Cities On Flame

From: Ed Tidwell

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

    F#m
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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---------------------------
-------------------------------------------4--------------------------
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   F#m                                  Em
My heart is Black and my lips are cold. Cities on Flame with rock and 
roll.

      F#m                                        Em
Three thousand guitars they seem to cry.      My ears will melt and 
then


               D                          A              Bm
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)

                        F#m
now,      with rock and roll.

Single Notes:

   F#       A  F#     C#         F#
My heart is    black      and my lips  etc.


E      G  E      B       E        G  E     B        F#
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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• A
• B
• Bm
• C#

  4
• D
• E
• Em
• F#
• F#m
• G