Cities on Flame ( With Rock and Roll )
Blue Oyster Cult • Key:
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Cities on Flame ( With Rock and Roll )
Blue Oyster Cult
#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
F#m
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-------------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-------------------------------------
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My
F#m
heart is Black and my lips are cold.
Em
Cities on Flame with rock and roll.
Three
F#m
thousand guitars they seem to cry. My
Em
ears will melt and then
my eyes. So,
D
let the girl let that girl
A
rock and roll.
Bm
Cities on Flame
now, with rock and
F#m
roll.
#Single Notes:
My
F#
heart is
A
F#
black
C#
and my
F#
lips etc.
E
Cities
G
on
E
Flame
B
with
E
rock and
G
E
roll.
B
Three
F#
thousand
Speed