Riot On Sunset Strip
The StandellsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(hi-hat, 2 bars)
(guitar ; organ and bass play B throughout)
A5
v v v v v v v v
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-7s9---9---7-------7s9---9---9s7-----|
-7s9---9---5-------7s9---9---9s7-----|
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I'd go down to the Strip tonight
I'm not on a stay-home trip tonight
Long hair seems to be the main attraction
But the heat is causing all the action
Bright lights everywhere
Pretty girls with long blonde hair
But somehow the people they don't care
It just doesn't seem fair
To bug you 'cause you got long hair
Even the parents are beginning to stare
Post-chorus:
B
Because of the sirens on our streets
They used to be neat
But now it's just a place for black and white cars to race
It's causin' a riot
It's causin' a riot, yeah
Coda :
It's causin' a riot
It's causin' a riot, everywhere
People runnin' around, riots everywhere
Pushin', pushin', pushin' everywhere
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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Readable chord sheet for Riot On Sunset Strip by The Standells
(hi-hat, 2 bars)
(guitar [2X, continue into verse]; organ and bass play B throughout)
[B5] [D5] [B5] [A5]
v v v v v v v v
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-|-----------------|-----------------|
-|---------7-------|-----------------|
-7s9---9---7-------7s9---9---9s7-----|
-7s9---9---5-------7s9---9---9s7-----|
-5s7---7-----------5s7---7---7s5-----|
I[B]'d go down to the Strip tonight
I'm not on a stay-home trip tonight
Long hair seems to be the main attraction
But the heat is causing all the action
[Am]Bright li[G]ghts e[Am]verywh[C]ere
P[F#]retty gi[G]rls with l[Am]ong blonde h[C]air
[F#]But someh[G]ow the p[Am]eople th[C]ey don't c[G]are [F#]
It j[B]ust [Ebm]does[Bb]n't seem f[Ab]air
To b[B]ug you 'cause you[Ebm] got[Bb] long h[Ab]air
E[B]ven the[Ebm] par[Bb]ents a[Ab]re beginning to s[F#]tare
Post-chorus:
B [continue with intro riff]
Because of the sirens on our streets
They used to be neat
But now it's just a place for black and white cars to race
It's causin' a riot
It's causin' a riot, yeah
[guitar solo over intro riff, 8X]
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat post-chorus]
Coda [ranted over intro riff]:
It's causin' a riot
It's causin' a riot, everywhere
People runnin' around, riots everywhere
Pushin', pushin', pushin' everywhere [fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers