Classic Rock/Music or tablature

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Expert: Skeeter - 5/20/2006


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Do you know how/where I can find the sheet music or guitar tablature for the lead and/or rythm guitars for "Red and the Black" by Blue Oyster Cult?

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  I am not a BOC fan, but had a copy of their greatest hits here.  The song was not on it, or I would have figured it out for you.  I found a bass tab for you.   
  Have you tried just doing a Yahoo search for BLACK AND THE BLUE TABS   ?   Sometimes that will get you results.  
  This is where the bass tab is:   http://www.guitartabs.cc/gotourl.php?fileid=3566007&server=4
  A trick:   if you can use the bass tab to figure out where the chords are and what they are,  that might give you a clue as to the scale it is in.  BOC, if I am not mistaken,  plays out of scales.  They sometimes use strange scales, but once you find the chord structures the scales are normally ebedded in the chords.  Their stuff should be pretty easy to figure out,  most of it was not that complex.  

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I can answer general questions about rock era bands, record labels they were on, and names of songs. Often I can tell the name of the record company that released a song, as well as the name of the song, and the year of release based on some of the lyrics. I grew up during the rock era and I am a musician myself, and always read the album and 45 info for production credits as well as lineups. One of the chat rooms I go to is quite amused at my ability to name a song along with it`s year of release and record label. I was also a record collector for years.

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