Unknown Tongue chords by Blue Öyster Cult

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Am

Intro:
Am G F Am

Verse 1:
Am                          G
 There was no light, shining through the window
F                      Am
As Margaret lie in bed
Am                   G
 She was wearing her cotton pajamas
  F                       Am
A crucifix above her head

Pre-chorus:
Em              Am
  She awoke from a dream
Em
 Her eyes were open
G                            F
 Her lips were moving in the dark

Chorus:
Am           G
  Speak to me  in many voices
F                          Am
  Make them all sound like one
          G
Let me see  your sacred mysteries
F                     Am
 Reveal to me the Unknown Tongue
F                     Am
 Reveal to me the Unknown Tongue

Verse 2:
Am               G
She put her hands upon her breasts
F
 And they were small and hard and young
Am                          G
 And everywhere she touched, she felt the fire
F                                       Am
Waiting for the answer that must surely come

Pre-chorus:
Em            Am
  Is this the way to love?
Em          G                F
  Or is this just the way to die?

Chorus:
Am           G
  Speak to me  in many voices
F                          Am
  Make them all sound like one
          G
Let me see  your sacred mysteries
F                     Am
 Reveal to me the Unknown Tongue
F                     Am
 Reveal to me the Unknown Tongue

[Piano Solo]
Am G F F (x3)
Am

Verse 3:
Am                G
 And then she took  her father's razor
F
 And watched it cut into her palm
Am               G
 She put her hand  up to her mouth
F
 To taste the blood so holy and warm
Em              Am
  She got up in the morning
Em                 G                   F
  Put on her dress, and patent leather shoes
Am             Em
 Ate her cereal, and kissed her mother
G                            F
 Caught the bus, and went to school


[Outro Chorus]
Am           G
  Speak to me  in many voices
F                          Am
  Make them all sound like one
          G
Let me see  your sacred mysteries
F                     Am
 Reveal to me the Unknown Tongue
F                     Am
 Reveal to me the Unknown Tongue
F             Am
 Reveal to me,  reveal to me
F             Am
 Reveal to me,  reveal to me
F             Am
 Reveal to me,  reveal to me
F             Am
 Reveal to me,  reveal to me
F             Am
 Reveal to me,  reveal to me

(ad lib. + fade out)