Distant Early Warning (chrom)

Lyrics by Neil Peart 
Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson 

-1  2   2    2    2 3  3 
An ill wind comes arising 
3  3   -3   3  3  3  -3   3 
across the cities of the plain. 
  3     3   -3  -4  -4 -4  -4 -4 -5 -5 
there's no swimming in the heavy water, 
3  -3 -4   -4 -5 -4 -3 -3 3 2 
no singing in the acid rain. 
 4  4 -3    4  4 -3 
Red Alert (Red Alert) 
 4  4 -3 3  4  4 -3 3 
Red Alert (Red Alert) 

3    -1  3   3   3   -3 -3 -3 
It's so hard to stay together, 
 3  2      3     3 3 -3    2 -1 
passing through revolving doors. 
3   3    3 -4   -4 -5   -5  
We need someone to talk to 
-5  -5 -4   -4  -4   -4    4 -3 
and someone to sweep the floors. 
3  3  -3 
Incomplete, 
7  7   -7 
Incomplete. 

-1   -5     -5   -5 -6   6   4 
The world weighs on my shoulders, 
 6   -6  6 -5 4  -5
but what am I to do? 
 4   -5  -5    -5   -7 -6  6 
You sometimes drive me crazy, 
 6  6 -6  6 -5 6  -5 
but I worry about you 

-5 -5  -5  -5   -6  6    4 
I know it makes no diff’rence 
6   -6    6    -5 4    -5
to what you're going through, 
-5 -5 -5  -5  -5  -5  7  -7  -5 
but I see the tip of the iceberg 
6   6 -6  6 -5 6  -5 
an’ I worry about you. 

 2   3   3  3   3   -3 -3
Cruising under your radar, 
 1   3     3   3 -3  3
watching from satellites. 
 3   3 -4    -4  -4  -5  -5 
Take a page from the red book 
3    -4   -4  -4 -5    -3 
and keep them in your sights. 
 3  3 -3    3  3 -3 
Red Alert (Red Alert) 
 4  4 -3 3  4  4 -3 3 
Red Alert (Red Alert) 

 3    3    3    3  -4  4 
Left and rights of passage, 
  3    3    3    -3  3
black and whites of youth. 
 3   3  -4   -4  -5  -5 
who can face the knowledge 
-5    3   -3   -4 -4  -4   -5 -3 
that the truth is not the truth? 
3  3 -3   3  3 -3 
Obsolete (Obsolete) 
-6 -6 7    -7 
Obsolete, Yeah! 

-1   -5    -5    -5 -6   6   4 
The world weighs on my shoulders, 
 6   -6  6 -5  4 -5 
but what am I to do? 
 4  -5  -5     -5   -7 -6  6 
You sometimes drive me crazy, 
 6  6 -6  6 -5 6  -5 
but I worry about you 

-5 -5  -5  -5   -6  6    4 
I know it makes no diff’rence 
6  -6     6    -5 4     -5 
to what you're going through, 
-5 -5 -5  -5  -5  -5 -7  7  -5 
but I see the tip of the iceberg 
6   6 -6 -5 4  4  -6
an’ I worry about you 

-7 -7 -7 
Absalom 
7 -6  7 
Absalom 
-7 8 -7 
Absalom