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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:15:20 +0100
From: jaensch@r5.mnd.fh-wiesbaden.de
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: blue_oyster_cult.tab

date: 3/12/97
transcriber: stephan jaensch
e-mail: jaensch@r5.mnd.fh-wiesbaden.de
artist: blue oyster cult
song: then came the last days of may
album: blue oyster cult
author: donald 'buck dharma' roeser

b: bend
r: release
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on

INTRO SOLO
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------20b22r20-17-------------
G-19b21-19b21r19p17----17-------14-17-14-17-------------19b21r19p17-
D-------------------19----19-15-------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----17-19-19b21r19p17----17----16-17-16h17p16----16-------------------
D-19-------------------19----19----------------19----17-19-------------
A----------------------------------------------------------19-18-17-15-
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

upbeat: G

 Am              G               F              Esus4
parched land no desert sand the sun was just a dot
E      Am                         G                    F
and a little bit of water goes a long way 'cause it's hot
   Am                    C                           D
three good buddies were laughing and smoking in the back
             Dm
of a rented ford
      Am                 G             F
they couldn't know they weren't going far

Am        D7       Am7       D7

Am                 D
each one with the money in his pocket
       C                 D                Am
could go out and buy himself a brand new car
         C             D
but they all held the money they had
 F                      G              Am
money they hoped would take them very far

Em                 Dm

      Am                  G          F                 Esus4
the sky was bright with traffic light now and then a truck
E         Am                      G              F
and they hadn't seen a cop around all day (what luck)
       Am                     C
they brought everything they needed
               D                   Dm
the bags and scales to weigh the stuff
      Am             G                       F
the driver said the border's just over the bluff

Am         D7        Am7        D7

    Am                   D              C
it wasn't until the car suddenly stopped
                    D                Am
in the middle of a cold and barren plain
        C          D
and the other guy turned and spilled
   F                         G                   Am
three boys' blood did they know a trap had been lain?

Em                    Dm

  Am                 G         F                        Esus4
they're ok the last days of may but i'll be needing dry air
E    Am              G                    F
i'm leaving soon the others are already there
 Am                        C          D                    Dm
wouldn't be interested in coming along instead of staying here?
      Am               G                 F
it's said the west is nice this time of year

that's what they say

Esus4
E---0---
B---0---
G---2---
D---2---
A---2---
E---0---

so this is how i could work it out if anyone has any corrections,
additions (especially the different rhythm fills and chord
modulations) or whatever please add it to my tab or send it to me.