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Riff A
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------2--2--2--2--------------2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--0--0-
|-0--0--0--0--------------0--0--0--0-------------------------------------------
------------------|
------------------|
-0--0--2--2--2--2-|
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Riff B tremolo picking
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5...4...7...5...------5..7..5..4..---------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6--------------3--3--3--3--2--2----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------3-5-3-2/-|
Riff C Chorus (0:56)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-5/7-5/7---------------2h3h2--5/7-5/7---------------2h3h2-|
|---------0-00-0-00-3-3----------------0-00-0-00-2-2-------|
Riff D (2:44)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------2-------5-----------------------6-------3-------|
|---------4-------0-----------------------5-------3-----------------------|
Riff E (3:34)
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------2-3---3---0---0---7-6-7-/9-|
|-0---0-----------------------------|
Riff F (4:12) tremolo picking
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------7-6-7-/9-|
|-3...2.3.2...0.2.3...2.3.2...0.2.3...2.3.2...---------|
Riff G (4:37) tremolo
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------5......1......-|
|-0......4......---------------|
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 4 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 4 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 3 times
Riff F 2 times
Riff G 2 times
Riff B 3 times
Riff C 5 times
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No Picture
Randy Lead Player |
#1 by Randy Lott at Mar 29, 1997 at 4:44 PM EST |
| This is the song that made me a Scorpions fan. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" might get more airplay, but "Big City Nights" by far is more engaging and addictive. Great lyrics/vocals, great guitars, great everything--and inspired by Tokyo at dawn, no less! What a great, hard-rockin' song! | |