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Various Riffs

Blue Öyster Cult

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

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