riot in the streets Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F][D][Am][D][G][F][G][F][D][G][Dsus4][G][Em]

[Verse 1]
[G]2 a[Em]m,
[C]bars were clo[G]sing
Heard the news on [C]channel 4 and
[Am]The TV anchor [D]tried to say
[Am]What she thought really happ[D]ened today

[Verse 2]
[G]But, [Em]words are [G]danger[Em]ous l[C]ike the gun
[G]Tak[Em]es awa[G]y a m[Em]othe[C]r's son
[Am]A lot of people have had e[D]nough
[Am]Just waiting for this time[D] to come

[Verse 3]
[Am]Ohhh, [D]gonna be a riot
[Am]Ohhh, gonna [Em]be a r[G]iot in
the streets tonight
[Em]Gonna be a riot in the streets [G]tonight
[Em]Gonna be a riot in [G]the streets tonight
[Em]Gonna be a riot [D]to night

[Interlude 1]
[D][G]
[D][G][Dsus4][G][Em]

[Verse 4]
[G]Right or wrong, [Em]battle [C]lines [G]are drawn
[Em]Like the [G]difference [Em]tween
[C]dusk and [Am]dawn
Black and white in the [D]light of [Am]day
But at night there's only
[D]shades- of- [G]grey
Preacher [Em]speakin', fist

[Verse 5]
[C]
raised [G]singin'
[Em]Barely [G]missin',
[Em]tear[C] gas whist[Am]lin'
Walking down West [D]Florissant Road
It [Am]feels like this city is [D]gonna explode

[Verse 6]
[Am]Ohhh, [D]gonna be a riot
[Am]Ohhh, gonna [D]be a [G]riot in
the streets tonight
[Em]Gonna be a riot in the streets [G]tonight
[Em]Gonna be a riot in [G]the streets tonight
[Em]Gonna be a riot [D]to night

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][Em][C][G][C][Am][D][Am]
[D][G][C][G][C][Am][D]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][G]
Painted [D]signs, a

[Verse 7]
[C]megaphone [Em]message
[Am]You [G]can [Em]feel it St. Louis[C]
to Los [Am]Angeles
These [C]words [Em]written [D]on [Am]a door:
It ain't just [Em]about the [D]rich and [G]poor
Our past [Em]won't

[Verse 8]
[C]go [G]away
It haunts [Em]us t[C]o present da[Am]y
There's so much [D]left to learn
As the [Am]bullets fly and [D]the buildings burn

[Verse 9]
[Am]Ohhh, [D]gonna be a riot
[Am]Ohhh, [D]gonna be [G]a r[Em]iot [G]in[Em][G]
[Em]the [D]stre[G]ets [D]to[Em]night[G][D]
[Em]Gonna be [G]a r[D]iot[Em][D][G]
[Em]in t[G]he streets tonight
[Em]Gonna be a riot in [G]the streets
[Em]tonight[Am]
[D]Gonna be [Am]a riot [D]ton[Am]ight[D]