0-0-| ||--(5)-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-|----1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-| ||--(5)-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-| ||o-(3)-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|----2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-| ||------0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-| Dsus2 A/D Dsus2 H H H H | | | | o o o o Q E +s E. E Q W 3x |----5-(5)------5----|-5----------|| |----5-(5)------5----|-5---------o|| |----7-(7)------6----|-7----------|| |----7-(7)------7----|-7----------|| |----5-(5)------5----|-5---------o|| |--------------------|------------|| Outro Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 W +W | | o / +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-(5)-------------------------|----------------------------| |-(5)-3--3---3---3---3---3--3-|----3--3---3---3---3---3--3-| |-(7)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(7)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(5)-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-|----3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb H H H H | | | | o o o o Q E +s E. E Q W |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----3-(3)------2----|-3---------| |----3-(3)------3----|-3---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |--------------------|-----------| Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 W +W | | o / +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-(1)-------------------------|------------------------------| |-(1)-3--3---3---3---3---3--3-|--3--3---3---3---3---3---3--3-| |-(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|--5--3---3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|--5--3---3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(1)-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-|--3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb H H H H | | | | o o o o Q E +s E. E Q W |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----3-(3)------2----|-3---------| |----3-(3)------3----|-3---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |--------------------|-----------| Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 Bb/C Csus2 W +W | | o / +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-(1)-------------------------|----------------------------| |-(1)-3--3---3---3---3---3--3-|----3--3---3---3---3---3--3-| |-(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(1)-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-|----3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb H H H H | | | | o o o o Q E +s E. E Q W |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |----3-(3)------2----|-3---------| |----3-(3)------3----|-3---------| |----1-(1)------1----|-1---------| |--------------------|-----------| Fsus4/Bb/C Csus2 W | o +E E E E E E E E |-(1)-------------------------| |-(1)-3--3---3---3---3---3--3-| |-(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(3)-5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-| |-(1)-3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-| |-----------------------------| Bb/C Csus2 Fsus4/Bb F/Bb Fsus4/Bb +W H H W | | | | / o o o E E E E E E E E Q E +s E. E Q W |----------------------------|----1-(1)------1----|-1----| |----3--3---3---3---3---3--3-|----1-(1)------1----|-1----| |----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----3-(3)------2----|-3----| |----5--3---3---3h==5---3--5-|----3-(3)------3----|-3----| |----3-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-3-|----1-(1)------1----|-1----| |----------------------------|--------------------|------| Gsus4 W +W +W +W | | | | / / / / W +W +W +W |-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*| |-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths *************************************************************************************** * Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org * ***************************************************************************************