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424 lines
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)
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**"BOC's GREATEST RIFFS" (Blue Oyster Cult)**
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======================
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For all those BOC fans out there--BOTH of yu' >:-} --or for those
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just curious about "vintage metal": hey, Sabbath wasn't the only
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band that Metallica, et al. cut their teeth on. . . .
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--transcr./tabbed tcg, 197?[yeh, I'm old]-1994
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--fuzz box: all . . . [hell, I use TWO fuzz boxes]
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--regarding "key" names: major-minor distinction often meaningless,
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since rhythm guitar usually playing "chords" with no third
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("power chords"), and the leads in the "major" keys are often
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Mixolydian mode or pentatonic minor. . . (In "straight" minor-key
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tunes, Buck Dharma shows a preference for the Aeolian mode
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[=minor pentatonic, plus "tasty" major 2nd and minor 6th steps].)
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--Disclaimer: these are hacker's versions, admittedly--above all,
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trust your ear . . .
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====================
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**"TRANSMANIACON MC" (_Blue_Oyster_Cult_) --key: Am
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Intro riff
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D5 [chord tacit] [repeat]
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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|o------7------7---|-------7------7---|------------------|-----------------o|
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|o--x-x-7--x-x-7---|---x-x-7--x-x-7---|----7-6---5-4-----|-----------------o|
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|---x-x-5--x-x-5---|---x-x-5--x-x-5---|--0-----7-----5-4-|-8-7-----7-6------|
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----8-7-----7-6--|
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1 & 2& 3 & 4& 1 & 2& 3 & 4& 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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neat chromatic, "haunting" lead fill (end of Verse)
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[Am] [C]
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---|-------------------------|-----
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---|----8--7--6--5-----------|-----
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---|----------------8--7--6--|-5===
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---|-------------------------|-----
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---|-------------------------|-----
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---|-------------------------|-----
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1...
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======================================
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**"CITIES ON FLAME WITH ROCK AND ROLL" (_Blue_Oyster_Cult_) --key: F#m
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Intro/lead tacit riff
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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|o-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------o|
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|o-----------------|------------------|-----------4------|2-----2----------o|
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|----------0=======|------------------|-----0-3h4---3h4--|--3h4---3\2\0-----|
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|--2=======--------|-2===-------------|---2--------------|--------------2-0-|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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===========
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**"SCREAMS" (_Blue_Oyster_Cult_) --key: Em
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Intro/Verse riff [right-hand muffle]
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[Em] [G] [F#m] [Am]
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|----------------------|----------------------|
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|----------------------|----------------------|
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|o---------------------|---------------------o|
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|o--------2------------|---------------------o|
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|------2---------------|-----0--4--3=====x----|
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|---0--------3=====x---|--2-------------------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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==========================
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**"THE RED AND THE BLACK" (_Tyranny_and_Mutation_) --key: Am
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Intro/Verse riff [very fast]
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[A5] v^*
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|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------| *: quick up-then-down pick
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|o------------------------------o|
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|o------------------------------o|
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|-----------3~----3--------------|
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|-----5--5---------5--5--3--4----|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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=======================
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**"OD'd ON LIFE ITSELF" (_Tyranny_and_Mutation_) --key: E
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Intro/Verse riff
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[E5]
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----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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----|-----------------|-----------------|-lead gu.:---8b9-|-------------8b9-|
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----|o----------------|----------------o|o----------------|----------------o|
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----|o------.--.--.---|-------.--.--.--o|o------.--.--.---|-------.--.--.--o|
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--2=|==2-2--4--5--4-2=|==2-2--4--5--4-2=|==2-2--4--5--4-2=|==2-2--4--5--4-2=|
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--0=|==0-0--0--0--0-0=|==0-0--0--0--0-0=|==0-0--0--0--0-0=|==0-0--0--0--0-0=|
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4 & 1 & 2 3 4 & 4 &
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**"HOT RAILS TO HELL" (_Tyranny_and_Mutation_) --key: E
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Intro/Verse riff
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E5 G5 F#5
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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
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|o------------------------|--------------------------o|
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|o------2--x--------2--x--|--------------------------o|
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|-------2--x--------2--x--|-----5--x--5--5--5--4--4---|
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|-0--0--------0--0--------|--0--3--x--3--3--3--2--2---|
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^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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"bridge" lead riff [--actually an amalgam of 1st & 2nd versions]
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--"neat" mixolydian . . . choke pick for "ragged" sound
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[A7]
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-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-
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-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------.-----|-
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-|--.---.---.------|---.-----------.--|--.--.-----.---.--|---.-------2-----|-
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-|--5---4---2--4-5-|---4--------2--4--|--5--4-----2---5--|---4-------------|-
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-|-----------------|-------3-4--------|-------3h4--------|-------3h4-------|-
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-|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-
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1 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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"bridge" lead riff--"neat" dorian
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[though string choices may be way off?!] [gliss-slide up for
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[E5] octave-higher riff |]
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-|--0-------------------------|-----------------------/---| |
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-|--5\3--2--0--(2b)3r2--0-----|----------------------/----| |
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-|-------------------------2--|--(4b)6r4---x-0------/-----| v
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-|----------------------------|----------------2===/------|
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-|----------------------------|---------------------------|
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-|----------------------------|---------------------------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
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|--12---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
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|------15\14--12--(14b)15r14--12--10--|-(12b)14r12----------------------|-
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|-------------------------------------|--------------x-12--------12b13--|-
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|-------------------------------------|------------------14--14---------|-
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|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
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|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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**"CAREER OF EVIL" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: Am
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Intro/Verse riff
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A5 C5 D5
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|-----------------------|-------------------------|
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|-----------------------|-------------------------|
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|o----------------------|------------------------o|
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|o-------------5---x--5/|7--7--6-----5--4--------o|
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|---7---x--7---3---x--3/|5--------7--------5--3---|
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|---5---x--5------------|-------------------------|
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^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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**"DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: F#m
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Intro/Verse riff
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F#5 A5 F#5 B5 F#5 C5 F#5 G#5 C#7#9
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----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5---x---|
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----|o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4---x--o|
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----|o--------2---x---|---------4---x---|---------5---x---|---------3---x--o|
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--4=|=4-4-x-x-0---x-4=|=4-4-x-x-2---x-4=|=4-4-x-x-3---x-4-/-6-6-x-x-4---x-4=|
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--0-h-2-2-x-x-------0-h-2-2-x-x-------0-h-2-2-x-x-------2-/-4-4-x-x-------0-h
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. ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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**"HARVESTER OF EYES" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: E
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Intro/Verse riff [hold all "chords" (over e pedal point)]
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E5 F#5 G#5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5
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---|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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---|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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---|o-------------------------|-------------------------o|
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-2=|o=====--4--5======--4--2==|======--4--5======--4--2=o|
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-2=|======--4--5======--4--2==|======--4--5======--4--2==|
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---|--0--0======--0--0======--|--0--0======--0--0======--|
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. ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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**"ASTRONOMY" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: Em
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Lead tacit (before final Chorus)--slowly
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[Em]
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||--15==hold=thru==|------------------|--12==============|------------------|
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||-----------------|--13=========--15-|------------------|------------------|
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|--12=========--14-|
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 &
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[ quarter - note triplets ]
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|----------------|----------------|-----------------14-|--15-17-14-15-12-14-|
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|--12============|----------------|--------12----15----|--------------------|
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|----------------|-------------11-|--12-14----14-------|--------------------|
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|----------------|--14=======-----|--------------------|--------------------|
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|----------------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|----------------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 & |---3---||---3---| |---3---||---3---|
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[ 16th notes ] [ 16th notes ]
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|--12==========-------12--------------|----------------------------12h14---||
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|----------------12-------15--12------|----------------------12h15---------||
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|---------------------------------14--|--12==========--12h14---------------||
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|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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1 2 3 & 4 & & & 1 2 3 & & & 4 & & &
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[ 16th notes ] [16th notes] .
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|--12===========--14----14----14-15===|==15==========--15-/-17-17----17----||
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|--------------------15----15---------|------------------------------------||
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|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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1 2 3 & & & 4 & & & 1 2 3 & & & 4
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**"THEN CAME THE LAST DAYS OF MAY"(_On_Your_Feet_or_On_Your_Knees_)--key:Bm
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Lead Solo--slowly; heavy reverb, left-h. vibrato on "held" notes
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[--IMHO, Buck's most "transcendental" solo--]
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h=half note; h.=dotted half
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q=quarter note; q.=dotted quarter; q..=quarter+eighth+sixteenth
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e=eighth note; e.=dotted eighth; e3 e3 e3=eighth-note triplets
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s=sixteenth note; s.=dotted sixteenth
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t=thirty-second note
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[s],[e]...=sixteenth-note rest, eighth-note rest, etc.
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[Bm] [A] [G] [F#7] [chords sim. . . . . . . . . . . . .]
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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||-7======---------|-7==========------|------------------|------------------|
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||---------9=======|---------------9--|-7======--6=======|-4======--6=======|
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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||-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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h h h. [e] e h h h h
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[slide up
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|-------------------------------------|----------------------------9/10\----|
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|------------------------------8\7====|===7==========------11-12------------|
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|--7p6==========----/9----------------|-------------------------------------|
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|----------------------9----9---------|-------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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s q.. [e] s s e3 e3 e3-------h [e3] e3 e3 e e
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and back]
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|-(\)9======---------9/10======-------|-----------------------------------9-|
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------11----|
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|------------11-11--------------11-11-|--9-11================------11-------|
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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q. s s e q s s s s--h [s] s e e
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|-(9/)10--9--10/12--------------------|-------------------13/14-------------|
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|------------------12=========-----12=|==12--12-----------------------------|
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e e s s h [s] s------e q. s q..
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[???????] [??????]
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|---15b16r15~~~------12-14-10-12-9-10-|--10b12r10----7------9---------------|
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|---------------------x---------------|------------------------11====-------|
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[s] s q e [e] s s s s s s e e e q s s--q
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|-------10--9--7----------------------|---10--9--7-------------------10--9--|
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|-----------------7==================-|-------------------------------------|
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[q] s s s s---h [e] s s s s-h s s
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|---7---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------/12==|===12========================------7h|
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|------7--9/11=============--9-7------|-------------------------------------|
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e e e e--q s s e-------h. [e.] s
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[ho/po trill] (no pick)
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|10p7h10p7===========================-|-----2--3--2h3p2==============-(/7)==|
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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t t t t-e-h. [q.] s s t3t3t3-q. e
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|=7-7h10p7h10p7h10p7h10p7==========-------|------------------2=====(/7)---7h|
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s. t t t t t t t t t-h [s] s e e-q q e. s
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(no pick)
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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|10p7h10p7h10p7h10p7=7==========------|-----------------------------2h3p2h3p|
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|-----------------------------------9-|---9b10r9---(\6)===========----------|
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t t t t t t t t-q [s] s e q e q. t t t t
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|2h3p2h3p2===-3-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
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|-----------------4=============---6--/--7=========================---------|
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t t t t q e q. e h. [q]
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**"(Don't Fear) THE REAPER" (_Agents_of_Fortune_) --key: Am
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Intro/Verse riff--legato
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A5 G F G
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|--------------------------|---------------------------|
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|o-------2--0=========--0==|=========--0=========--0==o|
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|o----2--------------0-----|--------0-----------0-----o|
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|--0--------------2--------|-----0-----------2---------|
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|--------------3-----------|--1-----------3------------|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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**"E.T.I. (ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence)" (_Agents_of_Fortune_) --key: E
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Intro/Verse riff
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E5 A<e bass> [ 16th notes ] [16th's]
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|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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|o-------------------------|----------------------------------o|
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|o--2=====------2=====-----|----------------------------------o|
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|---2=====------4=====-----|--------------2-4-5-5-4---2--------|
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|---0=====------0=====-----|--x-0-2-0-3-4-----------------3\2--|
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**"GODZILLA" (_Spectres_) --key: F#m
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Intro/Verse riff
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F#5 B5 C#5 G#5 A5 D#5 E5 B5
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|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
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|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
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|o----------------------------|---------------3---4-------o|
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|o-----------------4---6------|---------------1---2---4---o|
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|---4============--2---4---6--|--7==========----------2----|
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|---2============----------4--|--5==========---------------|
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1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 &
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**"BURNING FOR YOU" (_Fire_of_Unknown_Origin_) --key: Am
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Lead Intro [*: rhythm gu.: hold chord full two measures]
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[F5] [3 times]
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||------------------------------|--------------------------------||
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||--------------------------8===|====8---------------------------||
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||o--*---/9-----7-h9p7---5------|----------/9-----7-h9p7---5----o||
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||o-[3]-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
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||--[3]-------------------------|--------------------------------||
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||--[1]-------------------------|--------------------------------||
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1 2 3& & & 4 & 1 2 3& & & 4
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[G] [Am] [F] [G] |---3---|
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|------------------|---8-7---8--------|------------------|---------------7--|
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|---8==============|----------------8=|==8===------------|-----------10-----|
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|------------------|-----------9-10---|-------10-9==-----|------------------|
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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|------------------|------------------|--------------10==|==10=====10-------|
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
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1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4
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[Em] [F] |--3--| [Dm] [G]
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|------------------|----------------------|-------8-12-------|----15=======||
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|--8========----8--|(8)/10----------------|----10------15----|-------------||
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|-------------9----|----------------7--9--|-10------------12=|=12----------||
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|------------------|-------10====10-------|------------------|-------------||
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|------------------|----------------------|------------------|-------------||
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1 2 3 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |--3---||---3---| 1 & 2 3 4
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*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*
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| Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |
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* ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- *
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| "--If I decide to practice a / o )=\ slight movement from right |
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* to left . . . or from left { /===} to right . . . it's *
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| nobody's business but my \ (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) |
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*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*
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