WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper Bass | Ver. 1
DON'T FEAR THE REAPER (Bassline)
As recorded by Blue Oyster Cult
(From the 1976 Album AGENTS OF FORTUNE)
Words and Music by Donald Roeser
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=144
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q Q Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
|------------|--------------|----------------|-------------2-5--|
|------------|---------11\--|-5----5-3-3---x-|-1-1---1-3-3------|
1st and 3rd Verses
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||------7---------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------2-5/-||----7-------2-x-|-----2-3-----2-5/-|
|-5-5---5-3-3---3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3------||-5------3-3-----|-1-1-----3-3------|
E E q E E q E E E E E E E E E E q E E q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------3----------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----7------5--|-----3-------2-5/-|-----7------5--|-----3-x-----2-5-|
|-5-5----3-3----|-1-1-----3-3------|-5-5----3-3----|-1-1-----3-3-----|
1st and 3rd Pre-Choruses
E E q E E q E E E a E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------||----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------3s5---------||----------------|-----------5-7----|
|-----7------5--|-----3---------5\--||------------2-5-|-------5-7--------|
|-5-5----3-3----|-1-1-------3-3-----||-1--1-1-3-3-----|-5-5--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-x-|-----------------|-----------------|-------7-------x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-3-----2s5-|-----7-------5---|
|-----------------|-5-5---x-3-3---0-|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------7-------5\-|-------3/-------5/-|-------x-------x-|
|-----0-3-----2-5-|-----7-------5----|-----3--------5----|-----7-------5---|
|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3------|-1-1------3-3------|-5-5-----3-3-----|
1st Chorus
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
|-------3/-------5/-|---7-------------|-------3/-------5/-||-------7---------|
|-----3--------5----|-----7-------5---|-----3--------5----||-----7-----------|
|-1-1------3-3------|-5-------3-3---x-|-1-1------3-3------||-5-5-----3-3---x-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------3/----------|-----------------|-------3---------|------------------|
|-----3--------2-5/-|-----7-------5---|-----3-------2-5-|-----3-6\-----2-5-|
|-1-1------3-3------|-5-5-----3-3---x-|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5------3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-------3/-------5/-|-----------------|-------3s5-------5/-|------------------|
|-----3--------5----|-----7-------5---|-----3---------5----|-----7-------5----|
|-1-1------3-3------|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-------3-3------|-5-5-----3-3---3--|
E E E E E E E E W +W +H H
|------------------|----------|------------|-------------|
|-------3/-------5-|----------|------------|-------------|
|-----3--------5---|----------|------------|-------------|
|-1-1------3-3-----|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)---------|
Wx2 H E S S E E Q. E E E E E
|------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------|--------7-7-5-7-|----------------|
|------------|----------------|-5----5-3-3---3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------2-5-|-----------------|-------------2s5-||
|-1-1---1-3-3-----|-5-5---5-3-3---3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-----||
2nd Verse
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3/---------|
|----------------|-------------2-5-|-----7-----------|-----3--------2-5-|
|-5----5-3-3---3-|-1-1---1-3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-5---|-1-1------3-3-----|
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-------------2-5-|----------------|-------------2-5-||
|-5----5-3-3---3-|-1-1---1-3-3-----|-5----5-3-3---3-|-1-1-1-5-3-3-----||
2nd Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------2-5/-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1---1-3-3------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------7--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------2-5-|-----7----------|-----3-------2-5-|-----5-7-----5\--|
|-1-1-1-x-3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3--x-|-1-1---1-3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------3/---------|-----------------|-------3---------|-------7---------|
|-----3--------2s5-|-----7-------5---|-------------2-5-|-----7-------2-5-|
|-1-1------3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-1---3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------7---------|-------3----------|---------------5-|
|-------------2-5-|-----7-------5---|-----3-------2-5/-|-----7\------5---|
|-1-1---x-3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-----3-3------|-5-5-----3-3-----|
2nd Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-------3----------|-----------------|-------3---------||-------7---------|
|-----3-------2-5/-|-----7-x-----3---|-----3-------2-3-||-----7-------2-3-|
|-1-1-----3-3------|-5-5-----3-3---x-|-1-1-----3-3-----||-5-5-----3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------7-------5-|-------3---------|-------7---------|
|-----0-3-----2-5-|-----7-------5---|-----3-------2-5-|-----7-------5---|
|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------3/----------|-----------------|-------3---------|-------7---------|
|-----2--------2-5/-|-----7-------5---|-----3-------5\--|-----7-------5\--|
|-1-1------3-3------|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|
Interlude
5/4
E E E E E E E E W +W Wx7 W
|------------------|----------|------------||------------|------|
|-------3/-------5-|----------|------------||------------|------|
|-----3--------5---|----------|------------||------------|------|
|-1-1------3-3-----|-5--------|-(5)--------||------------|------|
Guitar Solo
1.,2.,3.
4/4
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. H Q. E +Q Q +E Q. H
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||o----------------|-----5----3----|----------------|-----6----5----o||
||o----------------|---------------|------2-(2)--5--|-(5)-----------o||
||--1----3-(3)--4--|-(4)-----------|-3--------------|----------------||
4.
3/4 4/4
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q W +H +E E E E W
|----------------|-------------|----------|------------------|------|
|----------------|-----6----5--|----------|------------------|------|
|------2-(2)--5--|-(5)---------|----------|------------------|------|
|-3--------------|-------------|-1--------|-(1)----(1)-1-1-1-|-3----|
+H H W +W W +W
|-------------|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|--------5----|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-------------|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-(3)---------|-1--------|-(1)--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
+W +W W H Q Q
|------------|------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|------------|----------|---------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|----------|---------12\---|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-------3----------|-------7---------|-------3---------||
|---------------|-------------2-5/-|-----7-------5---|-----3-------2-5-||
|-5----5-3-3--0-|-1-1-----3-3------|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-----3-3-----||
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-----0-3-----2-5-|-----5-7-----2-3-|-----0-x-----2-5-|-----7-------5----o||
||--1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5-----3-3---x---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------3---------|----------------|
|-------------2-(5)-|-----7-------5\--|-----3-------2s5-|-----7------5---|
|-1-1-5---3-3-------|-5-5-----3-3-----|-1-1-----3-3-----|-5-5----3-3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------3---------|---------2-2-x---|-----------------|
|-----3-------2-3-|-x-0-2-3-------3-|-----0-2-----2-5-|
|-1-1-----3-3-----|-----------------|-1-1-----3-3-----|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E 9x
||-----------------|------------------||
||o---------2--0---|-----------------o||
||o-0-0-2-3------3-|-----0-3-----2-5-o||
||-----------------|-1-1-----3-3------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
