Elliott Smith – Riot Coming (Guitar)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
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Chords

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.
D|-0--     -0-1-|
A|--1- and -----|
F|----     -----|
C|----     -----|
G|----     -----|
D|----     -----|
These might be lead guitar in the recording, but it's easy to add them solo. [Intro]
D|--------------3-3-3-----3-3-3------3-3-3------3-3-3-----|
A|--------------3-3-3-----3-3-3------3-3-3------3-3-3-----|
F|--------------4-4-4-----4-4-4------4-4-4------4-4-4-----|  x2
C|6-6-6-5-------------------------------------------------|
G|6-6-6-5-------------------------------------------------|
D|4-4-4-3----3--------3-3---------3-3--------3-3----------|
Am
        D                 F       C Em Am
In storyville, I fucked a cop

            D            F       C Em Am
Amped up on prescription pills

                D          F     C Em C
That brought my heart to a stop

              F                   E     F          G
And I want to tell you, there's a riot coming

                   Am       E
Like a drug in the water

               F              G
A punch in the stomach makes 

          Am          D F C Em Am
Sons into daughters

        D           F         C Em Am
I met a girl on the square

              D              F        C Em C
Who showed me how to kill my cares

                F                             C
But once that's done, man, there's nothing to do

               F                    E
Time's running backwards for me and you

               F         G
There's a riot coming

                   Am     E
Like a drug in the water

               F                       G
A punch in the stomach makes

          Am
Sons into daughters

E         F             G                 Am          D F F Fm
My body's running, but I don't see why it bothers…
Am G F C Em x2 Am
            D                        F        C Em Am
Sat down in jail with this friend of mine

          D               F      C Em Am
Who never closed both his eyes

                     D                F      C Em C
But one was shut all the time

             F                   C
To cover the thing he was scared of

                          F
While he watched with the other

            E    F          G
There was a riot coming

                   Am     E
Like a drug in the water

               F             G
A punch in the stomach makes

          Am
Sons into daughters

  E       F              G
My body's running, but I

                 Am
Don't see why it bothers

          E    F
There's a riot coming

          G    Am
There's a riot coming

          E     F            G Am
There's a riot coming
[End Solo]
D|0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1|--------|-0-0-0-0|--------|-----------|----------|
A|--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|-----------|----------|
F|--2-2-0-|-2-2-2-2|0-0h2/42|-2-2-2-2|--2-2-0-|-----------|----------|
C|-1-----3|-3-3-3-3|--------|-2-2-2-2|-1-1----|3-2-0------|----------|
G|2-------|-3-3-3-3|--------|--------|2-------|-----3-2-3-|---0h2/3-0|
D|--------|-1-1-1-1|--------|--------|--------|-----------|3-3-------|