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From anthonyz@cs.arizona.edu Sun Jun 12 21:42:33 1994

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Subject: Nobody's Hero TAB - RUSH

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### I saved this off of alt.music.rush a while ago, and noticed it

### wasn't at Nevada. All of the chords sound right, and I added

### the tabs.

### Tony Zimmermann

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In article <2p0lin$mbg@hq.hq.af.mil>

lunatic@asylum.hq.af.mil (Jeff Kirvin) writes:

Ok, here's _Nobody Hero_ by Rush from _Counterparts_.

A brief note on chords. There are 3 chord namings which I should explain.

1) The suspended seconds (sus2). People with some chord theory should know

this, but for the less informed, its always root 5th barre chord with the

2nd string "open". So a Csus2 is played like:

E|-3- For the Bbsus2 just move down the fret board. The Ebsus2 is played

B|-3- differently. See below.

G|-5-

D|-5-

A|-3-

E|---

2) The Ebsus2. This has a very low sound to it, so I think Alex fingers it

like so:

E|-1-

B|-4-

G|-3-

D|-1-

A|-1-

E|---

3) The Gm/A. Now I *know* this is the wrong name for the chord, but I have

absolutely no idea what its proper name is. My handy-dandy book of 7,488

guitar chords doesn't seem to have it. Anyway, I finger it like this:

E|-3- If this looks kinda wacko, there is precedent for it. Alex plays

B|-3- the same chord in _Lock and Key_. Check the video if you don't

G|-3- believe me :-)

D|-5-

A|-3-

E|-5-

The "Gm/A" chord may not sound quite right when you play it, but that's

probably because Alex uses a "Nashville tuning" technique for his guitar.

I'm not terribly familiar with this method, but I believe it involves

replacing the low, heavy, E, A, D strings with lighter guage ones so they

are tuned up to the same octave as the higher strings. So when you listen

to the cd at the "Gm Gm/A" change, it actually sounds like the change in

fingering is occuring on the higher stirings, but I don't think it is. It

sounds to me like the E, B, and G strings are unchanged through that chord

change. But anyway, if you think you have a better idea than that by all

means correct me.

As far as the two solos go, I haven't had time to figure them out, so they

aren't included. Chords only. Sorry.

Strumming is pretty much the key to this tune. There is no way I can

effectively transcribe the strumming pattern here but if you listen to the

cd and get a feel for the rhythm and where the chord changes occur, you

should be able to get pretty close to the original.

Warning: Playing this song on an acoustic with a thick neck may cause

severe cramping of the left hand (it did for me anyways - but then maybe its

just me; I get the same thing playing Distant Early Warning). :)

So, on with our show.

Nobody's Hero - Music by Lee and Lifeson

------------- Lyrics by Peart

intro:

verse 1:

I knew he was different in his sexuality

I went to his parties as the straight minority

He never seemed a threat to my masculinity

He only introduced me to a wider reality

As the years went by we drifted apart

When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart

chorus1:

But he's nobody's Hero

- Saves a drowning child

- Cures a wasting disease

Hero

Am < -- I hear a Dm here... Z.

- Lands a crippled airplane

- Solves great mysteries

Hero

- Not the handsome actor

who plays the hero's role

Hero

- Not the glamour girl

who'd love to sell her soul

If anybody's buying Nobody's Hero

solo1:

verse2:

I didn't know the girl but I knew her family

All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality

They tried to carry on, tried to bear the agony

Tried to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity

As the years went by we drifted apart

When I heard that she was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart

chorus2:

But she's Nobody's Hero

- Is the voice of reason

Against the howling mob

Hero

Am <--- (Dm)

- Is the pride of purpose

In the unrewarding job

Hero

- Not the champion player

Who plays the perfect game

Hero

- Not the glamour boy

Who loves to sell his name

Everybody's buying Nobody's Hero

solo2: repeat Gm F Bbsus2

------15--15--15--|--17--15-------------------F------------------------|

As the years went by we drifted apart

When I heard that you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart

chorus3:

But he's nobody's Hero

- Saves a drowning child

- Cures a wasting disease

Hero

- Lands a crippled airplane

- Solves great mysteries

Hero

- Not the handsome actor

who plays the hero's role

Hero

- Not the glamour girl

who'd love to sell her soul

If anybody's buying Nobody's Hero

outro:

Nobody's Hero

Hero

Nobody's Hero

Hero

repeat to fade out.

It seems pretty close

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