Dominance And Submission

Blue Öyster Cult

MetalAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#mDiagram coming soon

BDiagram coming soon

G#Diagram coming soon

C#m7Diagram coming soon

C#mDiagram coming soon

C#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro:  ( F#m A F#m B F#m C G# C#m7 ) x4 
 
      F#m      A   F#m B       F#m A F#m B  F#m          A   F#m    B           F#m A F#m B 
It's been ten years,  half my life,        just getting ready, but then it was time 
F#m             A     F#m B       F#m A F#m B  F#m              A   F#m          B F#m C G# C#m7 
Warpage in the figures,  radios appear,       midnight was the barrier,  back in 19-63 
 
 B    A         F#m                    B    A           F#m 
Each night, the covers were unfolded, each night, it's Susy's turn to ride 
  B     A          F#m                         B A  F#m            E/G#                C#m  NC 
While Charles, the one they call her brother, covers on his eyes, murmurs in the background, it will be time 
 
Bridge:  ( F#m A F#m B F#m C G# C#m7 ) x2 
 
 F#m           A     F#m B                  F#m A F#m B F#m            A     F#m          B            F#m 
Susan and her brother, Charles the grinning boy,        put me in the backseat, and they took me for a ride 
 
   A F#m B 
 
          F#m       A   F#m        B          F#m   A F#m B F#m              A   F#m B F#m C   
Yeah, the radio was on, can't you dig the locomotion,       kingdoms of the radio, 45    RPM 
 G#          C#m7 
Too much revolution then 
 
 B    A          F#m                   B    A           F#m 
Each night, the covers were unfolded, each night, it's Susy's turn to ride  
  B     A          F#m                         B A  F#m            E/G#                C#m  NC 
While Charles, the one they call her brother, covers on his eyes, murmurs in the background, it will be time 
 
      C#                                      B        C#                                 F#m 
It's past midnight said Charles the grinning boy, and looking at me greedily, said it's 1964 
 
  A F#m B F#m C G# C#m7 
 
Solo:  ( F#m A F#m B F#m C G# C#m7 ) x4   C#m7 
 
(slow now) 
 
    F#m                   B                    F#m                     B 
In Times Square now, the people do the polka, dominance, submission, radios appear 
F#m                 B                     F#m                     B 
New Year's Eve, it was the final barrier, dominance, submission, radios appear 
   F#m               B                        F#m                     B 
We took you up, and put you in the back seat, dominance, submission, radios appear 
     F#m                B                          F#m                     B 
From year-to-year, we looked out for the venture, dominance, submission, radios appear 
 F#m     B     F#m    B 
Dominance, submission  (repeat) 
 
Bridge:  ( B A  F#m ) x4   E 
 
Solo:  ( F#m A F#m B F#m C G# C#m7 ) x4 
 
Solo:  ( B A F#m ) x4  E/G#  E  F#m

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Chord set

F#m · A · B · C · G# · C#m7 · E · C#m · C#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.