Mistress Of The Salmon Salt Quicklime Girl - Blue Öyster Cult Chords
Chords: F, Gm, Bb, C, D, Db, A, G#, Bb/C, C/Bb
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Genre: hard rock, heavy metal, psychedelic
Intro: ( F Gm Bb C F Gm ) x2 D Db C Bb Gm
Gm F C Gm
In the garden district, where the plants grow strong and tall
Bb A G# Gm
Behind the bush there lurks a girl, who makes them strong and tall
NC Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb
They just call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl
F Gm C Bb D
Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt
C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm
Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl
Gm F C Gm
In the fall when plants return, by harvest time, she knows the score
Bb A Ab Gm
Ripe and ready to the eye, but rotten somehow to the core
NC Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb
And they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl
F Gm C Bb D
Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, she's the mistress of the salmon salt
C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm
Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl
Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb
A harvest of life, or harvest of death, one body of life, one body of death
Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb
And when you've gone and choked to death, with laughter and a little step
Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb
I'll prepare the quicklime, friend, for your ripe and ready grave
Cm Bb
For your ripe and ready grave
Solo: ( Gm C#7-5 Cm Bb ) x2 C Eb D7 Gm
Solo: ( F Gm Bb C F Gm ) x2 D Db C Bb Gm
Gm F C Gm
It's springtime now and cares subside, and the planting's almost done
Bb A G# Gm
And fertile graves, it seems, exist, within a mile of that juke joint
F Gm Bb C NC F Gm
Where Coast Guard crews still take their leave, quite listless in the sun
Bb A Ab
And the Quicklime Girl still plies her trade, reduction of the many from the
Gm
one
NC Gm C Bb F Gm C Bb
And they call her, Quicklime Girl, behind her back, Quicklime Girl
F Gm C Bb D
Behind the bush, Quicklime Girl, well she's the mistress of the salmon salt
C Bb/C C/Bb Bb C/A Bb/A Gm
Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl, Quicklime Girl
Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb
A harvest of life, a harvest of death, resumes its course each day
Gm C#m-5 Cm Bb
It comes as if by schedule, a harvest of limbs, of arms and of legs
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