Chord/Tab song: Cinderella Man

Rush - Cinderella Man

From the CD 'A Farewell To Kings'
Written by Lee/Lifeson/Peart
Mercury/Polygram Records 822546-2

This song is in D.

Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com

| not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ vibrato or held note
x percussive note with no pitch; muted note
h hammer on
p pull off
s slide
b bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
r release bend to indicated string/fret
/ slide up from infinity
\ slide down into infinity
o \_
o / repeat sign (always look for these!)
[x35553] fret box; this is a C chord - this is the same as standard
tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.

Chords used:

G/D : [xx0787]
D : [xx0232]
G : [320033]
C/G : [3x2010]
C/D : [xx0010]
CaddD : [x32030]

[Riff 1] this part only played first time
(is this alternate picking or a delay?)


e:---------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G:---------------------|---------------------------------------------|
D:-----------5--4------|-----------------5-5--4-4--------------------|
A:--2--4--5--------5---|--2-2--4-4--5-5------------5-5---------------|
E:---------------------|---------------------------------------------|


[Riff 2]
[A] [D/A] [Dsus4/A]

e:-------------2~-------2~-------3~----------------------------------|
B:----2~-------3~-------3~-------3~----------------------------------|
G:----2~-------2~-------2~-------2~----------------------------------|
D:----2~-------0~-------0~-------0~----------------------------------|
A:----0~-------0~-------0~-------0~----------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Riff 3]
[A] [D] [G]

e:----------2~------------------3-3-----------------3-3--------------|
B:---2~-----3~------------------3-3-----------------3-3--------------|
G:---2~-----2~------------------0-0-----------------0-0--------------|
D:---2~-----0~------------------0-0-----------------0-0--------------|
A:---0~-----------4-5-4---------2-2---4-5-4---------2-2--------------|
E:----------------------5-3~----3-3---------5-3~----3-3--------------|


[Riff 4] - on acoustic guitar
____________________________________________________
A |1. G6 D/F# |2. G6 D/F#


e:--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0--0-0-----------------|---0-0-0-----0-0-0----|
B:--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3-3--|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
G:o-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----0--0-0---2--2-2-2-2-2-o|---0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2-2|
D:o-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----0--0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0-o|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
A:--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----x--x-x---x--x-x-x-x-x--|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x|
E:-------------------|----3--3-3---2--2-2-2-2-2--|---3-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-2-2|


[Riff 5] - Freely
[D] [A] [Bm] [E]

e:--2---2-2-2-2----0------0----------2----------0--------------------|
B:--3--------------2--2-3------------3----3--3----3-2----0~----------|
G:--2--------------2-----------------4----------------4--1~----------|
D:--0--------------2-----------------4-------------------2~---2~-----|
A:-----------------0-----------------2-------------------2~---2~-----|
E:-------------------------------------------------------0~---0~-----|

[Am] [G]

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--1--1---1---3--1---0--------3--0--0-------------------------------|
G:--2-------------------2--0~----------------------------------------|
D:--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--0----------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Riff 6]
[A] [G] [D/F#]

e:----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------|
B:-----2----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-------------------------------------|
G:-----2----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-------------------------------------|
D:-----2----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-------------------------------------|
A:-----0----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--x-------------------------------------|
E:----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-------------------------------------|


[Riff 7] - Freely (that means I'm not sure exactly how it goes)
[A] [D] [E] [G]

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----2---2--2h3---3-3--2--------7---7--7h8--8-8--7-----------------|
G:------------2-----2-2--2---------------7----7-7--7-----------------|
D:-------2----2h4---4-4--2------0---7----7h9--9-9--7-----------------|
A:---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Progression:

[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 2] x3
[Riff 3] x1

[Riff 4] x2 /w lyrics:

A modest man from Mandrake travelled rich to the city.
He had a need to discover a use for his newly found wealth.

B[G/D]ecause he was h[D]um[D]an, [C/G]beca[C/G]use he [C/G]had g[G]oodn[G]ess,
B[G/D]ecause he was m[D]or[D]al they c[C/G]alled [C/G]him [C/G]insa[G/D]ne.
D[G/D]elusions of g[D]rand[D]eur, [C/G]visions[C/G] of sp[G]len[G]dor,
A [G/D]manic dep[D]ressive, he w[C/G]alks in [C/G]the r[G/D]ain.

[G/D]Eyes w[D]ide[C/D] ope[D]n, [G/D]heart [D]un[D]de[C/D]fend[D]ed..[CaddD]. innocence untarnished.

[Riff 5] x1 /w lyrics:
[D] Cinderella m[A]an [Bm] doing what you c[E]an.
[Am] They can't underst[G]and what it means. [Riff 1] x1

[Riff 6] x1

[Riff 5] x1 /w lyrics:
[D] Cinderella ma[A]n [Bm] hang on to your plans.
[Am] Try as they might they c[G]annot steal your dreams. [Riff 1] x1

[Riff 2] x3
[Riff 3] x1

[Riff 4] x2 /w lyrics:

In the betrayal of his love he awakened, to face a world of cold reality.
And a look in the eyes of the hungry, awakened his to what he could do.

He [G/D]held up his ri[D]ch[D]es [C/G]to c[C/G]hallenge [C/G]the h[G]ungr[G]y.
P[G/D]urposeful mo[D]ti[D]on for [C/G]one so[C/G] ins[G/D]ane.
T[G/D]hey tried to f[D]ight h[D]im, [C/G]just couldn't [C/G]beat h[G]im.
This [G/D]manic dep[D]ressive who w[C/G]alks in [C/G]the r[G/D]ain.

[Riff 7] x1

[Guitar Solo] over [Riff 7] - another solo bites the dust

[Riff 5] x1 /w lyrics:
[D] Cinderella m[A]an [Bm] doing what you c[E]an.
[Am] They can't underst[G]and what it means. [Riff 1] x1

[Riff 6] x1

[Riff 5] x1 /w lyrics:
[D] Cinderella ma[A]n [Bm] hang on to your plans.
[Am] Try as they might they c[G]annot steal your dreams. [Riff 1] x1

[Outro]:

[A] [G] [A]

e:------------------------3-3------------------|---------------------|
B:--2--2--2---------------3-3------------------|-2--2--2-------------|
G:o-2--2--2---------------0-0-----------------o|-2--2--2-------------|
D:o-2--2--2---------------0-0--------5-4------o|-2--2--2-------------|
A:--0--0--0-4-4-5-4-------2-2--2-4-5-----5-----|-0--0--0--4-4-5-4----|
E:------------------5-3~--3-3------------------|------------------5--|

[sus2]
[G] [G/D] [D] [C/D] [D] [G/D] [D] [C/D] [Dsus4/A] [D]

e:------3-3----------------3-3--|---7--2--0--2--7--2-2--0---|--3---2~--|
B:------3-3----------------3-3--|---8--3--1--3--8--3-3--1---|--3---3~--|
G:------0-0----------------0-0--|o--7--2--0--2--7--2-2--0--o|--2---2~--|
D:------0-0----------------0-0--|o--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--0--o|--2---0~--|
A:------2-2--4-4-5-4-------2-2--|---------------------------|--0-------|
E:--3~--3-3----------5-3~--3-3--|---------------------------|----------|