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Goin' through the motions - Blue Oyster Cult
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Tabbed by: Johnboy
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Verse 1
E E/D#
Too wild to care, you got that animal stare
D A/C#
You got stay anywhere in your eyes
E E/D#
And you're leading me on, but you can be anyone
D A/C#
'Cause I know you'll be gone 'fore I rise
Chorus
E A - E
And we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Going through the motions
Verse two (chords as above)
Staying with you gave us something to do
I almost thought it was true for a while
'Cause there's love in you lies, you senility skies
You couldn't tell right from wrong if you tried
Chorus
Bridge
G# - c# F# G#sus4 - G#
To thee I dedicate this photograph
E B F#
I'll even sign it "love to you" again
A B E B/D# c#m
And when it's faded and forgotten in some book
B A G# F# E
You'll sometimes look, you'll sometimes look, you'll sometimes look
Solo - not perfect, but you get the idea. The bends in the first part are
very subtle. There is some kind of harmonic at the end of the second line
that I haven't tabbed in.
| various bends of 5th string
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-s14-12--12----10p9-9brbr--10-9-------------|
G|-------------9------------------------------|
D|-----------9--------------9-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|999999-s777777-s55-5-----5---7bu9-hold 9r7-7p5-----|
G|---------------------4h6---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------s12-12-12-12-11-11-11-9-9-9---------------|
B|--5-----5-----5----7b9r7p5--------------------------------7b9r7-5-5 s0-|
G|----6p4---6p4----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|---2-2-x---------------------|
G|---2-2-x-1-------------------|
D|---2-2-x-2------2-2----------|
A|---0-0-x-2------0-0-2--------|
E|-------x-0----------0--------|
Verse 3
It's a game, it's a game, no let's call it a shame
'Cause there's no one to blame just to pay
You were a friend for a day, so don't cry if I say
That you got what you want, it's OK
Chorus
E A - E
And we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Going through the motions
Then a key change
Chorus
F# B - F#
And we're going through the motions
F# B - F#
Yeah, we're going through the motions
F# B - F#
Yeah, we're going through the motions
F# B - F#
Going through the motions
