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			   IN THEE - Blue Oyster Cult
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Written by: A. Lanier
CD: "Mirrors"   (1979, Columbia Records)

Notes:

^...bend   (w=whole step)
h...hammer on
p...pulloff
r...release bend
/...slide up
...slide down
..harmonic
x...dead note
~...vibrato
=...hold note
-Tuning: Standard
-strum pattern is shown for Intro & Verses (same for both): d=down, u=up
-chords are written in for only one verse (to avoid tab looking cluttered),
but chords are the same for all verses
-for harmonics, fret the note indicated, then play harmonic an octave (12
frets) up from that note
-I don't know the name of the second to last chord in the Chorus - I
put the notes (F,B,D) into a chord finder and it came out as
Chord diagramFF flat5 6th (no 3rd), so that's what I'll call it. It's played like this:
    EADGBE
    xxx431
-bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
-song is in Chord diagramA augmentedA Major, except for guitar solo section which is in Chord diagramD MajorD (solo
is in Chord diagramD MajorD Major)


INTRO:


   Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE | Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramE MajorE
                    |
   d  u d d   d   d | d  u d d   d u d d


     Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE MajorE
 Chord diagramE MajorE ---------------------|
 Chord diagramBB ---------------------|
 Chord diagramG+G ------------------|
 Chord diagramD MajorD ------------------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA --0------------------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE ---------------------|


1ST VERSE:

 Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE MajorE
Maybe I'll see you again, baby, and maybe I won't
 Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE MajorE
Maybe you've bought your ticket, gone back to Detroit
 Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC#7C#7   Chord diagramF# minorF#m
Airplanes make strangers of us all
        Chord diagramBsus4Bsus4  Chord diagramBB
Give us distance
 Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD
Much too easily


                            Chord diagramE MajorE                      (Jim says...)
 Chord diagramE MajorE ----------------------|------------------------|------
 Chord diagramBB ----------------------|------------------------|------
 Chord diagramG+G -----------9----------|------------------------|------
 Chord diagramD MajorD ----(9)/11---(11)9---|---------9--------------|------
 Chord diagramA augmentedA ----------------------|--(9)/11---119--7---7-|--0---
 Chord diagramE MajorE ----------------------|------------------------|------


2ND VERSE:


Jim says some destinies should not be delivered
                                     Chord diagramG+G ------------------|
                                     Chord diagramD MajorD ------------------|
                                     Chord diagramA augmentedA ---------------------|

But you and I seen now, baby, that still they are
Winning it makes losers of us all
'Cause the dice roll
So indifferently


CHORUS:


          Well, I'll wrap myself in cities I travel
                      Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramEsus4Esus4  Chord diagramE MajorE
 Chord diagramE MajorE -----------------|---------------|----------------|
 Chord diagramBB -----------------|---------------|----------------|
 Chord diagramG+G -----------------|---------------|----------------|
 Chord diagramD MajorD ---------2-------|---------------|----------------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA -----0-2-----0-2-|-5~------------|-7~-------------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE ---4-------4-----|---------------|----------------|


I'll wrap myself in dreams
    Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramEsus4Esus4  Chord diagramE MajorE
 Chord diagramE MajorE ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramBB ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramG+G ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramD MajorD ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA -5~------------|-7~------------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE ---------------|---------------|


I'll wrap myself in solitude, But I
    Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramEsus4Esus4  Chord diagramE MajorE
 Chord diagramE MajorE ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramBB ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramG+G ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramD MajorD ---------------|---------------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA -5~------------|-7~------------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE ---------------|---------------|


wish I
 could  wrap  myself        In thee
    Chord diagramD MajorD   (Chord diagramE MajorE)     Chord diagramFb5Fb5 6 (no3)     Chord diagramA augmentedA
 Chord diagramE MajorE ------------|--------------|-------------|
 Chord diagramBB ------------|----6/10------|-------------|
 Chord diagramG+G ------------|--------------|-------2-----|
 Chord diagramD MajorD ------------|--------------|-------------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA -5----7-----|-8------------|-0-----------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE ------------|--------------|-------------|


 Chord diagramE MajorE --------------------|
 Chord diagramBB --------------------|
 Chord diagramG+G --------------------|
 Chord diagramD MajorD ----2h4-2-----------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA -----------4p2p0-0--|
 Chord diagramE MajorE --------------------|


3RD VERSE:


Tonight it's hot, without you tomorrow'll be cold
                                          Chord diagramG+G ------------------|
                                          Chord diagramD MajorD ------------------|
                                          Chord diagramA augmentedA ---------------------|

Winter will come along, driven by snow
                                 Chord diagramBB --------------|----------------|
                                 Chord diagramG+G -----------2--|-----4^wr--2-2--|
                                 Chord diagramD MajorD ---2--2h4-----|----------------|

Love it makes strangers of us all
When we part
Oh, so thoughtlessly


 Chord diagramE MajorE ----------------------|
 Chord diagramBB ----------------------|
 Chord diagramG+G ---------------3^w-3--|
 Chord diagramD MajorD -------0-4-2p0--------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA ---0-2----------------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE ----------------------|


Play CHORUS


GUITAR SOLO:


 Chord diagramE MajorE -----|
 Chord diagramBB -----|
 Chord diagramG+G -7---|
 Chord diagramD MajorD ---9-|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA -----|
 Chord diagramE MajorE -----|


  Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA

|-----------------|-------------|-------------12-10=|=--7h10p7--------10-|
|-------------7---|-----10^wr-8-|-7h8h10-------x----|----------10--------|
|-7-7----7~-----7=|=------------|--------7~----x----|-------------7~-----|
|------9----------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
                                             [rake]

  Chord diagramD MajorD                                     Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramBb majorBb

|-7-----------------------------------|-----------------12^w-12^wr-10-12-|
|---10-7------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------9^wr(9)p7-9p7---7-7---7--9p7-|----7-7-7h9p7-7-------------------|
|----------------------9-----9--------|-9--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


 Chord diagramB minorBm                                              Chord diagramE MajorE

|---12h14p12--12--12^wr--10-12--10h12p10----10-|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------12----|-12^wr(12)~--------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|



3RD VERSE:


Once we breathed the breath of sweet surrender
Pure, pure Arab air filled our atmosphere
                                     Chord diagramBB ------------------|---------------|
                                     Chord diagramG+G -------4^wr-2-----|---------------|
                                     Chord diagramD MajorD --------------4p2-|---------------|
                                     Chord diagramA augmentedA ------------------|-0-------------|

But pride it makes stars of us all
Until we fall
For everyone to see


 Chord diagramE MajorE -------------------|
 Chord diagramBB -----------3-------|
 Chord diagramG+G -------------------|
 Chord diagramD MajorD -0--4p2p0----0--4--|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA -------------------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE -------------------|


Play CHORUS


(...in thee)
 Chord diagramE MajorE --------|---------------------0h2p0---|--------------|
 Chord diagramBB --------|---------------------------3-|--------------|
 Chord diagramG+G --------|---2-x-2------2--------------|-2~-----------|
 Chord diagramD MajorD --------|----------4p2---4p2----------|--------------|
 Chord diagramA augmentedA --------|-----------------------------|--------------|
 Chord diagramE MajorE --------|-----------------------------|--------------|


Repeat CHORUS


Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramFb5Fb5 6th (no3)     Chord diagramA augmentedA


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(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)

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