• Song:

    Riot Coming

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

  • Album:

    From a Basement on the ...

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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--------------3-3-3-----3-3-3------3-3-3------3-3-3-----|
--------------4-4-4-----4-4-4------4-4-4------4-4-4-----|  x 2
6-6-6-5-------------------------------------------------|
6-6-6-5-------------------------------------------------|
4-4-4-3----3--------3-3---------3-3--------3-3----------|

Am (x02210@1)       D (xx0232@1)               F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em AmIn (x02210@1)storyville, I fucked a cop
            D (xx0232@1)          F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em AmAmped (x02210@1)up on prescription pills
                D (xx0232@1)        F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em CThat (x32010@1)brought my heart to a stop
              F (133211@1)                 E (022100@1)   F (133211@1)        GAnd (320003@1)I want to tell you, there's a riot coming
                   Am (x02210@1)     ELike (022100@1)a drug in the water
               F (133211@1)            GA (320003@1)punch in the stomach makes 
          Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em AmSons (x02210@1)into daughters
        D (xx0232@1)         F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em AmI (x02210@1)met a girl on the square
              D (xx0232@1)            F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em CWho (x32010@1)showed me how to kill my cares
                F (133211@1)                           CBut (x32010@1)once that's done, man, there's nothing to do
               F (133211@1)                  ETime's (022100@1)running backwards for me and you
               F (133211@1)       GThere's (320003@1)a riot coming
                   Am (x02210@1)   ELike (022100@1)a drug in the water
               F (133211@1)                     GA (320003@1)punch in the stomach makes
          AmSons (x02210@1)into daughters
E (022100@1)       F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)name="chord_133211@1">F F (133211@1)name="chord_133111@1">Fm
My body's running, but I don't see why it bothers 

Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Emx (022000@1)2


Am (x02210@1)           D (xx0232@1)                      F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em AmSat (x02210@1)down in jail with this friend of mine
          D (xx0232@1)             F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em AmWho (x02210@1)never closed both his eyes
                     D (xx0232@1)              F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em CBut (x32010@1)one was shut all the time
             F (133211@1)                 CTo (x32010@1)cover the thing he was scared of
                          FWhile (133211@1)he watched with the other
            E (022100@1)  F (133211@1)        GThere (320003@1)was a riot coming
                   Am (x02210@1)   ELike (022100@1)a drug in the water
               F (133211@1)           GA (320003@1)punch in the stomach makes
          AmSons (x02210@1)into daughters
  E (022100@1)     F (133211@1)            GMy (320003@1)body's running, but I
                 AmDon't (x02210@1)see why it bothers
          E (022100@1)  FThere's (133211@1)a riot coming
          G (320003@1)  AmThere's (x02210@1)a riot coming
          E (022100@1)   F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
There's a riot coming

End solo



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--2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2|0-0h2/42|-2-2-2-2|--2-2-0-|-----------|----------|
-1-----3|-3-3-3-3|--------|-2-2-2-2|-1-1----|3-2-0------|----------|
2-------|-3-3-3-3|--------|--------|2-------|-----3-2-3-|---0h2/3-0|
--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|--------|--------|-----------|3-3-------|


If you have suggestions or corrections, please let me know at rjamie@gmail.com

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