• Song:

    Goin Through The Motions

  • Artist:

    Blue Oyster Cult

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Blue Oyster Cult
Goin' Through The Motions
From "Spectres" (1977)

Intro: E

Verse 1

E (022100@1)                        B/D#Too (x2544x@1)wild to care, you got that animal stare
        C#m/D                 A/C#You (042220@1)got stay anywhere in your eyes
    E (022100@1)                               B/D#And (x2544x@1)you're leading me on, but you can be anyone
         C#m/D                      A/C#'Cause (042220@1)I know you'll be gone 'fore I rise

Chorus
          E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EAnd (022100@1)we're going through the motions
          E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EYeah, (022100@1)we're going through the motions
          E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EYeah, (022100@1)we're going through the motions
E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EGoing (022100@1)through the motions

Verse two (chords as above)

Staying with you gave us something to do
I almost thought it was true for a while
'Cause there's love in you lies, you senility skies
You couldn't tell right from wrong if you tried

Chorus

Bridge
Abm- (133111@4)C#m (x13321@4)         F#m (244222@1)                  Absus4 (xx1124@1)  Abm (133111@4)       To thee I dedicate this photograph
E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)              F#m (244222@1)       I'll even sign it "love to you" again
A (x02220@1)                   B (x2444x@1)              E (022100@1)       B/D# (x2544x@1)  C#m (x13321@4)       And when it's faded and forgotten in some book
        B (x2444x@1)      A (x02220@1)    Abm (133111@4)           F#m (244222@1)            EYou'll (022100@1)sometimes look, you'll sometimes look, you'll sometimes look

Verse 3

It's a game, it's a game, no let's call it a shame
'Cause there's no one to blame just to pay
You were a friend for a day, so don't cry if I say
That you got what you want, it's OK

Chorus
          E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EAnd (022100@1)we're going through the motions
          E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EYeah, (022100@1)we're going through the motions
          E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EYeah, (022100@1)we're going through the motions
E (022100@1)                           A- (x02220@1)EGoing (022100@1)through the motions

Then a key change
Chorus
          F# (244322@1)                          B- (x2444x@1)F#And (244322@1)we're going through the motions
          F# (244322@1)                          B- (x2444x@1)F#Yeah, (244322@1)we're going through the motions
          F# (244322@1)                          B- (x2444x@1)F#Yeah, (244322@1)we're going through the motions
F# (244322@1)                          B- (x2444x@1)F#Going (244322@1)through the motions
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