Deadline Chords by Blue Oyster Cult

[Start]

[Intro]
Em Am Bm Bm7 Bm Bm7 Bm
■  ■  ■  ■   ■  ■   ■ 


[Verse]
                                       Bm7 
You said you'd be here at a quarter to five
         B7               Bm7     Dbm7 
I didn't know if you were dead or alive
Bm7 Dbm7 Em Bm7 Bm
■   ■    ■  ■   ■ 


[Chorus]
               Bm7                Bm         Bm7   Bm
How long d'you think that I could sharpen my knife ■ 
Bm7                                      Dbm7
■   I've got better things to do with my life


[Verse]
Bm Am                 Bm       Am7
■  ■  It's almost the deadline ■  
               Bm       Am7    
Don't miss the deadline darling
Am            Bm                   Cmaj7 C
When all your bad dreams will come true  ■
Am                Bm      
■  Don't miss the deadline
Am7                 Bm       Am     
■   It's almost the deadline darling
           Bm                   Cmaj7    
I wouldn't want it to happen to ■     you
G Bm7 Dbm7 Bm7
■ ■   ■    ■  


[Chorus]
Bm            Bm7           Bm          Bm7  
Bill screamed at him and he hung up the phone
                    Dbm7            Bm7 Dbm7
I wonder if he ever felt more alone ■   ■   


[Verse]
Bm7                                        
■   He never finished his coffee that night
                     Bm7           
The oh Dave it was a terrible sight
Dbm7 Bm Db7 Bm Am
■    ■  ■   ■  ■ 
              Bm      
He missed the deadline
Am7 Am               Bm               Am7
■   ■  He passed the deadline darling ■  
Am       Bm                      C   
■  And I believe that somehow he knew


[Chorus]
Am                Bm      
■  He crossed the deadline
Am7 Am               Bm               Am
■   ■  He passed the deadline darling ■ 
               Bm                  Cmaj7
There wasn't a thing anybody could do   


[Inst]
Em Bm Bm7 Bm Bm7 E7 Bm
■  ■  ■   ■  ■   ■  ■ 


[Chorus]
B7                                        
Listen my darling now don't play with fire
Bm                           B7             
■  You find a way to balance hate and desire
Dbm7 Bm Bm7 Bm Am7 Am
■    ■  ■   ■  ■   ■ 
                Bm      
It's almost the deadline
Am                Bm              
■  Don't miss the deadline darling
Am              Bm         Cmaj7       
■  Consequences are easily misconstrued
C     G Am          Bm      
Don't ■ ■  miss the deadline
Am                 Bm               Am
■  It's almost the deadline darling ■ 
           Bm                  C     
I couldn't live if it happened to you
Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Em
■     ■ ■     ■ 


[Outro]