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Artist: Blue Öyster Cult
Song: (Don't fear) The Reaper
(0:00)
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1. "All our times have come"
2. "Here, but now they're gone"
(:14) x2
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"Seasons don't fear the reaper" "(We can . . ."
(:27) "Nor do the wind the sun or the rain"
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". . . be like they are)" "(Don't fear the reaper)" "(Don't fear . ."
(:34) "Come on baby" "Baby take my hand"
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". . . the reaper)" "(Don't fear the reaper)"
"We'll be able to fly" "Baby I'm your man"
(:41)
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X5
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(1:17)
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1. "Valentine is done"
2. "Here, but now they're gone"
(1:23) X2
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"Romeo and Juliet" "Are together in eternity"
(1:37) "(Romeo and . ."
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". . . Juliet)" "(Like Romeo and Juliet)" "(Redefine . ."
"40,000 men and woman everyday"
"Forty thousand men and woman everywhere"
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". . . happiness)" "(We can be like they are)" "(Don't fear . ."
"Another 40,000 come everyday" "Come on baby"
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". . . the reaper)" "(Don't fear the reaper)" "(Don't fear . ."
"Come on baby" "Baby take my hand"
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". . . the reaper)" "(Don't fear the reaper)"
"We'll be able to fly" "Baby I'm your man"
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X5
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(2:44)
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(1:17)
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1. "Love of two is one"
2. "Here, but now they're gone"
(3:37) x2
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"Came the last night of sadness" "Then . ."
"And it was clear she couldn't go on"
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". . . the door was opened and the wind appeared"
"The candles blew and then disappeared"
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"(Saying don't be afraid)" "(And she had . ."
"The curtains flew and then he appeared" "Come on baby"
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". . . no fear)" "(Then they started to fly)" "(She had become . ."
"And she ran to him" "They looked backward and said goodby"
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". . . like they are)"
"(She had become like they are)" "(Don't fear . ."
"She had taken his hand" "Come on baby"
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". . . the reaper)"
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
haNdy_maN Average |
#1 by haNdy_maN steve handy at Apr 22, 2006 at 2:18 PM EST |
| before the second verse at (1:23), after the big long pause should be the intro again, not what's there | |
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haNdy_maN Average |
#2 by haNdy_maN steve handy at Apr 22, 2006 at 2:51 PM EST |
| same thing before the last verse (3:37). don't know how i missed those | |
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