Blue Oyster Cult

The Great Sun Jester(Chords)

Blue Oyster Cult

Key: D

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Intro/Verse 

    A      Gadd9  D      Gsus2 
E||------|------|------|------| 
B||------|------|------|------| 
G||---2--|---2--|---2--|---2--| 
D||--2-2-|--2-2-|--0-0-|--0-0-| 
A||-0----|------|------|------| 
E||------|-3----|-2----|-3----| 
(Repeat throughout verses 1&2) 


Chorus/Lead 
    A      G      D      G D   G D 
E||------|------|------|-----------| 
B||-5----|-8----|-7----|-8-7---8-7\| 
G||-6----|-7----|-7----|-7-7---7-7\| 
D||-7----|-5----|-7----|---7-----7\| 
A||-7----|------|-5----|-----------| 
E||------|------|------|-----------| 
(Repeat throughout Lead/Chorus followed by...) 


End Chorus 
    A      G      D      G (D)  A 
E||------|------|------|------|-------| 
B||-5----|-8----|-7----|-8-(7)|-2-----| 
G||-6----|-7----|-7----|-7----|-2--2--| 
D||-7----|-5----|-7----|-5----|-2-2-2-| 
A||-7----|------|-5----|------|-0-----| 
E||------|------|------|------|-------| 
(Return to Intro/Verse section) 


Interlude 
(This is played between the 2nd Chorus/Lead and the Outro/Lead sections.) 
    A      Gadd9  D    Gsus2 D   A       Gadd9 D Gsus2 D A etc. 
E||------|------|------|-----2-|-------|------| 
B||------|------|------|-----3-|-2-----|------| 
G||---2--|---2--|---2--|---2-2-|-2--2--|---2--| 
D||--2-2-|--2-2-|--0-0-|--0--0-|-2-2-2-|--2-2-| 
A||-0----|------|------|-------|-0-----|------| 
E||------|-3----|-2----|-3-----|-------|-3----| 
(1st Verse) A Gadd9 D Gsus2 They have killed the Great Sun Jester A Gadd9 D Gsus2 Who danced between the stars A Gadd9 D Gsus2 They have stripped him of his manhood A Gadd9 D Gsus2 Sign of Venus and of Mars A Gadd9 D Gsus2 The cynics left him weepin' and the jackals left him torn A Gadd9 D Gsus2 A And the Jester reaches out blind hands, he can touch the stars ... no more (Chorus) A G D G D G D Now he took the stars in his hands and as he scattered them he'd shout A G D G D G D I'm the joker of the universe, I'm what it's all about A G D G D G D Now he's dying in his grief and the hard men drag him down A G D G(D) A They have killed the wild eyed jester, they have killed the fire clown (2nd Verse) Now his blind eyes seek the starlight And his fingers seek controls To take him into space again Where he was both young and old The dancer's stiff with pain and they've made him kneel too long And the madness they have driven out, they've left him cold and sick (Repeat Chorus) (Interlude) A Gadd9 D Gsus2 D A He'll never sing his songs again A Gadd9 D Gsus2 D A He'll never dance between the stars again A Gadd9 D Gsus2 D A He'll never laugh again A Gadd9 D Gsus2 A No he'll never, ever laugh again ... Ohhh no! Outro/Fade A G D G D G D A G D G D He'll never laugh again G D A G D G D He'll never laugh again G D A G D G D He'll never laugh again G D A G D He'll never laugh again no no G D G D A G D G D G D He'll never, he'll never laugh again

Written by Eric Bloom/Michael Moorcock/John Trivers

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