Riot Coming Tabs & Lyrics by Elliott Smith

Riot Coming

guitar tabs lyrics

Elliott Smith

This is my first Elliott Smith tablature. It's in standard tuning, two half steps down.
I play the E, F, and G with the same fingering, which makes chord changes quick. I
strum this with my thumb on the bass runs and my first three fingers on the chord strums.

I also play two two-note riffs after the Em's in the verses.


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These might be lead guitar in the recording, but it's easy to add them solo.


Intro


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--------------4-4-4-----4-4-4------4-4-4------4-4-4-----| x 2
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4-4-4-3----3--------3-3---------3-3--------3-3----------|

Am
D F C Em Am
In storyville, I fucked a cop
D F C Em Am
Amped up on prescription pills
D F C Em C
That brought my heart to a stop
F E F G
And I want to tell you, there's a riot coming
Am E
Like a drug in the water
F G
A punch in the stomach makes
Am D F C Em Am
Sons into daughters
D F C Em Am
I met a girl on the square
D F C Em C
Who showed me how to kill my cares
F C
But once that's done, man, there's nothing to do
F E
Time's running backwards for me and you
F G
There's a riot coming
Am E
Like a drug in the water
F G
A punch in the stomach makes
Am
Sons into daughters
E F G Am D F F Fm
My body's running, but I don't see why it bothers�

Am G F C Em x 2


Am
D F C Em Am
Sat down in jail with this friend of mine
D F C Em Am
Who never closed both his eyes
D F C Em C
But one was shut all the time
F C
To cover the thing he was scared of
F
While he watched with the other
E F G
There was a riot coming
Am E
Like a drug in the water
F G
A punch in the stomach makes
Am
Sons into daughters
E F G
My body's running, but I
Am
Don't see why it bothers
E F
There's a riot coming
G Am
There's a riot coming
E F G Am
There's a riot coming

End solo



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