Riot Coming
Elliott Smith
D standard tuning a whole step down. 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. D|-0-- -0-1-| A|--1- and -----| |---- -----| |---- -----| |---- -----| |---- -----| These might be lead guitar in the recording but it’s easy to add them solo. [Intro] D|--------------3-3-3-----3-3-3------3-3-3------3-3-3-----| A|--------------3-3-3-----3-3-3------3-3-3------3-3-3-----| F|--------------4-4-4-----4-4-4------4-4-4------4-4-4-----| x2 |6-6-6-5-------------------------------------------------| D|4-4-4-3----3--------3-3---------3-3--------3-3----------| In storyville I fucked a cop Amped up on prescription pills That brought my heart to a stop And I want to tell you there’s a riot coming Like a drug in the water A punch in the stomach makes Sons into daughters I met a girl on the square Who showed me how to kill my cares But once that’s done man there’s nothing to do Time’s running backwards for me and you There’s a riot coming Like a drug in the water A punch in the stomach makes Sons into daughters My body’s running but I don’t see why it bothers… x2 Sat down in jail with this friend of mine Who never closed both his eyes But one was shut all the time To cover the thing he was scared of While he watched with the other There was a riot coming Like a drug in the water A punch in the stomach makes Sons into daughters My body’s running but I Don’t see why it bothers There’s a riot coming There’s a riot coming There’s a riot coming [End Solo] D|0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1|--------|-0-0-0-0|--------|-----------|----------| A|--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|-----------|----------| F|--2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2|0-0h2/42|-2-2-2-2|--2-2-0-|-----------|----------| C|-1-----3|-3-3-3-3|--------|-2-2-2-2|-1-1----|3-2-0------|----------| G|2-------|-3-3-3-3|--------|--------|2-------|-----3-2-3-|---0h2/3-0| D|--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|--------|--------|-----------|3-3-------|