Goin Through The Motions Chords & Tabs
Goin Through The Motions Chords
*My version for Johnboy's tab
Blue Oyster Cult
Goin' Through The Motions
From "Spectres" (1977)
Intro: E
Verse 1
E B/D#
Too wild to care, you got that animal stare
C#m/D A/C#
You got stay anywhere in your eyes
E B/D#
And you're leading me on, but you can be anyone
C#m/D A/C#
'Cause I know you'll be gone 'fore I rise
Chorus
E A - E
And we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Going 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
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Bridge
G#m - C#m F#m G#sus4 G#m
To thee I dedicate this photograph
E B F#m
I'll even sign it "love to you" again
A B E B/D# C#m
And when it's faded and forgotten in some book
B A G#m F#m E
You'll 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 A - E
And we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Yeah, we're going through the motions
E A - E
Going through the motions
Then a key change
Chorus
F# B - F#
And we're going through the motions
F# B - F#
Yeah, we're going through the motions
F# B - F#
Yeah, we're going through the motions
F# B - F#
Going through the motions
