here is two versions
Don't Fear the Reaper by the Goo Goo Dolls
(originally by Blue Oyster Cult)
(tabbed by googoodolls@musicfanclubs.org)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://www.musicfanclubs.org/googoodolls/index.html
Intro:
A5-G5-F5-G5
A5-G5-F5-G5
Verse:
A5 G5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5
All our time has gone
A5 G5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5
Here but now it's gone
Chorus:
F5 G5 A5 G5
Seasons don't fear the reaper
F5 G5 A5 G5 F5
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain (we can be like they are)
G5 A5 G5 F5
Come on baby (don't fear the reaper)
G5 A5 G5 F5
Let me take your hand (don't fear the reaper)
G5 A5 G5 F5
We'll be able to fly (don't fear the reaper)
G5 A5 G5 F5 G5
Baby I'm your man
La's:
A5-G5-F5-G5
A5-G5-F5-G5
A5-G5-F5-G5
A5-G5-F5-G5
Rest on A5
A5-G5-F5-G5
A5-G5-F5-G5
(verse)
All our time has gone
Here but now it's gone
(chorus)
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women everyday (like Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women everyday (redefine happiness)
Another 40,000 coming everyday (we can be like they are)
Come on baby (don't fear the reaper)
Baby take my hand (don't fear the reaper)
We'll be able to fly (don't fear the reaper)
Baby I'm your man
(repeat La's)
A5
A5-A5-A5-A5
A5
End on A5
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From: swalden@sputnik.telecom.ti.com (Scott Walden)
Don't Fear The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult
** I have added the solos to this song. They should be quite
** accurate to what is on the record. I need someone to add
** this to the archive. Scott Walden
Originally posted by Ed Tidwell (ed_tidwell@delphi.com)
(Corrected intro 6/14/94) Sorry Sorry Sorry
Solo's added by Scott Walden (swalden@telecom.ti.com)
1/31/94
(Someone suggested playing the A open in the 3rd riff which is OK but
I checked the actual sheet music and the C 3rd fret is written
in the sheet music as the guitar and bass parts)
Key of C
Am G F G
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-------2-0--------0--------0-------0-
-----2----------0--------0-------0---
---0----------2--------3-------2-----
------------3--------1-------3-------
Let the open 'G' ring out each time
1st verse :
Am G F G Am G F G
All our times have come. ( music )
Am G F G Am G F G
Here but now they're gone. ( music )
F G Am
Seasons don't fear the reaper nor
F E Am
do the wind, the sun or the rain. We
G F G Am
can be like they are. Come on baby. Don't
Fear the Reaper...
1st solo break :
--15-13-12-13-12--------------------------------------------
-----------------15^17---15-13-12---------------------------
----------------------------------12----14------------------
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-----12-13-12----15-15^17^15-13-12--------------------------
--14----------14-------------------12----14-----------------
--------------------------------------14--------------------
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--------12--------------------------------------------------
--10^12----12^13^l2-10------12-10---------------------------
-----------------------12-9---------------------------------
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2nd verse :
As 1st verse above
2nd solo break :
-12------------------12-------------------------------------
----12^13^12-10---------12^13^12-10----10-10-10-------------
------------------------------------12----------------------
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-10-12^13^12--10-8s10-10s12-12s10---------------------------
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Bucks partial lead:
No Chord ( and no bass )
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-------13------13------13------13------13-------------------
--10-13---10-13---10-13---10-13---10-13---------------------
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-------12------12------12------12------12------12-----------
--10-12---10-12---10-12---10-12---10-12---10-12-------------
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-------13------13------13------13------13-------------------
--10-13---10-13---10-13---10-13---10-13---------------------
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-------12------12------12------12------12------12-----------
--10-12---10-12---10-12---10-12---10-12---10-12-------------
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Main Solo (really cool sounding) : t = trill
-15t-15^16--13h15p13-12-13-15-15---------------13---15^16^15
---------------------------------15---15-16-15----16--------
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s19-19-19^20--15-15-15h16p15---15h16p15----15-13h15p13---13-
----------------------------------------18-------------17---
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------------------------------------15^17^15-13-11-13----11-
-15-17-13---12h13p12----------------------------------15----
---------------------12h13p12----12-------------------------
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-13-15-15^16^15---13-12h13p12-13-12h13p12-------------------
------------------------------------------13p12-12----12----
---------------------------------------------------15-------
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----------------------------------------------13------------
----13-12----13-12-------------------------13---------------
-12-------l2-------12-12s10-10-------12-13-------13-12------
----------------------------------15------------------------
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----15^17^15------------------------------------------------
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-12----------12-12s10-10----10h12-12------------------------
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3rd verse and fade
