Blue Öyster Cult – Fire Of Unknown Origin (Guitar)

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Chords

Special inversions:
F#m/C# x-x-11-11-10-x
G/D    x-x-12-12-12-x
[Intro] Em D C#m7-5 Cmaj7 Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# [Verse]
Em         F#m/C# G/D      Em      F#m/C#  Em
Death comes       sweeping through the hallway

F#m/C# G/D      Em F#m/C#  A7
         Like a lady's dress

Em         F#m/C# G/D     Em   F#m/C#  Em
Death comes       driving down the highway

F#m/C# G/D      Em  F#m/C#  A7
         In its Sunday   best
[Chorus]
  Bm              A
A fire of unknown origin

G            F#
Took my baby away

  Em              D
A fire of unknown origin

C#m7-5         Cmaj7
Took my baby away
[Instrumental] Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# [Verse]
Em      F#m/C# G/D     Em  F#m/C#  Em
Swept her      up and off my      wavelength

F#m/C# G/D Em        F#m/C# A7
           Swallowed her up

Em       F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# Em
Like the     o-cean in a    fire

F#m/C# G/D Em    F#m/C# A7
        So thick and grey
[Chorus]
  Bm              A
A fire of unknown origin

G            F#
Took my baby away

  Em              D
A fire of unknown origin

C#m7-5         Cmaj7 F#
Took my baby away
[Bridge] C#m7-5 F# C#m7-5 F# [Solo] Bm A G F# Em D C#m7-5 F# Bm A G F# Em D C#m7-5 Cmaj7 [Instrumental] Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# [Bridge]
Em       F#m/C# G/D
Death comes     driving

  Em    F#m/C# Em     F#m/C# G/D Em
I can't do     nothing

F#m/C# A7
Death  goes

Em             F#m/C# G/D
   There must be     something

      Em   F#m/C# Em   F#m/C# G/D
There must be something

Em   F#m/C# A7
That re-mains

A7
There must be something

A7
There must be something
[Chorus]
  Bm              A
A fire of unknown origin

G            F#
Took my baby away

  Em              D
A fire of unknown origin

C#m7-5       
Took my baby

C#m7-5         Cmaj7
Took my baby away
[Outro] Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C# Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C#
Em F#m/C# G/D Em F#m/C#
(repeat and fade)