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#----------------------------------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.#
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                         "Riot On Sunset Strip"
                     (Tony Valentino - John Fleck)
Intro:
	(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
	-|-----------------|-----------------|
	-|-----------------|-----------------|
	-|---------7-------|-----------------|
	-7s9---9---7-------7s9---9---9s7-----|
	-7s9---9---5-------7s9---9---9s7-----|
	-5s7---7-----------5s7---7---7s5-----|
Verse:
	IB'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
Pre-chorus:
	AmBright liGghts eAmverywhCere
	PF#retty giGrls with lAmong blonde hCair
	F#But somehGow the pAmeople   thCey don't cGareF#  
Chorus:
	       B  D#m/        A#  G#  
	It just doesn't seem fair
	                    B  D#m/     A#  G#  
	To bug you 'cause you got long hair
	       B  D#m/    A#                 G#  F#  
	Even the parents are beginning to stare
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

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Riot On Sunset Strip

by The Standells

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D#m

#----------------------------------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.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"Riot On Sunset Strip"

(Tony Valentino - John Fleck)

Intro:

(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

-|-----------------|-----------------|

-|---------7-------|-----------------|

-7s9---9---7-------7s9---9---9s7-----|

-7s9---9---5-------7s9---9---9s7-----|

-5s7---7-----------5s7---7---7s5-----|

Verse:

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

Pre-chorus:

Am G Am C

Bright lights everywhere

F# G Am C

Pretty girls with long blonde hair

F# G Am C G F#

But somehow the people they don't care

Chorus:

B D#m A# G#

It just doesn't seem fair

B D#m A# G#

To bug you 'cause you got long hair

B D#m A# G# F#

Even the parents are beginning to stare

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

fade

Pushin', pushin', pushin' everywhere

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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