Blue Öyster Cult

Before The Kiss A Redcap Chords

by Blue Öyster Cult
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Key: G Tuning: E A D G B E Intro: G C G C G C G C G Chorus: C G So grab your rose and ringside seat C G We're back home at Conry's Bar C G The blond girl with her tattoo C G Reds and wine, cokes of course C G Oh, my Suzy, my Suzy C G Why did we ever start C G It's morning now; you'd never know F D# The gin, the gin C Glows in the dark, glows in the dark
[Interlude] G C G C G Verse 1: C G And underneath the black light C G Underneath it all C G Four and forty redheads meet C G Come to doom, doom the dawn C G With threats of gas and rose motif C G Their lips apart like swollen rose C G Their tongues extend and then retract A D# A redcap, a redcap C Before the kiss, before the kiss [Instrumental Break] G C G7 D7 C7 A#7 G7 D7 C7 A#7 Verse 2: G7 Doors like flint and window panes D7 And endless shadow bar C7 The owner's boys have gone to work A#7 C7 We'll stop big deals behind that bar G7 While outside on the turnpike D7 They got this new hit tune C7 Thrills become as cheap as gas A#7 And gas as cheap as thrills [Interlude] G7 D7 C7 A#7 G7 D7 C7 A#7 Verse 3: G7 One threat and mundane here at last D7 Expect to cross one more C7 Lecherous, invisible A#7 Beware the limping cat G7 Whose black teeth grip between loose jaws D7 Still ripe and fully bloomed C7 A rose and not from anywhere A#7 That you would know or I would care [Interlude] G7 D7 C7 A#7 G7 D7 C7 A#7 Verse 4: G7 And the owners act most cheerfully D7 Back home at Conry's Bar C7 When their patron's thoughts at last A#7 Grow too big for their skulls G7 Awful things are happening D7 We've let this drama fold C7 And now the time has come at last A#7 To crush the motif of the rose [Interlude] G7 D7 C7 A#7 G7 G7 G7 A#7 C7 G Chorus: C G So grab your rose and ringside seat C G We're back home at Conry's Bar C G The blond girl with her tattoo C G Reds and wine, cokes of course C G Oh, my Suzy, my Suzy C G Why did we ever start C G It's morning now; you'd never know F D# The gin, the gin G C G C Glows in the dark, glows in the dark Outro: G F D# D G F D# D G F D# D G F D# D G F C A# G F C A# G F C A# G

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Published: March 22, 2026
Last Updated: March 22, 2026