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From: Ed Tidwell
<ed_tidwell@delphi.com>
Cities on Flame ( With Rock and Roll )
Key of A so F# Blues type runs work great. Try the CBA + GF#E type triplets
in the leads. Also choose small three note riffs from the Blues scales and
try little with the arpeggio of open A.
R = rest
*** = triplet
Main Riff
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----------------4--2--2------------------4--2--2-------------------------------|
-------------O34-34-34-32O------------O34-34-34-32O----------------------------|
----252--R--2-------------2O-252--R--2-------------2O--REPEAT------------------|
*** ***
Lead played during second pass of above intro riff
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---------Oh2pO-OO-2---------------Oh2pO-OO-------------------------------------|
--------------2--2---------------------2--2------------------------------------|
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My heart is Black and my lips are cold. Cities on Flame with rock and roll.
Three thousand guitars they seem to cry. My ears will melt and then
my eyes. So, let the girl let that girl rock and roll. Cities on Flame
(play D full and emphasis F# and E-first string with chord)
now, with rock and roll.
Single Notes:
My heart is black and my lips etc.
Cities on Flame with rock and roll. Three thousand
Try these small riffs. (play lower frets if preferred)
---875-875---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------875-875-------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------542-542-----------------------------------------------------|
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And this riff
-------------------------O-2-O-------------------------------------------------|
-1hO--1hO--1hO--1hO--1-2------2p1pO--------------------------------------------|
----2----2----2----2---------------2-2-2-2-2-4-4-------------------------------|
-------------------------------------2-2-2-2-4-4-------------------------------|
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</ed_tidwell@delphi.com>