(DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER

by Blue Oyster Cult
Album: Agents of Fortune
(c) 1976



Intro:

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Verse 1:

  All      our times     have come
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  Here     but now     they're gone
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[Pre-chorus: Bottom line background vocals]

Seasons don't fear the reaper Nor do the wind,sun, or the rain
                                                     We can be like
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       Come on baby                  Baby take my hand

they are         Don't fear the reaper
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               We'll be able to fly                   Baby I'm your man

Don't fear the reaper             Don't fear the reaper
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Chorus: [GTR 1 plays Intro four times]

                                             La   la  la  la  la
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Pause

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Verse 2:

   Valentine             is done
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   Here     but now      they're gone
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2nd Pre-Chorus:

 Romeo and Juliet                are together in eternity
                                                      Romeo and Juliet
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  Forty 1000 men and women every day forty 1000 men and women every day
                          like Romeo and Juliet           Redefine
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Another forty 1000 comin' every day          come on baby

     hapiness     We can be like they are
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                  Baby take my hand                   We'll be able to fly

Don't fear the reaper             Don't fear the reaper
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                    Baby I'm your man

 Don't fear the reaper
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2nd Chorus: [GTR 1 plays Intro 4 times]

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Verse 3:

  Love     of       two      is one
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Pre-chorus:

 Came the last night of sadness and it was clear she couldn't go on then the
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door was open and the wind appeared, the candles blew and disappeared
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The curtains flew and he appeared   Come on baby

               saying don't be afraid      And she had no fear
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 And she ran to him      They looked backwards and said goodbye

        Then they started to fly          She had become like they are
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She had taken his hand                  Come on baby

         She had become like they are             Don't fear the reaper
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Outro:

GTR 1: Play 7 times(to fade)
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|GTR 2: Play 7 times(to fade)                                       |
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