Learn Music: Nobodys Hero guitar tab - Rush tabs

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  From: Anthony J Zimmermann 
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  To: jcarson@netcom.com
  Subject: Nobody's Hero TAB - RUSH
  Status: RO
  
  ###  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  
  
  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:
  Gm F Bbsus2 Csus2
  Gm Gm/A F
  
  verse 1:
  Gm            F                Bbsus2
  I knew he was different in his sexuality
  Gm            Gm/A           F
  I went to his parties as the straight minority
     Gm             F            Bbsus2
  He never seemed a threat to my masculinity
     Gm        Gm/A          F
  He only introduced me to a wider reality
  
  Ebsus2
  
         Gm           F       Bbsus2
  As the years went by we drifted apart
         Gm                Gm/A          Dm           Csus2   Bbsus2
  When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
  
  chorus1:
                      Dm
  But he's nobody's Hero
                     Csus2
  - Saves a drowning child
            Am              G
  - Cures a wasting disease
  
    F
  Hero
                     Am               < --  I hear a Dm here...   Z.
  - Lands a crippled airplane
                 Csus2     G
  - Solves great mysteries
  
    Dm
  Hero
                     Csus2
  - Not the handsome actor
                  Am          G
    who plays the hero's role
  
    F
  Hero
                    Dm
  - Not the glamour girl
                  Csus2
    who'd love to sell her soul
  
     Am        G        Dm
  If anybody's buying Nobody's Hero
  
  solo1:
  Gm F Bbsus2 Csus2
  Gm Gm/A F Ebsus2                                                   P.H.
  
  -6--6--6-H-8-P-6------6--10--|----15--15-P-13---------------------------
  ------------------10---------|--15--15-------13---13-13-13--13-11--<11>-
  -----------------------------|-----------------------------------12-----
  -----------------------------|------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------|------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------|------------------------------------------
  
  verse2:
    Gm              F          Bbsus2
  I didn't know the girl but I knew her family
  Gm                   Gm/A           F
  All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality
       Gm             F            Bbsus2
  They tried to carry on, tried to bear the agony
  Gm                 Gm/A         F
  Tried to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity
  
  Ebsus2
  
         Gm           F      Bbsus2
  As the years went by we drifted apart
         Gm                 Gm/A          Dm           Csus2   Bbsus2 Gm
  When I heard that she was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
  
  chorus2:
                       Dm
  But she's Nobody's Hero
                    Csus2
  - Is the voice of reason
                Am          G
    Against the howling mob
  
    F
  Hero
                    Am     <--- (Dm)
  - Is the pride of purpose
               Csus2       G
    In the unrewarding job
  
    Dm
  Hero
                     Csus2
  - Not the champion player
                  Am           G
    Who plays the perfect game
  
    F
  Hero
                    Dm
  - Not the glamour boy
                 Csus2
    Who loves to sell his name
  
  Am          G        Dm
  Everybody's buying Nobody's Hero
  
  solo2: repeat Gm F Bbsus2
                Gm Gm/A F
  
  ---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------
  ------10---11--|---18-18-18--18-16-15----------15--|-------10--11------
  --12--10---10--|----------------------17-15-17-----|---12--10--10------
  --12-------8---|-----------------------------------|---12------8-------
  ---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------
  ---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------
  
  ------------------|----------------------------------------------------
  ----------15--15--|---------16--15--16--18--(18)-----------------------
  ------15--15--15--|--17--15-------------------F------------------------
  --15--15----------|----------------------------------------------------
  --17--------------|----------------------------------------------------
  ------------------|----------------------------------------------------
  
  
  
         Gm           F   Bbsus2
  As the years went by we drifted apart
         Gm                  Gm/A          Dm           Csus2   Bbsus2
  When I heard that you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
  
  chorus3:
                      Dm
  But he's nobody's Hero
                     Csus2
  - Saves a drowning child
            Am              G
  - Cures a wasting disease
  
    F
  Hero
                     Am
  - Lands a crippled airplane
                 Csus2     G
  - Solves great mysteries
  
    Dm
  Hero
                     Csus2
  - Not the handsome actor
                  Am          G
    who plays the hero's role
  
    F
  Hero
                    Dm
  - Not the glamour girl
                  Csus2
    who'd love to sell her soul
  
     Am        G        Dm
  If anybody's buying Nobody's Hero
  
  outro:
  Csus2 G
             F Am Csus2 G
  Nobody's Hero
    Dm Csus2 Am G
  Hero
             F Am Csus2 G
  Nobody's Hero
    Dm Csus2 Am G
  Hero
  
  repeat to fade out.
  
  ------------------------
  It seems pretty close

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