WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Great Sun Jester Chords – Blue Oyster Cult | Version #1
with me. It's just the basic chord changes for this little known BOC song off the
"Mirrors" LP, as best as I could figure them. It sounds especially nice if you play the
verses with arpeggio strumming, then switch to full chords for the chorus.
I also recommend listening to the actual recording to get the timing of the vocals, if
you're into that sort of thing.
[INTRO]: [A G D G] x 2
[VERSE]:
A G D G
They have killed the great sun jes-ter
A G D G
Who danced between the stars
A G D G
They have stripped him of his man-hood
A G D G
Signs of Venus and of Mars
A G D G
The cynics left him weeping, and the jackals left him torn
A G D G A
And the jester reaches out bind hands, He can touch the stars ... no more.
[A - G - D - D G D G]
[CHORUS]:
A G
And he took the stars in his hands
D D G D G
And as he scattered them he'd shout
A G
"I'm the joker of the universe
D D G D G
I'm what it's all about."
A G
Now he's dying in his grief
D D G D G
And the hard men dragged him down
A G
They have killed the wild-eyed jester
D G A
They have killed the fire - clown
[Repeat INTRO]
[VERSE]:
A G D G
Now his blind eyes seek the starlight
A G D G
And his fingers seek controls
A G D G
To take him into space again
A G D G
Where he was both young and old
A G D G
The dancers stiff with pain, and they've made him kneel too long
A G D G A
And the madness they have driven out, they've left him cold .... and sane.
[A - G - D - D G D G]
[CHORUS]:
A G
And he took the stars in his hands
D D G D G
And as he scattered them he'd shout
A G
"I'm the joker of the universe
D D G D G
I'm what it's all about."
A G
Now he's dying in his grief
D D G D G
And the hard men dragged him down
A G
They have killed the wild-eyed jester
D G A
They have killed the fire - clown
[A - G - D - D - G]
A G D G D A
He'll never - sing his songs - again....
A G D G D A
He'll never dance between the stars - again....
A G D G D A
He'll never - laugh - again....
A G D G D A
No he'll never ever - laugh - again....
A - G - D - D G D G
Oh, no....
Repeat [A - G - D - D G D G] and fade...
Or, since I always like to put endings on songs
(And I can't really "fade" while playing live
[A - G - D - D G D G] x 4 then end with A