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Astronomy by Blue Oyster Cult
Astronomy
Intro to Astronomy : Song is in the Key of G
Softly strumming Up/Down
No chord Em EmEm Em EmEm
----------5------|----5-9h10-|-5----------|---------|---------|-------||-------|
--------5---8-7-5|--7--------|---8-5------|---------|---------|-------||-------|
-----------------|7----------|-------7-6--|---------|---------|-------||-------|
-----------------|-----------|-----------7|------7-5|---------|-------||-------|
-----------------|-----------|------------|9-5-7----|---------|-------||-------|
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Em D C Bm Em
The clock strikes twelve and moon drops burst out of you from their hiding
Em D C Bm Em
place. Like acid and oil on a mad man's face, his reason tends to fly away.
C G C B Em
Like lesser birds on the four winds; like silver scrapes in May. And now
D C Bm Em
the sands become a crust. Most of you have gone away.
Note: The way I play the Em chord ( the others are played similarly ) is
to play like an arpeggio ie.: Hold the Em chord O22OOO and play the B
note (5th str. 2nd fret) then the E (6th open) the B again with the
E optional (4th str. 2nd fret) and then strum the Em chord up (or down.)
using the first 3 strings in the open position while ringing the bass notes.
Second small leads (pull off 7to5 if you prefer)
D C E D C D
-7-5---5--------|--7-5---5-------|--7-5---5--------|--7-5---5------------------|
-----8---8-7----|------8---8-5---|------8---8-7----|------8---8-5-7------------|
----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
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Chords not individual notes ( optional Em C D using open string strums )
alternate up and down strumming.
Em(7th fret bar) C (3rd fret bar) D (5th fret bar) Em (7th fret)
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---8----8----8--------5----5-------------7----7----7-------8----8--------------|
----9----9----9-------5----5-------------7----7----7--------9----9-------------|
----9----9----9-------5----5-------------7----7----7--------9----9-------------|
--7----7----7-------3----3-------------5----5----5--------7----7---------------|
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Hey! Hey!
Em D
The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
C Bm Em
Out at you from their hiding place
Em D
Like acid and oil on a madman's face
C Em
His reason tends to fly away
C G
Like lesser birds on the four winds
C Bm
Like silver scrapes in May
Em D
Now the sands become a crust
C Em
And most of you have gone away
Em D
Come Susy dear, let's take a walk
C Em
Just out there upon the beach
Em D
I know you'll soon be married
C Em
And you want to know where the winds come from
C G
Well it's never said at all
C B
On the map that Carrie reads
Em D
Behind the clock back there you know
C Em
At the four winds bar
[#]Em - D - C - Em [#]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Four winds at the four winds bar
Two doors locked and windows barred
One door let to take you in
The other one just mirrors it
Hey, hey, hey, hey
In hellish glare and inference
The other one's a duplicate
The queenly flux, eternal light
Or the light that never warms
Or the light that never, never warms
Em D
The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
C Em
Out at you from their hiding place
Em D
Miss Carrie nurse and Suzy dear
C Em
Would find themselves at the four winds bar
C G
It's the nexus of the crisis
C B
The origin of storms
Em D
Just the place to hopelessly
C B Em
Encounter time and then came me
Hey, hey, hey, hey
[#]Em - D - C - Em [#]
Call me Desdenova, eternal light
These gravely digs of mine
Will surely prove a sight
And don't forget my dog, fixed and consequent
Astronomy...a star
Repeat and play a Em blues scale over the chord progression above. Note that
the song is in the Key of G but E runs work well and y'know the mixylodian
scales that Buck uses. Modify the E blues scales to your liking as best
you can and also play parts of the lead parts shown above to get the sound.
For the lead parts try the 3rd run of E blues scales on the 5th fret.
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version 2
(Solo)
Key:
b - bend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------5---5-5-8p5-7p5--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5b7---7-------------7-4h7-----------------7-------------14-12-14b16-14-12h14p12--|
D|----------------------------9-7---------7-9---9-7----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------10-9-10-----------7-7-7-7--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12----------15-12----------------------------------------8-----10----12-----|
G|----14----14-12-14-------14-12----------------------------------10b12-12b14-14b16--|
D|-14----------------------------14-12----------------------12-14--------------------|
A|-------------------------------------14-13-12----12-13-14--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------15-----------------------------------|
e|---------------12-------------------14-15-14-12----12-------15p12------------------|
B|------------------15-12h15p12----15-------------15----15-12-------15p12------------|
G|--14-12-------------------p---14----------------------------------------14p12--14--|
D|--------14-14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------12-------11-12-11h12p11----11---------------------------------|
D|--14------14-14----------------14----14-12-------------------14-14-14|
A|-------------------------------------------14-13-12------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------15-12-12---------|
h = hammer on
p = pull off
O = Open
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