Blue Öyster Cult – Godzilla (Guitar)

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[Intro and verses] F# (hold 3 beats) B slide C# G# slide A Eb slide E A (play 4x) [Verse]

F#                                   B slide C#
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound

G#sA                           EbsE      A F#  BsC#  G#sA  EbsE A
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down

F#                      B slide C#
Helpless people on a subway train

G#sA                        EbsE  A  F#  BsC#  G#sA  EbsE A
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them

F#                                 B slide C#
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down

G#sA                              EbsE               A  F# BsC#  G#sA  EbsE A
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town

[Chorus]

E
Oh no, they say he’s got to go

           F#
Go, Go! Godzilla, yeah!

E
Oh no, there goes Tokyo

           F#
Go! Go! Godzilla, yeah!

[Instrumental] (x4) F# (hold 3 beats) B slide C# G# slide A [Chorus]

E
Oh no, they say he’s got to go

           F#
Go, Go! Godzilla, yeah!

E
Oh no, there goes Tokyo

           F#
Go! Go! Godzilla, yeah!

Bass solo followed by vocals (in Japanese)

(Guitar lead-in to Chorus repeat final time)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-4-7-4----4-4-4-------4-4-7-4-----------|
A|—4h7--------4h7--------4h7----------4-2-------|
E|-----------------------------------------5-2--|

[Chorus]

E
Oh no, they say he’s got to go

           F#
Go, Go! Godzilla, yeah!

E
Oh no, there goes Tokyo

           F#
Go! Go! Godzilla, yeah!

[Instrumental] (x2) F# (hold 3 beats) B slide C# G# slide A (Ending (4x) end on F#)

F#                       BsC# G#sA
History shows again and again how nature points out the folly

EbsE   A  F#   BsC#  G#sA  EbsE A
of      man  - Godzilla