• Song:

    Riot On Sunset Strip

  • Artist:

    Standells

  • Album:

    Try It

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------- | ----------------- | 
      -7s(b9)--(b9)--7-------7s(b9)--(b9)--9s7----- | 
      -7s(b9)--(b9)--5-------7s(b9)--(b9)--9s7----- | 
      -5s7---7-----------5s7---7---7s5----- | 

Verse:

       B
      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   Ebm/Bb        Ab
      It just doesn't seem fair
          B                Ebm/Bb     Ab
      To bug you 'cause you got long hair
       B      Ebm/Bb    Ab               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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