Blue Oyster Cult

Last Days In May(Chords)

Blue Oyster Cult

Key: E7/B

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	        Note: Use your baby finger alot especially with Buck Dharma's Style. 
 
h = hammer on 
p = pull off 
bu9to11 = means have note bent to 11 at start of play. 
bu9to11to9 = means bend 9 to 11 and release back to 9. 
*** = triplet 
^ = hold for ~1/4 
O = Open 
E7/B = E seventh chord with a B root ( bass ) note. 
 
 
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The Last Days in May ( Play Bar chords Bm = 7th fret etc.) 
 
 
Bm              A                G              F#sus4 F#      Bm 
Parched land on desert sand  the sun was just a dot.     And a little bit of 
 
             A                    G     Bm                      D 
water goes a long way 'cause it's hot.  Three good buddies were laughing and 
 
               E                    Em          Bm                 A 
smoking in the back of a rented Ford.      They couldn't know they weren't 
 
      G        Bm      E7/B      Bm7       E7/B 
going far.     (7th fret BAR for all these chords) 
 
 
Bm                E                         D                   E 
Each one with the money in his pocket could go out and buy himself a brand new 
 
   Bm          D            E                   G                         Am 
car.  But they all held the money they had, the money they hoped would take 
 
              Bm       F#m        Em 
them very far. 
 
 
F#sus4        F# 
 
E--2----------2-------------| 
B--2----------2-------------| 
G----4---------3------------| 
D----4----------4-----------| 
A----4----------4-----------| 
E--2----------2-------------| 
 
Song is in Key of D so Blues Runs in B work great. Matter of fact B runs 
mixed with a little D work good together. I have good luck with B runs. 
 
Note: Buck plays smoothly fast, so get the jist of the song as tabbed and 
bend a few notes, hammer on a few and play it smoothly. It is not that easy 
to tab this song with feeling. I hope you listen and enjoy. 
 
 
We used to practice Bm A G F#sus4 F# Bm A G A progressions while playing 
the Runs, Blues licks in B and D over it just to get the feel. 
 
 
Intro to Last Days of May 
 
 
      Bm                F#m     Em           G                    A 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------bu10to12to10-7----------------------| 
------bu9to11-bu9to11to97-7----------7-7-----------------bu9to11to9--7---------| 
-------------------------9-9--------9-9-----------------------------9----------| 
----------------------------------10-------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
                       *** 
 
 
      Bm                A         G      A 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
------bu9to11to97-7-----6h7p6-6------------------------------------------------| 
-----------------9-9---------9-7h9^9-------7-----------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------87---7------------------------------------| 
---------------------------------------109-------------------------------------|
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Written by Donald Roeser

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