Deadline chords by Blue Öyster Cult

SimplifiedEm · Bm · C#dim · Am · C …

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Em
Bm
C#dim
Am
C
C#m
G

Intro 1

Verse 1
Bm 
You said you'd be here at a quarter
to five
I didn't know if you were dead or
Em 
C#dim 
Em 
Bm 
alive
How long d'you think that I
could sharpen my knife
I've got better things to do with my

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Interlude 1

life

C#dim

Verse 2
Bm 
Am 
It's almost the deadline
Bm 
Am 
Don't miss the deadline, darling
Bm 
When all your bad dreams
C 
Am 
will come true
Bm 
Am 
Don't miss the deadline
Bm 
Am 
It's almost the deadline, darling
Bm 
I wouldn't want it to

Interlude 2

happen to you

Verse 3
Bm 
Bill screamed at him,
and he hung up the phone
Em 
Bm 
I wonder if he ever felt more alone
He never finished his coffee that night
The ? oh! Dave,

Interlude 3

it was a terrible sight

C#dim

Verse 4
Bm 
Am 
He missed the deadline
Bm 
Am 
He passed the deadline, darling
Bm 
And I believe that somehow
C 
Em 
Am 
he knew
Bm 
Am 
He crossed the deadline
Bm 
Am 
He passed the deadline, darling
Bm 
There wasn't a thing anybody could
C 
Em 
C#m 
Bm 
do

Interlude 4

Verse 5

Listen my darling, now,

don't play with fire

You find a way to balance hate

Interlude 5

and desire

Verse 6
Bm 
Am 
It's almost the deadline
Bm 
Don't miss the deadline
Am 
darling
Bm 
Consequences are easily
C 
Em 
Am 
misconstrued
Bm 
Am 
Don't miss the deadline
Bm 
Am 
It's almost the deadline, darling
Bm 
I couldn't live if it happened to you