Chords for Blue Oyster Cult: Unknown Tongue
Tempo:
129.15 bpm
Chords used:
F
A
G
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [G]
[F] There [Dm] [A]
was no light [G] shining through the window [F] as mom went to lie in [A] her bed.
She was wearing [G] her comfortable pajamas, [F] crucifixes over [A] her head.
[Em] She awoke [A] from a dream, [Em] her eyes were open, [G] her lips were moving [F] in the dark.
[A] Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all sound [A] like one.
Let me [G] see your secret mysteries.
[F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
She put her hands [G] upon her [F] breasts, and they were small and [A] hard and young.
And everywhere she touched, [G] she felt the [F] fire, waiting for the answer in the [A] surely dark.
[Em]
Is this [A] the way to [Em] love, or is this [G] just the [F] way to die?
[A]
Speak to [G] me in many voices, [F]
make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret mysteries.
[F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
[G]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am]
[A] Then she took [G]
[A] her father's [F] razor and watched it [E] cut [C] into her [A] palm.
She put her [G] hand [F] up to her mouth to taste the [E] blood so holy and [Em] warm.
She got up [A]
in the [Em] morning, put on a [G] dress and patent leather [F] shoes.
[A] Ate a cereal [E] and kissed her mother, [G] and caught the bus and went to [F] school.
[A] Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret mysteries.
[F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me the [A] unknown tongue.
[F] Move it to me, [Am] move it to [F] me, [Am] move it to me, [F] move it, [Am]
[F] [Am] move it to [F] me, move it to me.
[Am] [F] [Am]
[Dm]
[A] [F]
[A]
[F]
[Am] [F]
[Am]
[F] There [Dm] [A]
was no light [G] shining through the window [F] as mom went to lie in [A] her bed.
She was wearing [G] her comfortable pajamas, [F] crucifixes over [A] her head.
[Em] She awoke [A] from a dream, [Em] her eyes were open, [G] her lips were moving [F] in the dark.
[A] Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all sound [A] like one.
Let me [G] see your secret mysteries.
[F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
She put her hands [G] upon her [F] breasts, and they were small and [A] hard and young.
And everywhere she touched, [G] she felt the [F] fire, waiting for the answer in the [A] surely dark.
[Em]
Is this [A] the way to [Em] love, or is this [G] just the [F] way to die?
[A]
Speak to [G] me in many voices, [F]
make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret mysteries.
[F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
[G]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am] [G]
[F]
[Am]
[A] Then she took [G]
[A] her father's [F] razor and watched it [E] cut [C] into her [A] palm.
She put her [G] hand [F] up to her mouth to taste the [E] blood so holy and [Em] warm.
She got up [A]
in the [Em] morning, put on a [G] dress and patent leather [F] shoes.
[A] Ate a cereal [E] and kissed her mother, [G] and caught the bus and went to [F] school.
[A] Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret mysteries.
[F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me the [A] unknown tongue.
[F] Move it to me, [Am] move it to [F] me, [Am] move it to me, [F] move it, [Am]
[F] [Am] move it to [F] me, move it to me.
[Am] [F] [Am]
[Dm]
[A] [F]
[A]
[F]
[Am] [F]
[Am]
Key:
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A
G
Am
Em
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A
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[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] There _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
was no light [G] shining through the window [F] as mom went to lie in [A] her bed. _ _
She was wearing [G] her comfortable pajamas, [F] _ crucifixes over [A] her head. _ _
[Em] _ She awoke [A] from a dream, [Em] her eyes were open, [G] her lips were moving [F] in the _ dark. _ _ _ _
[A] _ Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all sound [A] like one.
Let me [G] see your secret _ _ mysteries.
_ _ [F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] _ move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
She put her hands [G] _ upon her [F] breasts, and they were small and [A] hard and young.
And everywhere she touched, [G] she felt the [F] fire, waiting for the answer in the [A] surely dark.
_ [Em] _
Is this [A] the way to [Em] love, or is this [G] just the [F] way to die?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Speak to [G] me in many voices, [F] _
make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret mysteries.
_ _ _ [F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Then she took [G]
[A] her father's [F] razor and watched it [E] cut [C] into her [A] palm.
She put her [G] hand [F] up to her mouth to taste the [E] blood so holy and [Em] warm.
She got up [A]
in the [Em] morning, put on a [G] dress and patent leather [F] _ _ _ shoes.
_ _ _ _ [A] Ate a cereal [E] and kissed her mother, [G] and caught the bus _ and went to [F] school. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret _ mysteries. _ _
[F] _ Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] _ move to me the [A] unknown tongue.
[F] _ Move it to me, [Am] _ move it to [F] me, _ _ _ [Am] move it to me, [F] move it, [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] move it to [F] me, move it to me.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] There _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
was no light [G] shining through the window [F] as mom went to lie in [A] her bed. _ _
She was wearing [G] her comfortable pajamas, [F] _ crucifixes over [A] her head. _ _
[Em] _ She awoke [A] from a dream, [Em] her eyes were open, [G] her lips were moving [F] in the _ dark. _ _ _ _
[A] _ Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all sound [A] like one.
Let me [G] see your secret _ _ mysteries.
_ _ [F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] _ move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
She put her hands [G] _ upon her [F] breasts, and they were small and [A] hard and young.
And everywhere she touched, [G] she felt the [F] fire, waiting for the answer in the [A] surely dark.
_ [Em] _
Is this [A] the way to [Em] love, or is this [G] just the [F] way to die?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Speak to [G] me in many voices, [F] _
make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret mysteries.
_ _ _ [F] Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] move to me [A] the unknown tongue.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Then she took [G]
[A] her father's [F] razor and watched it [E] cut [C] into her [A] palm.
She put her [G] hand [F] up to her mouth to taste the [E] blood so holy and [Em] warm.
She got up [A]
in the [Em] morning, put on a [G] dress and patent leather [F] _ _ _ shoes.
_ _ _ _ [A] Ate a cereal [E] and kissed her mother, [G] and caught the bus _ and went to [F] school. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Speak to me [G] in many [F] voices, make them all [A] sound like one.
Let me see [G] your secret _ mysteries. _ _
[F] _ Move to me [A] the unknown tongue, [F] _ move to me the [A] unknown tongue.
[F] _ Move it to me, [Am] _ move it to [F] me, _ _ _ [Am] move it to me, [F] move it, [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] move it to [F] me, move it to me.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _