Blue Öyster Cult – Sole Survivor (Guitar Acoustic)
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Chords
The key to the sound in the intro is to make sure that
the low note of each chord is what is emphasized.
If you play the correct version of each chord,
the low notes will walk just like the bass line
in the song. On the third pass, end on the Em
and hold, then start into the verse.
Am E7sus4/B C C/E C/D G Em C G/B x 3
F Em There walked a lonely man; silent, mute, the only man; not F Em knowing how, not knowing why was he the sole survivor. F Em Why should he be alive, breathing still while others died? F Em . And the only question, why was he the sole survivor? E D C B (solo notes, a downward roll into the chorus Am) Am F Sole sur- vivor G Em G cursed with second sight Am F Haunted savior G Em G cried into the night Am F Sole sur- vivor G Em G cursed with second sight Am F Haunted savior G Em cried into the night. F Em Wind blew across the sand. He stood alone and he had no plan F Em And with the last rays of the sun, he screamed aloud began to run F Em . In his tears he sees his face, "I am the end of the human race F Em When I'm gone there'll be no trace, for I'm the sole survivor!"
E D C B
Am F Sole sur- vivor G Em G cursed with second sight Am F Haunted savior G Em G cried into the night Am F Sole sur- vivor G Em G cursed with second sight Am F Haunted savior G Em cried into the night. F Em One night when years had passed, the sky shook from a fiery blast F Em . and there a starship, saved at last to come . rescue this survivor F Em . They beckoned him inside, but only man, he would not ride F Em . Instead he found a place to hide for he's the sole survivor Am F Sole sur- vivor G Em G cursed with second sight Am F Haunted savior G Em G cried into the night Am F Sole sur- vivor G Em G cursed with second sight Am F Haunted savior G Em cried into the night.