Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll Bass

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CITIES ON FLAME WITH ROCK AND ROLL (Bassline)
As recorded by Blue Oyster Cult
(From the 1972 Album BLUE OYSTER CULT)
 
Transcribed by slayde
	
 
Words and Music by Sandy Pearlman, Donald Roeser and Albert Bouchard
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
 
   Intro
    Q=90
    N.C.
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Q  Q  E E Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S  4x
||---------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------|-----------4-----2-----2-----------o||
||o--------------|-----0-3-4---3-4---3-4---3p2-0-----o||
||--2--5--2------|---2---------------------------2-0--||
 
 
   First Verse
    (F#m)
    E S S E E E E +Q     E S S E E E E +Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------4-(4)--|-------------4-(4)--|
||--2-2-2-5-2----------|-2-2-2-5-2----------|
 
 
  (E)
  E S S E E E E +Q     E S S E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------2-(2)--|-------------2-(2)--o||
|-0-0-0-4-0----------|-0-0-0-4-0-----------||
 
 
 First Chorus
  (D)                        (A)
   E S S e S S E S S e S S   E S S e S S E S S e S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
 
  (B)
  E S S e S S E S S e S S   E S S e S S e E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------||
 
 
    N.C.
   4/4
    Q  Q  E E Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S
||---------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------|-----------4-----2-----2-----------o||
||o--------------|-----0-3-4---3-4---3-4---3p2-0-----o||
||--2--5--2------|---2---------------------------2-0--||
 
 
   Second Verse
    (F#m)
    E S S E E E E +Q     E S S E E E E +Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------4-(4)--|-------------4-(4)--|
||--2-2-2-5-2----------|-2-2-2-5-2----------|
 
 
  (E)
  E S S E E E E +Q     E S S E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------2-(2)--|-------------2-(2)--o||
|-0-0-0-4-0----------|-0-0-0-4-0-----------||
 
 
 Second Chorus
  (D)                        (A)
   E S S e S S E S S e S S   E S S e S S E S S e S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
 
  (B)
  E S S e S S E S S e S S   E S S e S S e E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------||
 
 
    N.C.
   4/4
    Q  Q  E E Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S
||---------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------|-----------4-----2-----2-----------o||
||o--------------|-----0-3-4---3-4---3-4---3p2-0-----o||
||--2--5--2------|---2---------------------------2-0--||
 
 
   Guitar Solo 1
   4/4
    Q  Q  E E Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S  4x
||---------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------|-----------4-----2-----2-----------o||
||o--------------|-----0-3-4---3-4---3-4---3p2p0-----o||
||--2--5--2------|---2---------------------------2-0--||
 
 
   4/4
    Q  Q  E E Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S
||---------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------|-----------4-----2-----2-----------o||
||o--------------|-----0-3-4---3-4---3-4---3p2p0-----o||
||--2--5--2------|---2---------------------------2-0--||
 
 
   Third Verse
    (F#m)
    E S S E E E E +Q     E S S E E E E +Q
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------4-(4)--|-------------4-(4)--|
||--2-2-2-5-2----------|-2-2-2-5-2----------|
 
 
  (E)
  E S S E E E E +Q     E S S E E E E +Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------2-(2)--|-------------2-(2)--o||
|-0-0-0-4-0----------|-0-0-0-4-0-----------||
 
 
 Third Verse
  (D)                        (A)
   E S S e S S E S S e S S   E S S e S S E S S e S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
 
  (B)
  E S S e S S E S S e S S   E S S e S S e E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------||
 
 
  N.C.
                                                     2/4
  Q  Q  E E Q    W          Q  Q  E E Q    W          H
|--------------|----------|--------------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|--------------|----------|------|
|-2--5--2------|----------|-2--5--2------|----------|------|
 
 
 4/4                                 3/4
                        |-3-| |-3-|               |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S   S S E S S E S S S e
|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------4-----2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-----0-3-4---3-4---3-4-------------|---------------------|
|---2-------------------------------|---------------------|
 
 
             Double Time Q=180(8=s8)
  (E)           (F#m)
 4/4
  H.      Q     q  Q  H      W
|------------||------------|------|
|-2----------||------------|------|
|------------||------------|------|
|------------||-2----------|------|
 
 
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|----4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4-2s|=4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4-2s==|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|
 
 
                                  Guitar Solo 2
                          |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------6-5-4-2---||-----------------|-------------------|
|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4----------4-||-----2-----------|-------2-----------|
|-------------|-----------------||---4---4-2-0-2---|-----4---4-2-0-2---|
|-------------|-----------------||-2-------------2-|-(2)-------------2-|
 
 
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------2-----------|-------------2---4-|
|-----4---4-2-0-2---|---------0-4---4---|
|-(2)-------------0-|-(0)-0-2-----------|
 
 
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(4)-4-2-----------|-------2------------|
|---------4-2-0-2---|-----4---4-2-0-2----|
|-----------------2-|-(2)-------------2--|
 
 
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------2-----------|-------2---------4-|
|-----4---4-2-0-2---|-----4---4-2-0-2---|
|-(2)-------------2-|-(2)---------------|
 
 
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(4)-4-2---------4-|-(4)-4-2---------4--|
|---------4-2-0-2---|---------4-2-0-2----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(4)-4-2---------4-|-(4)-4-2-----------|
|---------4-2-0-2---|---------4-2-0-2---|
|-------------------|-----------------2-|
 
 
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------2---------4-|-(4)-4-2------------|
|-----4---4-2-0-2---|---------4-2-0-2----|
|-(2)---------------|-----------------2--|
 
 
  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q Q Q Q Q Q   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------1-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------|-0-2-4-------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
 
 
                Outro
              Half Time Q=90
  |-3-| |-3-|                                         |-3-| |-3-|
  Q Q Q Q Q Q    Q  Q  E E Q    S S S S S S S S S S e S S S S S S
|-------4-6-8-||--------------|------------------------------------|
|-4-6-7-------||--------------|-----------4-----2-----4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-------------||--------------|-----0-3-4---3-4---3-4--------------|
|-------------||-2--5--2------|---2--------------------------------|
 
 
                        (E)             F#5
 3/4                   4/4
              |-3-|
  S S E S S E S S S e   Q  Q  a Q  Q    S S E Q  H
|---------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|-4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|---------------|---------------*|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|---------------------|-0--2--2s4--0--|-2-2-----------*|
 
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X
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