Chord Booklet

Blue Öyster Cult

8 songs|27 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

Bb/C

C/Bb

C/A

Bb/A

C#m

F#m

C#m7

E/G

D/F

Cmaj7

G/F

Train True

Key: BmMedium

BmWell, I was standing on the train tracks on a midnight blue

ETrying to remember where I left my shoes

FAnd in a natural way

My thoughts returned to Bmyou

BmSo I walked into a honky-tonk jukebox saloon

ETo reflect on my losses and rock to some tunes

FI thought it all through

Then I figured out what to Bmdo

BmId start working for the train, train, feedly-dang

EFeedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do

Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-FTrue

I started working for the train when I was looking for Bmyou

BmSprung from the ward steel brainpan, pity-pity

ELooked you up in Freehold for a face that I could trust

FThe foreman said youd left out

In some kind of state

BmHe pointed at the office it was already late!

BmI smoothed down my hair

And went to talk to the boss

EHe was weary, short-tempered

And had one eye on the clock

FHe said I had just seconds to make my case

BmI put one hand on his shoulder

And stuck the other in his face

BmAnd I said:\u2028Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of

ASocietal abrasions that conform electric static

EHe said, Son I dont think you have that much of a brain

BmI said, Youve got to have a brain when youre working for the train

BmAEBm

BmAFEDBmAFED

BmIts a long run to Trenton

When you start about five

ESome folks are tired and hungry

Some are barely alive

FBut when that engine starts pumping

Those familiar tones

BmI dont care where the train is going

Cuz Im already home

BmI spent a long year

Dancing up and down that aisle

EPestering my savior just to let me see your smile

FThe salesman was drunk

My training shot to the fore

BmI put my shoulder in his gut

FAnd knocked his samples on the floor

BmAnd I said:\u2028Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of

ASocietal abrasions that conform electric static

EHe said, Son I dont think you have that much of a brain

BmI said, Youve got to have a brain when youre working for the train

BmTrain, train, feedly-dang

EFeedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do

Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-FTrue

I started working for the train when I was looking for Bmyou

BmThe Princeton Junction Depot

Is straight known to be staid

EThey wear Hounds-tooth and khaki

Most have already paid

FI looked under my visor

My heart stopped like it got froze

BmLipstick like a 60s Vette

And polish on your toes

BmYou had half of a smile

Watching me shakin like a hound

EAs triumpth filled my body

Missing love had been found

FI whooped and called Metuchen

As I stepped through the door

BmI put my hands around your hips

And kissed you then and ever more

BmAnd I said:\u2028Feelings, feelings, are somewhat symptomatic of

ASocietal abrasions that conform electric static

EShe said, Son I dont think you have that much of a brain

BmBut youI got to have a brain cos youre working for the train

BmTrain, train, feedly-dang

EFeedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do

Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-FTrue

I started working for the train when I was looking for Bmyou

FI started working for the

BmTrain, train, feedly-dang

EFeedle-otten Deeten-do Dangy-do

Feedle-otten Deeten-do Ding-Train-FTrue

I started working for the train

And now Ive finally found you

BmIvAe FfiEnaDlly found you

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Mistress Of The Salmon Salt Quicklime Girl

Key: GmHard

Bb/C

C/Bb

C/A

Bb/A

C#m

GmIn the garden dFistrict, whCere the plants grow stGmrong and tall

BehBbind the bush there lAurks a girl, who mGakes them strong and tGmall

They just call herGm, QuCicklime GBbirl, behind her backF, Gm QuCicklime BbGirl

Behind the bushF, Gm QuCicklime BbGirl, she's the mDistress of the salmon salt

QCuicklime Bb/CGirl, QC/Bbuicklime GBbirl, QuC/Aicklime Bb/AGirl Gm

GmIn the fall when plFants return, by hCarvest time, she kGmnows the score

RBbipe and ready Ato the eye, but rAbotten somehow Gmto the core

And they call herGm, QuCicklime GBbirl, behind her backF, Gm QuCicklime BbGirl

Behind the bushF, Gm QuCicklime BbGirl, she's the mDistress of the salmon salt

QCuicklime Bb/CGirl, QC/Bbuicklime GBbirl, QuC/Aicklime Bb/AGirl Gm

A hGmarvest of life, or C#mharvest of death, one bCmody of life, one bBbody of death

And wGmhen you've gone and C#mchoked to death, with lCmaughter and a lBbittle step

Gm I'll prepare the qC#muicklime, friend, for your rCmipe and ready gBbrave

For your rCmipe and ready gBbrave

It's spGmringtime now and cFares subside, and the plCanting's almost dGmone

And fBbertile graves, it sAeems, exist, within a mGile of that juke jGmoint

WFhere CGmoast Guard crews still tBbake their lCeave, quite listless in the sunF Gm

And the QBbuicklime Girl still plAies her trade, redAbuction of the many from the Gmone

And they call herGm, QuCicklime GBbirl, behind her backF, Gm QuCicklime BbGirl

Behind the bushF, Gm QuCicklime BbGirl, well she's the mDistress of the salmon salt

QCuicklime Bb/CGirl, QC/Bbuicklime GBbirl, QuC/Aicklime Bb/AGirl Gm

A hGmarvest of life, a hC#marvest of death, resCmumes its course each Bbday

Gm It comes as if by sC#mchedule, a hCmarvest of limbs, of aBbrms and of legs

The tGmoes that crawl, and the C#mknees that jerk, and nCmeck like swans that sBbeem to turn

Gm As if incC#mlined to grCmasp or pBbray

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Dominance And Submission

Key: F#mHard

F#m

C#m7

E/G

C#m

It's bF#meen ten yAearsF#m, hBalf my lF#mife,A F#m B jF#must getting rAeadyF#m, but tBhen it was tF#mime A F#m B

F#mWarpage in the fAiguresF#m, rBadios apF#mpearA, F#m B mF#midnight was the bAarriF#mer, back in B19F#m-63 C G C#m7

EBach nAight, the F#mcovers were unfolded, eBach nAight, it's SF#musy's turn to ride

WhBile ChAarles, the F#mone they call her brother, cBovAersF#m on his eyes, mE/Gurmurs in the backgrC#mound, it will be time

SF#musan and her bArotherF#m, ChBarles the grinning F#mboy,A F#m B F#mput me in the bAackseaF#mt, and they tBook me for a F#mride

AF#mB

Yeah, the F#mradio was Aon, F#mcan't you dBig the locoF#mmotionA, F#m B F#mkingdoms of the rAadioF#m, 45B F#m RPCM

TGoo much revoC#m7lution then

EBach nAight, the cF#movers were unfolded, eBach nAight, it's SF#musy's turn to ride

WhBile ChAarles, the F#mone they call her brother, cBovAersF#m on his eyes, mE/Gurmurs in the backgrC#mound, it will be time

It's pCast midnight said Charles the grinning bBoy, and lCooking at me greedily, said it's 19F#m64

AF#mBF#mCGC#m7

(slow now)

In TF#mimes Square now, the pBeople do the polka, dF#mominance, submission, raBdios appear

F#mNew Year's Eve, it wBas the final barrier, F#mdominance, submission, rBadios appear

We F#mtook you up, and pBut you in the back seat, F#mdominance, submission, rBadios appear

From F#myear-to-year, we loBoked out for the venture, dF#mominance, submission, raBdios appear

DF#mominanceB, submF#mission B (repeat)

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The Machine

Key: AmMedium

D/F

The riff during the Intro & Outro

AmGD/FF

The short transistion riff during the Verses

I reAmmember the first time I saw you, I couldn't believe my own eyes

You were Gcold to the touch, but I D/Fneeded you so much in my Flife

Oh, you Amshowed me a world full of wonder, your voice held all the answers I sought

When I Glost my way you never D/Flead me astray or so I Fthought

But when I Gtake a look around and everyAmbody's looking down

And I Fthink they're nothing like Cme

And when I Gtried to turn you off, you just reAmmind me you're the boss

And I Fcave, I'm a Gslave to the maAmchine

You're the Amfirst thing I see every morning, your soft glow bids me goodnight

You Gsing to me and in D/Fdarkness, you bring me the Flight

Oh, you Amsend a little chill through my body, just to remind me you're there

If I Gleft you behind I would move D/Fmountains to find you anyFwhere

But when I Gtake a look around and everyAmbody's looking down

And I Fthink they're nothing like Cme

And when I Gtried to turn you off, you just reAmmind me you're the boss

And I Fcave, I'm a Gslave to the maAmchine

FNow we're living the Ddream, Geyes never leaving the Amscreen

FFloating away in a DstreamG, to the maAmchine

Instrumental

AmGD/FF

But when I Gtake a look around and everyAmbody's looking down

And I Fthink they're nothing Clike me

And when I Gtried to turn you off, you just reAmmind me you're the boss

And I Fcave, I'm a Gslave to the maAmchine

FNow we're living the Ddream, Geyes never leaving the Amscreen

FFloating away in a DstreamG, to the maAmchine

FNow we're living the Ddream, Geyes never leaving the Amscreen

FFloating away in a DstreamG, to the maAmchine

AmG

D/FF

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Deadline

Key: EmMedium

Cmaj7

EmEm

BmBmBmBm

Bm You said you'd be here at a quarter to five

Bm I didn't know if you were dead or aliveEm Bm

Bm How long you think that I can sharpen my knife

Bm I've got better things to do with my lifeEm Bm

Am It's almost the BmdeadlineAm. Don't miss the Bmdeadline, darling

Am When all your Bmbad dreams will come Cmaj7true

Am Don't miss the BmdeadlineAm. It's almost the Bmdeadline, darling

Am I wouldn't Bmwant it to happen toCmaj7 you

BmBmBmBm

BmPhil screamed at him, and he hung up the phone

Bm I wonder if he ever felt more aloneEm Bm

Bm He never finished his coffee that night

BmThe photo they showed David was a terrible sightEm Bm

Am He missed the BmdeadlineAm. He passed the Bmdeadline, darling

Am And I beBmlieve that somehow he Cmaj7knew

Am He crossed the BmdeadlineAm. He passed the Bmdeadline, darling

Am There wasn't a Bmthing anybody couldCmaj7 do

EmEm

BmBmBmBm

EmEm

BmBmBmBm

Bm Listen my darling, now, don't play with fire

Bm You find a way to balance faith and desireEm Bm

Am It's almost the BmdeadlineAm. Don't miss the Bmdeadline darling

Am Consequences are Bmeasily misconCmaj7strued

Am Don't miss the BmdeadlineAm. It's almost the Bmdeadline, darling

Am I couldn't Bmlive if it happened to Cmaj7you Cmaj7

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Harvester Of Eyes

Key: EmMedium

G/F

Em Harvester of eyes, that's meEm, and I see all there is to see

Em When I look inside your headEm, right up front to the back of your skull

C Well that's my sign that you are dAead,C my list for you checks off as nAull

I'm the hBarvester of eyes Em

Em I'm the eyeman of TVEm, with my ocular TB

Em I need all the peepers I can findEm, inside the barn where you find the hay

C Just last week I took a rAideC, so high on eyes, I almost lost Amy way

I'm the hBarvester of eyes Em

Em Harvester of eyes, that's meEm, (harvester of eyes)

Em And I see all there is to seEme, (harvester of eyes)

Em When I look inside your headEm, (harvester of eyes)

Em Right up front to the back of your skull, (hCarvester of eAyes) Em

HCarvester of eAyes, Em hCarvester of eAyes Em

HCarvester of eAyes, Em hCarvester of eByes

EmG

Em I'm just walkin' down the street, I see a garbage can, I pick it up

I look through all the garbage to see if there are any eyes inside G

Em I'll put 'em in my pink leather bag, and take all their eye balls

and I bleed with 'em, as I plead with their eyes all nightG

Em So if you see me walkin' down the street, you'd better get out of the way

And put on your eye glasses, 'cause I'm gonna take your eyes home with me G G/F

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Lonely Teardrops

Key: AmHard

Am Lonely teardrops, you've been crying, I hear them fall

In the night the empty night, I hear your song

F It goes right through me, it used to move meG, lonely, lonely

Am Lonely Paris, met a dancer, we did the stroll

Through the night the empty night, four years ago

F I thought you know me, she gave it to meG, lonely, lonelyEb

Bb I seem to see a roseDm, I reach out then it goes

Bb Now in its thorns, I roamDm, the sky is grey and I am cold

BbLord, I tell you, Lord, I tell you, Call I want to do is get back Dmhome

Am Lonely teardrops, we did shoot them, they came on strong

Vials of rain to kill the pain, so far from home

F I thought you knew me, you did it to meG, lonely, lonelyEb

BbDmBbDmBbCDm

Am Lonely teardrops, I've been cryin', all week long

Love is willing, but the bed is cold, goodbye, Laurence

F I thought I knew you, what good did that doG, lonely, lonelyEb

Bb I seem to see a roseDm, I reach out then it goes

Bb Now in its thorns, I roamDm, you never know until you know

BbLord, I ask you, Lord, I beg you, Call I want to do is get back Dmhome

Lonely Amteardrops, lonely teardrops

Lonely teardrops, lonely teardrops

Lonely Amteardrops, lonely teardrops

Lonely teardrops...

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The Reaper

Key: AmMedium

All Am G oFurG AmtimGesF Ghave come. ( musi c )

AmHerGe F G bAmut G nFowG they're gone. ( musi c )

FSeGasAmons don't fear the reap er nor

doF tEheAm wind, the sun or the rain. We

caGn F bGe Amlike they are. Come on ba by. Don't

Fear the Reaper...

2nd verse :

As 1st verse above

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