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IN THEE - Blue Öyster Cult
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Written by: A. Lanier
CD: "Mirrors" (1979, Columbia Records)
Guitarists: L-Donald Roeser, R-Allen Lanier, Eric Bloom
Tabbed by: Anne Drury
Email: [email protected]
Date: September 13, 2005
*(See Notes at the bottom of the tab)
INTRO:
A A E | D E
|
d u d d d d | d u d d d u d d
A A E D E
+ +
E ---------------------|
B ---------------------|
G ----------------2----|
D -----------2---------|
A --0------------------|
E ---------------------|
1ST VERSE:
A A E D E A A E D E
Maybe I'll see you again, baby, and maybe I won't
A A E D E A A E D E
Maybe you've bought your ticket, gone back to Detroit
A D C#7 F#m
Airplanes make strangers of us all
Bsus4 B
Give us distance
E A D
Much too easily
E
E ----------------------|------------------------|------|
B ----------------------|------------------------|------|
G -----------9----------|------------------------|------|
D ----(9)/11---(11)\9---|---------9--------------|------|
A ----------------------|--(9)/11---11\9--7---7\-|--0---|
E ----------------------|------------------------|------|
(Jim says...)
2ND VERSE: (played the same as 1st Verse)
+ +
G ----------------2----|
D -----------2---------|
A ---------------------|
Jim says some destinies should not be delivered
But you and I seen now, baby, that still they are
Winning it makes losers of us all
'Cause the dice roll
So indifferently
CHORUS:
E -----------------|
B -----------------|
G -----------------|
D ---------2-------|
A -----0-2-----0-2-|
E ---4-------4-----|
Well, I'll
D E Esus4 E D E Esus4 E
E ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A -5~------------|-7~-------------|-5~--------------|-7~------------|
E ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
wrap myself in cities I travel,I'll wrap myself in dreams, I'll
D E Esus4 E D E Dm
E ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B ---------------|----------------|-----------------|----6/10-------|
G ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A -5~------------|-7~-------------|-5------7--------|-8-------------|
E ---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
wrap myself in solitude, But I wish I could wrap myself, In
A
E ---------------|-------------------|
B ---------------|-------------------|
G --------2------|-------------------|
D ---------------|---2h4-2-----------|
A -0-------------|----------4p2p0-0--|
E ---------------|-------------------|
thee
3RD VERSE: (played the same as 1st Verse)
+ +
G ----------------2-----|
D -----------2----------|
A ----------------------|
Tonight it's hot, without you tomorrow'll be cold
B --------------|----------------|
G -----------2--|-----4^wr--2-2--|
D ---2--2h4-----|----------------|
Winter will come along, driven by snow
Love it makes strangers of us all
When we part
Oh, so thoughtlessly
E ----------------------|
B ----------------------|
G ---------------3^w-3--|
D -------0-4-2p0--------|
A ---0-2----------------|
E ----------------------|
Play CHORUS
GUITAR SOLO:
E -----|
B -----|
G -7---|
D ---9-|
A -----|
E -----|
D G A D G A
|-----------------|-------------|-------------12-10=|=--7h10p7--------10-|
|-------------7---|-----10^wr-8-|-7h8h10-------x----|----------10--------|
|-7-7----7~-----7=|=------------|--------7~----x----|-------------7~-----|
|------9----------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
[rake]
D A Bb
|-7-----------------------------------|-----------------12^w-12^wr-10-12-|
|---10-7------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------9^(11)r9p7-9p7---7-7---7--9p7|----7-7-7h9p7-7-------------------|
|-----------------------9-----9-------|-9--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bm E
|---12h14p12--12--12^wr--10-12--10h12p10----10-|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------12----|-12^(14)r12~-------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
3RD VERSE:
Once we breathed the breath of sweet surrender
B ------------------|---------------|
G -------4^wr-2-----|---------------|
D --------------4p2-|---------------|
A ------------------|-0-------------|
Pure, pure Arab air filled our atmosphere
But pride it makes stars of us all
Until we fall
For everyone to see
E -------------------|
B -----------3-------|
G -------------------|
D -0--4p2p0----0--4--|
A -------------------|
E -------------------|
Play CHORUS
(Last line of Chorus):
E --------------|---------------------0h2p0---|--------------|
B --------------|---------------------------3-|--------------|
G --------------|---2-x-2------2--------------|-2~-----------|
D --------------|----------4p2---4p2----------|--------------|
A --------------|-----------------------------|--------------|
E --------------|-----------------------------|--------------|
(...in thee)
Repeat CHORUS
A A E D Dm A
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Notes:
-strum pattern is shown for Intro & Verses (same for both): d=down, u=up
-chords are written in for only one verse to avoid tab looking cluttered
-for harmonics, fret the note indicated, then play harmonic an octave (12
frets) up from that note
-bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
-song is in A Major, except for guitar solo section which is in D (solo
is in D Major)
- thanks to JZ for a correction in the Chorus
^...bend (w=whole step) /...slide up
h...hammer on \...slide down
p...pulloff x...muted note
r...release bend ~...vibrato
+...harmonic =...hold note
(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)
