BLUE OYSTER CULT - "Astronomy (solo)" Tablature
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PROPS GO TO: Martin ("dr. stein") Hochstein
This version is my own work. However, it's almost identical to the original piece.
It was frustrating not to find this solo on the net (although you find thousands of tabs of the Metallica cover version ... have they written the original?!?!). So I had to sit down and tab it. It's a fantastic part of this fantastic song. Not too hard to play for the sophisticated guitarists but a little tricky due to the varying tempo.
Best greetings to the real BOC fans and members of the "white slippers" "Plepper" and "Schorsch". Keep on rockin!!!
Starts after "Encounter time and then came me"
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You need to listen several times to the solo to capture the underlying structure.
Have fun!
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
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official BLUE OYSTER CULT tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
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For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
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