Various riffs — Blue Oyster 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]

neat chromatic, "haunting" lead fill (end of Verse)

Am

**"CITIES ON FLAME WITH ROCK AND ROLL" (_Blue_Oyster_Cult_) --key: F#m

Intro/lead tacit riff

**"SCREAMS" (_Blue_Oyster_Cult_) --key: Em

Intro/Verse riff [right-hand muffle]

Em

**"THE RED AND THE BLACK" (_Tyranny_and_Mutation_) --key: Am

Intro/Verse riff [very fast]

A5

|--------------------------------| *: quick up-then-down pick 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

**"OD'd ON LIFE ITSELF" (_Tyranny_and_Mutation_) --key: E

Intro/Verse riff

E5

**"HOT RAILS TO HELL" (_Tyranny_and_Mutation_) --key: E

Intro/Verse riff ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

"bridge" lead riff [--actually an amalgam of 1st & 2nd versions] --"neat" mixolydian . . . choke pick for "ragged" sound

A7

"bridge" lead riff--"neat" dorian

Though String Choices May Be Way Off?!

E5

**"CAREER OF EVIL" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: Am

Intro/Verse riff ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

**"DOMINANCE AND SUBMISSION" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: F#m

Intro/Verse riff . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

**"HARVESTER OF EYES" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: E

Intro/Verse riff [hold all "chords" (over e pedal point)] . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

**"ASTRONOMY" (_Secret_Treaties_) --key: Em

Lead tacit (before final Chorus)--slowly

Em

Quarter - Note Triplets

16Th Notes

16Th Notes

**"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

Bm

h h h. [e] e h h h h

[slide up s q.. [e] s s e3 e3 e3-------h [e3] e3 e3 e e

and back] q. s s e q s s s s--h [s] s e e

e e s s h [s] s------e q. s q..

???????

S

Q

e e e e--q s s e-------h. [e.] s

Ho/Po Trill

t t t t-e-h. [q.] s s t3t3t3-q. e

s. t t t t t t t t t-h [s] s e e-q q e. s

(no pick) t t t t t t t t-q [s] s e q e q. t t t t

sl t t t t q e q. e h. [q]

**"(Don't Fear) THE REAPER" (_Agents_of_Fortune_) --key: Am

Intro/Verse riff--legato

**"E.T.I. (ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence)" (_Agents_of_Fortune_) --key: E

Intro/Verse riff E5 A<e bass> [ 16th notes ] [16th's]

**"GODZILLA" (_Spectres_) --key: F#m

Intro/Verse riff

**"BURNING FOR YOU" (_Fire_of_Unknown_Origin_) --key: Am

Lead Intro [*: rhythm gu.: hold chord full two measures]

F5

Em

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