Topic: New Chords Postings
The classic line-up of Red Rider was born in the late 1970's when Tom Cochrane saw the band perform one night at Toronto's El Mocambo nightclub. He introduced himself to the band and, after an audition, they took him on as their singer and primary songwriter. "Human Race" is from Red Rider's third studio album Neruda (1983). The title was a reference to Pablo Neruda, who was a Nobel Literature Prize-winning Chilean poet and political activist. It was the band's third consecutive album to achieve at least gold status in Canada. "Human Race" reached #27 on the Canadian national RPM charts.
The video for this song actually combines two songs from the record, "Light In the Tunnel" (which opens the record) and "Human Race". On the album, the two songs are seperate, with the track "Power" coming in between them. But when the record was released on CD, a bonus track at the end of the record featured these two songs combined as a single track. (Previous hits "White Hot" and "Lunatic Fringe" were also added as bonus tracks.)
Chord Chart: https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/redrider-humanrace.txt
On the video, "Human Race" starts at the 1:40 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWlCD68oeu0
On Red Rider guitarist Ken Greer's site, you can click directly to the audio for "Human Race":
http://www.ken-greer.com/pages/audio/neruda.htm
Added note: By clicking on the "Audio" link of the menu on Greer's site, you can listen to any of the four Red Rider studio albums -- Don't Fight It, As Far As Siam, Neruda, and Breaking Curfew -- in their entirety.
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Updated: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:20 AM EDT
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It seems kind of fitting that this tab should follow on the heels of "Superstitious Feeling", because the two songs kind of remind me of one another. It's not that they sound the same, but they have similar qualities. Both have that rather ominous aura about them. And they both have two-word, six-syllable titles, with the emphasis coming on the fifth syllable. "Superstitious FEEL-ing"..."Secret Infor-MA-tion". So they have a tendency to remind me of each other. Well, if you know both songs, you'll know what I mean. 
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Posted today is Harlequin's "Superstitious Feeling", from the band's One False Move (1982) album. It's also on their Greatest Hits CD (pictured). This is one from the request file, as the Harlequin tabs often are. There's not too much to say about it, except here's some more Harlequin. That always seems to be a pretty good decision around here. Harlequin is one of the most-viewed bands on the site. Of course, in regard to that, a lot depends on how many tabs of a particular band are on the site, and Harlequin has more than most. But I guess that's because people seem interested in them, and I don't think there are many tabs of theirs available. So I keep doing them.
This is one of those songs that you think is going to be no problem. Two minute pop song, fairly simple melody. Then you work out the first chord. E flat. Ugh. Then you know it's trouble.
Well, in some footage it did, anyhow. So much for the simple pop song. So I re-worked the chord chart, doing it in E. But for somebody who just wants to strum chords, I still think it's easier to capo and play it in D. So I've included both versions. Of course, you can always strum it in E, not tune down, and just don't play with the record. Your options are boundless. 
Everybody loves the "No Time" guitar Intro...don't they? It seems that way. I can remember watching The Guess Who (on TV) during the halftime show of the 2000 Grey Cup game in Calgary, and thinking (probably for the umpteenth time) what a great guitar part it is. And once, a few years ago when I was in a record store getting checked through the cash, this song came on over the PA, and the guy checking me through even had to stop and air guitar a bit, and talk about what a great guitar part it is. 
What is this? This is a rock song."