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{t:Cities on Flame ( With Rock and Roll )}
{st: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.
{sot}
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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{eot}

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.

{c: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

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<h1>Cities on Flame ( With Rock and Roll )</h1>
<h2>Blue Oyster Cult</h2>
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<div class="cpro_line">---------Oh2pO-OO-2---------------Oh2pO-OO-------------------------------------</div>
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<div class="lyric">My &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">heart is Black and my lips are cold. &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">Cities on Flame with rock and roll.</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">Three &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">thousand guitars they seem to cry.      My &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">ears will melt and then</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">my eyes.  So,  &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">Cities on Flame</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">now,      with rock and &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">roll.</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">My &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="cpro_line_section"><div class="chord"><strong>F#</strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="lyric">black  &nbsp;</div></div>
<div class="cpro_line_section"><div class="chord"><strong>C#</strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="lyric">and my &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">lips  etc.</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">Cities&nbsp;</div>
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<div class="cpro_line_section"><div class="chord"><strong>E</strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="lyric">Flame  &nbsp;</div></div>
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<div class="lyric">with&nbsp;</div>
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<div class="cpro_line_section"><div class="chord"><strong>E</strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="lyric">roll.&nbsp;</div>
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<div class="cpro_line_section"><div class="chord"><strong>B</strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="lyric">Three&nbsp;</div>
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<div class="cpro_line_section"><div class="chord"><strong>F#</strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="lyric">thousand</div></div>
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