Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy

                Intro to Astronomy : Song is in the Key of G
                            Softly strumming Up/Down

No chord                             Em EmEm Em EmEm

----------5------|----5-9h10-|-5----------|---------|---------|-------||-------|
--------5---8-7-5|--7--------|---8-5------|---------|---------|-------||-------|
-----------------|7----------|-------7-6--|---------|---------|-------||-------|
-----------------|-----------|-----------7|------7-5|---------|-------||-------|
-----------------|-----------|------------|9-5-7----|---------|-------||-------|
-----------------|-----------|------------|---------|---------|-------||-------|


    Em              D                C      Bm             Em
The clock strikes twelve and moon drops burst out of you from their hiding


            Em                 D         C      Bm       Em
place. Like acid and oil on a mad man's face, his reason tends to fly away.


     C          G                C                 B           Em
Like lesser birds on the four winds; like silver scrapes in May.    And now


            D              C       Bm       Em
the sands become a crust.  Most of you have gone away.

Note: The way I play the Em chord ( the others are played similarly ) is

to play like an arpeggio ie.: Bold the Em chord O22OOO and play the B

note (5th str. 2nd fret) then the E (6th open) the B again with the

E optional (4th str. 2nd fret) and then strum the Em chord up (or down.)

using the first 3 strings in the open position while ringing the bass notes.

Second small leads (pull off 7to5 if you prefer)


           D       C                E         D       C           D
-7-5---5--------|--7-5---5-------|--7-5---5--------|--7-5---5------------------|
-----8---8-7----|------8---8-5---|------8---8-7----|------8---8-5-7------------|
----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------|

Chords not individual notes ( optional Em C D using open string strums )
alternate up and down strumming.

Em(7th fret bar)    C (3rd fret bar)   D (5th fret bar)   Em (7th fret)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---8----8----8--------5----5-------------7----7----7-------8----8--------------|
----9----9----9-------5----5-------------7----7----7--------9----9-------------|
----9----9----9-------5----5-------------7----7----7--------9----9-------------|
--7----7----7-------3----3-------------5----5----5--------7----7---------------|
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