Blue Oyster Cult › Dont Fear The Reaper Bass Tab

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Cowbell rythym for the whole song
C||----------------------|----------------------||
C||----------------------|----------------------||
C||----------------------|----------------------||
C||--x----x----x----x----|--x----x----x----x----||
C||----------------------|----------------------||
C||----------------------|----------------------||

Bass comes in on the 4th bar

Intro                                      Repeat   x1
G||-------------------------|-------------------------||
D||-------------------------|-------------------------||
A||-------------------------|-------------------2--5--||
E||--11/---5----5--3--3--x--|--1--1----1--3--3--------||


Verse 1 and 3:
G||-------------------------|--------------------------||
D||----------7--------------|--------------------------||
A||-------7-----------5--x--|--------2--3--------2--5--||
E||--5----------3--3--------|--1--1--------3--3--------||

G||------------------------|--------------------------||
D||------------------------|-----------3--------------||
A||--------7----------5----|--------3-----------2--5--||
E||--5--5-------3--3-------|--1--1--------3--3--------||


Pre-Chorus 1 and 2
G||-------------------------|------------------------||
D||-------------------------|------------------5--7--||
A||-------------------2--5--|--5--5----5----7--------||
E||--1----1--1--3--3--------|------------------------||

G||--------------------------|------------------------||
D||--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--|------------------------||
A||--------------------------|------------------------||
E||--------------------------|--5--5--x----3--3--0----||

G||--------------------------||
D||--------------------------||
A||--------0--3--------2/-5--||
E||--1--1--------3--3--------||

G||-------------------------|--------------------------||
D||----------7--------------|--------------------------||
A||-------7-----------5--x--|--------0--3--------2--5--||
E||--5----------3--3--------|--1--1--------3--3--------||

                                                       x3   
G||--------------------------|--------------------------||
D||-----------7-----------5--|-----------3-----------5--||
A||--------7-----------5-----|--------3-----------5-----||
E||--5--5--------3--3--------|--1--1--------3--3--------||

Chorus:

G||-------------------------|--------------------------||
D||----------7--------------|----------3---------------||
A||-------7-----------------|--------3-----------2--5--||
E||--5----------3--3---x----|--1--1--------3--3--------||

                                           Repeat  3x    End on
G||------------------------|--------------------------||-------
D||------------------------|-----------3-----------5--||-------
A||--------7----------5----|--------3-----------5-----||-------
E||--5--5-------3--3-------|--1--1--------3--3--------||---5---

Re Intro:       
G|------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
D|------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
A|------7757--|-------------------------|-------------------2--5--||
E|------------|--------5----5--3--3--x--|--1--1----1--3--3--------||

2nd Verse:
                                           Repeat  3x
G||------------------------|--------------------------||
D||------------------------|-----------3--------------||
A||--------7----------5----|--------3-----------2--5--||
E||--5--5-------3--3-------|--1--1--------3--3--------||


2nd Prechorus and Chorus: 
G||-------------------------|--------------------------|
D||-------------------------|--------------------------|
A||-------------------2--5--|--------------------------|
E||--1--1----1--3--3--------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--0--|

                                      
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--|--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--0--||

                                             Repeat x11 (With Variations)
G||------------------------|--------------------------||
D||------------------------|-----------3-----------5--||
A||--------7----------5----|--------3-----------5-----||
E||--5--5-------3--3-------|--1--1--------3--3--------||

End With
G||--------------------------|-----------||
D||-----------3-----------5--|-----------||
A||--------3-----------5-----|-----------||
E||--1--1--------3--3--------|--5--------||

Intelude: Bass Tacet

Solo:
Accentuate all notes strongly
                                                                Repeat x3
G||-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------
D||-------------------|--5--------3------|-----------------|--6--------5---
A||-------------------|------------------|-------2----5----|---------------
E||--1------3----4----|------------------|--3--------------|---------------

G||-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D||-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
A||-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E||--1----------------|------------1--1--1--|--3----------------|


                                          Hold the G for 4 bars
--------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
-----------5--------|-------------------|-------------------||
--------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
--3-----------------|--1----------------|--3----------------||

Re-Intro

3rd verse, pre-chorus and chorus (same as 1st)

Outro:

G||-------------------------|--------------------------||
D||--------------2----0-----|--------------------------||
A||--0--0--2--3----------3--|--------0-----------2--5--||
E||-------------------------|--1--1-----3--3--3--------||

Rock on

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