Blue Öyster Cult – Mistress Of The Salmon Salt Quicklime Girl (Guitar)
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Chords
Intro: ( F Gm Bb C F Gm ) x2 D Db C Bb Gm
Gm F C Gm In the garden district, where the plants grow strong and tall Bb A G# Gm Behind the bush there lurks a girl, who makes them strong and tall NC Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb They just call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl F Gm C Bb D Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl Gm F C Gm In the fall when plants return, by harvest time, she knows the score Bb A Ab Gm Ripe and ready to the eye, but rotten somehow to the core NC Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb And they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl F Gm C Bb D Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb A harvest of life, or harvest of death, one body of life, one body of death Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb And when you've gone and choked to death, with laughter and a little step Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb I'll prepare the quicklime, friend, for your ripe and ready grave Cm Bb For your ripe and ready grave
Solo: ( Gm C#7-5 Cm Bb ) x2 C Eb D7 Gm
Solo: ( F Gm Bb C F Gm ) x2 D Db C Bb Gm
Gm F C Gm It's springtime now and cares subside, and the planting's almost done Bb A G# Gm And fertile graves, it seems, exist, within a mile of that juke joint F Gm Bb C NC F Gm Where Coast Guard crews still take their leave, quite listless in the sun Bb A Ab Gm And the Quicklime Girl still plies her trade, reduction of the many from the one NC Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb And they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl F Gm C Bb D Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, well she's the mistress of the salmon salt C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb A harvest of life, a harvest of death, resumes its course each day Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb It comes as if by schedule, a harvest of limbs, of arms and of legs Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb The toes that crawl, and the knees that jerk, and neck like swans that seem to turn Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb As if inclined to grasp or pray
Outro: ( Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb ) x4 C Eb D7 Gm
chords:
Gm C#m-5 C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm e---3------|-----------------------------3-------------------------------------------- B---3--5---|--5--3-----5--5----5----3----3-------------------------------------------- G---3--6---|--5--3-----5--5----5----3----3-------------------------------------------- D---5--5---|--5--3-----5--3----5----3----5-------------------------------------------- A---5--4---|--3--3--------1----0----0----5-------------------------------------------- E---3------|-----------6-----------------3--------------------------------------------