#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# # This file is the author¥s own work and represents their interpretation # # of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,# # or research. # # # # All transcriptions on this site is the property of KISS Asylum and # # cannot be used on any other website, ftp site or archive without # # permission from KISS Asylum. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------# DETROIT ROCK CITY (from the KISS CD "DESTROYER") -------------------- Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, emil@kissasylum.com Tuned down 1/2-step Comments: The bass-line totally rules the verse. With the ostinato-type repeating figure and the sixteenth-note triplet ending to each phrase it turns an ordinary chord progression into a monster groove. Speaking of that sixteenth-note triplet thing, look out. Whether you play with fingers or pick, this thing almost needs to be raked (or sweeped if you prefer that terminology). Gene himself has some trouble with the line and botches a few notes here and there. Since they would be notated as ghost-notes I¥ve chosen not to indicate them here. Key: / = slide up \ = slide down b = bend (whole step) b^ = bend (1/2 step) b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps) pb = pre-bend r = release-bend t = tap with righthand finger h = hammer-on p = pull-off ~ = Vibrato * = Natural Harmonic #(#) = Trill ** = Artificial Harmonic x = Dead notes (no pitch) P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes) (\) = Dive w\bar (/) = Release w\bar Tp = Tap w\plectrum Rhythm Fig. 1 Gb|---------------------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6-----| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2---------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------------| < - - - - 3x - - - - - > Rhythm Fig. 2a Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|----------------12\--------2-----------------------| Eb|--0--5------------------0--------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 2b Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------2-------------------------| Eb|--0--5----------------0----------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 2c Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|----------------12\-------2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-------| Eb|--0--5-----------------0---------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 3a Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------2---------------------4---------| Eb|--0--5----------0---------------0-0-0-4------------| Rhythm Fig. 3b Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|------------12\------2---------------4-------------| Eb|--0--5------------0---------------4----------------| Rhythm Fig. 3c Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------2---------------4---------------| Eb|--0--5----------0---------------4------------------| Rhythm Fig. 4 Gb|-----------------------------------6-4-------------| Db|---------------------------------------6-----------| Ab|--4--2------4-2---4---(2)-4--2-----------7--4------| Eb|----------------4----------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 5 Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|------------------------------2----------2---------| Ab|--4----4-2---2---4-----4-2-4------4--------4-------| Eb|-----------4-------------------------2-4-----------| Rhythm Fig. 6 Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|------------------------------2--------------------| Ab|--4----4-2---2---4-----4-2-4------4----------------| Eb|-----------4---------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 7 Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|------------------------------4----------4---------| Ab|--6----6-4---4---6-----6-4-6------6--------6----6--| Eb|-----------6-------------------------4-6-----------| Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|-------4----------2--------------------------------| Ab|--4-6------6--------4------------------------------| Eb|--------------2-4----------------------------------| Riff 1 Gb|--6--6--6--6p-4------------------------------------| Db|-----------------6---------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------------| Riff 2 Gb|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------------| Riff 3 Gb|---------------------------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------------------------| Ab|--12\-------12\------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------------| DETROIT ROCK CITY Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin "... congressional reports. President Ford says that he's disappointed with Congress's performance. In Detroit, a Pontiac, Michigan youth was reported dead at the scene of a head-on collision on Grand Avenue this morning. The youth was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the boulevard when he struck a delivery truck and was catapulted through the windshield of his car. The driver of the truck is reported to be uninjured. The identities of both men are being withheld by local police. County legislatives today are expected to rally to the aid of striking longshoremen in hopes of ending the 9 month deadlock ..." "..roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day" [Rhy. Fig 1] (fade in) [Rhy. Fig 2b] [Rhy. Fig 1] [Rhy. Fig 2a] [Rhy. Fig 4](4x) I feel uptight on a Saturday night Nine o' clock, the radio's the only light I hear my song and it pulls me through Comes on strong, tells me what I got to do I got to [Rhy. Fig 2] Get up, everybody's gonna move their feet Get down, everybody's gonna leave their seat [Rhy. Fig 5] You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City [Rhy. Fig 2a] Get up, everybody's gonna move their feet Get down, everybody's gonna leave their seat [Rhy. Fig 4](4x) Getting late I just can't wait Ten o'clock and I know I gotta hit the road First I drink, then I smoke Start up the car, and I try to make the midnight show [Rhy. Fig 2b] Get up, everybody's gonna move their feet Get down, everybody's gonna leave their seat [Rhy. Fig 5] [Rhy. Fig 6] [Riff 1] [Rhy. Fig 5] [Rhy. Fig 6] [Rhy. Fig 7] [Rhy. Fig 2a] [Rhy. Fig 4](4x) Movin' fast, down 95 Hit top speed but I'm still movin' much too slow I feel so good, I'm so alive I hear my song playin' on the radio It goes [Rhy. Fig 3a] Get up, everybody's gonna move their feet Get down, everybody's gonna leave their seat [Guitar only] [Riff 2] [Rhy. Fig 2c] [Rhy. Fig 5] [Rhy. Fig 2b] [Rhy. Fig 4](4x) Twelve o'clock, I gotta rock There's a truck ahead, lights starin' at my eyes Oh my God, no time to turn I got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die Why [Rhy. Fig 3b] Get up, everybody's gonna move their feet [Riff 3] [Rhy. Fig 3c] Get up, everybody's gonna leave their seat