Band: Blue Oyster Cult
Album: Secret Treaties (this tab is based on a live version
from the “On Your Feet or On Your Knees” live album)
Tuning: E,A,D,G
Tabbed by: D!$, [email protected]
Intro:
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|————–0~——/——-7-|
Play this once the play this until the verse comes in:
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|-7–/–3–0~—–|
Verse:
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|———5–3–2——-3p2——–|
|-0~—————3-0~——3-5-3-|
This is the standard verse riff although it is often played as a variation such as:
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|———5–3-0h2——-3p2——–|
|-0~—————-3-0~——3-5-3-|
Play this twice then play:
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|-3-3p2—2-5-3-2——————|
|——-3———-7–/–3–0~—–|
Then play:
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|———5–3–2——————|
|-0~—————3-0~-7–/–3–0-|
Pre-Chorus:
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|——–5~——3~———–3-2–|
|-0~——————–3-0-3——|
Play this twice then play:
|———————-5-2——–|
|————————–5-2—-|
|——–5~—–3~————-3–|
|-0~——————————|
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|——–5~—–3~–3—3–5—5–|
|-0~——————3—–5—–|
Chorus:
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|-2–2–2—–0h2-0–0–0–2-2—–|
|———3-3——————3h5-|
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Play this a few times then play
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|-2–2–2————————–|
|———3-3–5-3-5–5-3-5–5-3-5-|
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“…never was…”
Keep on playing D-C-D until the chorus ends the play the 4th string open a few
times the slide up from the 7th fret before you go into the verse again.
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|-5-3-5–5-3-5———–…—–|
|—————0~—–0~…–7/-|
Outro:
Listen to the track for the timing here, its pretty straight forward.
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|-2p0-2~—–5/2p0-2~—–7/5-2p0-2~—–2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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Play loads of those E notes until the second part of the outro kicks in:
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|-2–2–2——————-|
|———5-5–3–3–3–5-5-|
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Play this all the way out
