{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1907609,"song":"Mistress Of The Salmon Salt Quicklime Girl","artist":"Blue Öyster Cult","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11088289-mistress-of-the-salmon-salt-quicklime-girl-tab-by-blue-oyster-cult/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1907609?type=tab","rating":4.58735,"votes":9,"content":"Intro: ( [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] ) x2  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIn the garden district, where the plants grow strong and tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G#[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBehind the bush there lurks a girl, who makes them strong and tall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] NC               [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThey just call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back,   Quicklime Girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBehind the bush,  Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb/C[/ch]   [ch]C/Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C/A[/ch]     [ch]Bb/A[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nQuicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIn the fall when plants return, by harvest time, she knows the score[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nRipe and ready to the eye, but rotten somehow to the core[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] NC              [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back,   Quicklime Girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBehind the bush,  Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb/C[/ch]   [ch]C/Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C/A[/ch]     [ch]Bb/A[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nQuicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]C#m-5[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nA harvest of life, or harvest of death, one body of life, one body of death[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]C#m-5[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd when you've gone and choked to death, with laughter and a little step[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]C#m-5[/ch]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n I'll prepare the quicklime, friend, for your ripe and ready grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFor your ripe and ready grave[/tab]\r\n\r\nSolo:   ( [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C#7-5[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] ) x2  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSolo: ( [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch] ) x2  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIt's springtime now and cares subside, and the planting's almost done[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G#[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd fertile graves, it seems, exist, within a mile of that juke joint[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            NC                [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhere Coast Guard crews still take their leave, quite listless in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the Quicklime Girl still plies her trade, reduction of the many from the one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] NC              [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back,   Quicklime Girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBehind the bush,  Quicklime Girl, well she's the mistress of the salmon salt[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb/C[/ch]   [ch]C/Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C/A[/ch]     [ch]Bb/A[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nQuicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]C#m-5[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nA harvest of life, a harvest of death, resumes its course each day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]C#m-5[/ch]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n It comes as if by schedule, a harvest of limbs, of arms and of legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]C#m-5[/ch]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe toes that crawl, and the knees that jerk, and neck like swans that seem to turn [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]C#m-5[/ch]      [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n As if inclined to grasp or pray[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro:  ( [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C#m-5[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] ) x4  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nchords:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C#m-5[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb/C[/ch]  [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C/A[/ch]  [ch]Bb/A[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\ne---3------|-----------------------------3--------------------------------------------\r\nB---3--5---|--5--3-----5--5----5----3----3--------------------------------------------\r\nG---3--6---|--5--3-----5--5----5----3----3--------------------------------------------\r\nD---5--5---|--5--3-----5--3----5----3----5--------------------------------------------\r\nA---5--4---|--3--3--------1----0----0----5--------------------------------------------\r\nE---3------|-----------6-----------------3--------------------------------------------[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro: ( F Gm  Bb C  F Gm ) x2  D Db  C Bb  Gm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo:   ( Gm C#7-5  Cm Bb ) x2  C Eb D7 Gm\nSolo: ( F Gm  Bb C  F  Gm ) x2  D Db  C Bb  Gm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro:  ( Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb ) x4  C Eb D7 Gm\n\n\nchords:","chords":["F","Gm","Bb","C","D","Db","A","G#","Bb/C","C/Bb","C/A","Bb/A","Ab","C#m-5","Cm","C#7-5","Eb","D7","B","G","E"]}