Big City Nights

BAND = SCORPIONS
SONG = BIG CITY NIGHTS
ALBUM = LOVE AT FIRST STING (1984)
TUNING = STANDARD
 
h = hammer on
p = pull off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
br = bend then release
 
INTRO SOLO;
 
e --------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------------------------|
D -------------5-7~~~---13b14--12~~-----9h10p9---9--------|
A --0-3/7-------------------------------------h12---10-7--|
E --------------------------------------------------------|
 
e ----------------------------------12--10-9h10p9---10-12-------|
  ----------------------------------------------h10---------10--| (let ring)
  --------------------------------------------------------------|
  ------------5-7~~~13b14--12~~---------------------------------|
  --0-3/7-------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
 
SOLO; SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE WRONG BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CORRECT IT YOURSELF
 
e -------------------------------------------------------|
  -------------------------------------------------------|
  -------------------------------------------------------|
  -------------5-7~~~--13b14--12~~-----9h10p9---9--------|
  --0-3/7------------------------------------h12---10-7--|
E -------------------------------------------------------|
 
e -------------------------------------12--10-9h10p9--10-12--|
  -------------------------------------------------h10-------|
  -----------------------------------------------------------|
  -------------5-7~~~--13b14--12~~---------------------------|
  --0-3/7----------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------|
 
e --17---17--15--17-19-16b----17--15-13-12h13p12------------------------|
  ----------------------------------------------h15--17-15-13-12-13-12--|
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
BEND UP TO 22*, THEN WITHOUT RELEASING, BEND UP TO 23*
e --21b22*b23*--19--17-16-17b-----------------------------------|
  ---------------------------17---12h13p12---12h13p12h13p12h13--|
  --------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ------------------------------------------10--9b-----10-8b--12--9b---|
  --14-12-10-------7brh8p7h8p7h8--------9-9---------9-9----------------|
  -----------11--9---------------9-8-----------------------------------|
  -----------------------------------7---------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
*THAT PART IS PROBABLY WRONG*
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------10---8--12---9-10~------------------------------------------|
  --9-9-9-----9--------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------9b---7------------------------------|
  ----------------------------------------*7-6-5-6-7-6-5-6-7b*-6-5-----|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------5---|
 
e --17b---15-13-12h13p12--------------12-10-12---12-10-9h10p9--10-12---------|
  ---------------------h15--17-15--12-----------------------h10------10~~~~~-|
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
THEN IN THE LAST CHORUS, AFTER A FEW SECONDS, MATTHIAS PLAYS THE FIRST LINE A FEW TIMES
THE SONG DIES OUT.
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