Intro:
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F#, BIt started in basements
And it started in shedsF#
It started in backyards
And was hidden under bedsF#, E/B, B
I turned on the TVB
Don't believe a word they sayF#, E/B
We can't stay here
And we can't get away
B There's a riot on SuF#, B, F#, Bnset
And fires burn in the parkF#, B
The sun has F#, E/B, Note:, On, the, B-snare, 9th, fret, becomes, 10th, BE/Bset my friend
And California's dark
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And over the screaming
I heard a clear voice
I looked at my choices
And I made a choice
Smoke and ashes
Tonight hide the starsF#, E/B, B, F#, E/B, B, F#, B
The stop lights are red now, loveB
We've come for what's oursF#
B There's a riot on SuF#nsetB
And fires burn in the parkF#, B
The sun has F#, E/B, Note:, On, the, B-snare, 9th, fret, becomes, 10th, BE/Bset my friend
And California's dark
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F#5Come stand among the rattlesnakes
At the side of the desert road
And close your eyes and listen
B5, F#5To the music hard and cold
Tonight the moon is blackened
Tonight the doors are shut
Behind the shuttered windows
WeB5, F#5 pray the sun will come up
F#For something walks across these fields
For which there is no name
You might have heard different
B, F#But I was there when it came
It will start with a spark
And a great fire will grow
Don't know how I know it
But I just know
There's a riot on SunsetB, F#, B
And fires burn in the parkF#, B
The sun sets F#everywhere
And theB, F#, B whole damn country's dark
There's a riot on F#, BSunset
And fires burn in the parkF#, B
The sun has F#, E/B, Again, with, the, 10th, fret, on, the, B, BE/Bset my friend
And California's dark
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