157 Riverside Avenue (Live on U.S. Tour - 1976) Chords
Tempo:
102.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Dm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Dm] [D] [Dm]
[G]
[F] [Dm]
[Fm] [Bb] [D]
[G] [A] [Gm]
[Dm] [D]
Alright people, climb aboard, let's take a ride down Riverside Avenue.
157!
[E] Alright!
[D]
[G]
[Dm] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
We're doing the town on Sunday, had to find a place on Monday.
[G] Turned Grinch Hall into West Hall, till we [D] found a place we thought would do.
[A] [G] 157 on [D] Riverside Avenue.
[Am] [D] But the sand got ripped from snowin', and the snow went [G]
rainin'.
[D] We couldn't help but feelin' blue.
[A] Had enough [G] time and too many things to do, so we just sat there and [Am] played [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[Dm] some
[Fm] [Am]
[Gm]
[D] [G]
[D] [G] [D] House
Creeps!
[G] She was home there, but we were lonely.
She said, [D] can I make love to you?
[A] I said, I want [G] 157 on Riverside Avenue.
And she talked like a guitar, she said,
[Cm] [G]
I'm a fast talkin' woman.
Up [D]
[Bb] [C] [G] [A] [C]
[Bm] [Am] [D]
[G]
[Dm] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [F]
[D] on the street, I was leavin',
touchin' black sand, but she said,
[G] so nice, so easy,
I had to say goodbye [D] to you.
[A] And [G] 157 on Riverside [D] Avenue.
Hey!
[B]
[D] [Gbm]
[N]
[A]
[N]
[D] That bass sounds good to me.
Let's read this on the race guitar.
[Gm] [D] [C]
[D] Let me tell you [C] about [D] somethin'.
Every once [B] in a while, [A] [D] [B] within Rocky [C] Road, man, [D] you see,
there are little lacks of [C] communication.
[D] You know what I'm talkin' about?
Nope.
[B] [D] You see, Gary, he plays the guitar, myself I sing, you see.
So sometimes [B] there's a little [Db] gap in [D] between there.
Let me give [B] you an example.
[C] [D] Let me give you an example.
Just the other day,
you probably remember it well,
it was just the other day, you remember that?
Just the other day, I swear to God,
we'll teach you.
I called Gary up on the telephone, you see,
and he picked up the phone, he said,
[Bm] [D] So, I tell ya, I gotta be truthful to you,
you couldn't be a little bit more surprised.
So I had to think a minute,
and I said, man, I thought about it.
[Bm] [Dm]
Talk [D]
to [G] [Dm]
[D]
me one time.
[F] [G]
[D] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[D] [F]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [D]
[Dm] Jesus.
[Em] [Dm]
[Bb]
[N]
[Eb]
[Gm] [D]
[N]
[G]
[F] [Dm]
[Fm] [Bb] [D]
[G] [A] [Gm]
[Dm] [D]
Alright people, climb aboard, let's take a ride down Riverside Avenue.
157!
[E] Alright!
[D]
[G]
[Dm] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
We're doing the town on Sunday, had to find a place on Monday.
[G] Turned Grinch Hall into West Hall, till we [D] found a place we thought would do.
[A] [G] 157 on [D] Riverside Avenue.
[Am] [D] But the sand got ripped from snowin', and the snow went [G]
rainin'.
[D] We couldn't help but feelin' blue.
[A] Had enough [G] time and too many things to do, so we just sat there and [Am] played [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[Dm] some
[Fm] [Am]
[Gm]
[D] [G]
[D] [G] [D] House
Creeps!
[G] She was home there, but we were lonely.
She said, [D] can I make love to you?
[A] I said, I want [G] 157 on Riverside Avenue.
And she talked like a guitar, she said,
[Cm] [G]
I'm a fast talkin' woman.
Up [D]
[Bb] [C] [G] [A] [C]
[Bm] [Am] [D]
[G]
[Dm] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [F]
[D] on the street, I was leavin',
touchin' black sand, but she said,
[G] so nice, so easy,
I had to say goodbye [D] to you.
[A] And [G] 157 on Riverside [D] Avenue.
Hey!
[B]
[D] [Gbm]
[N]
[A]
[N]
[D] That bass sounds good to me.
Let's read this on the race guitar.
[Gm] [D] [C]
[D] Let me tell you [C] about [D] somethin'.
Every once [B] in a while, [A] [D] [B] within Rocky [C] Road, man, [D] you see,
there are little lacks of [C] communication.
[D] You know what I'm talkin' about?
Nope.
[B] [D] You see, Gary, he plays the guitar, myself I sing, you see.
So sometimes [B] there's a little [Db] gap in [D] between there.
Let me give [B] you an example.
[C] [D] Let me give you an example.
Just the other day,
you probably remember it well,
it was just the other day, you remember that?
Just the other day, I swear to God,
we'll teach you.
I called Gary up on the telephone, you see,
and he picked up the phone, he said,
[Bm] [D] So, I tell ya, I gotta be truthful to you,
you couldn't be a little bit more surprised.
So I had to think a minute,
and I said, man, I thought about it.
[Bm] [Dm]
Talk [D]
to [G] [Dm]
[D]
me one time.
[F] [G]
[D] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[D] [F]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [D]
[Dm] Jesus.
[Em] [Dm]
[Bb]
[N]
[Eb]
[Gm] [D]
[N]
Key:
D
G
A
Dm
C
D
G
A
[A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _
Alright people, climb aboard, let's take a ride down Riverside Avenue.
157!
[E] Alright!
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
We're doing the town on Sunday, had to find a place on Monday.
[G] Turned Grinch Hall into West Hall, till we [D] found a place we thought would do.
[A] _ [G] 157 on [D] Riverside Avenue.
_ [Am] _ [D] But the sand got ripped from snowin', _ and the snow went [G] _ _ _
rainin'.
[D] We couldn't help but feelin' blue.
[A] Had enough [G] time and too many things to do, so we just sat there and [Am] played [G] _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Dm] some_
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _House _ _
_ Creeps!
_ _ _ [G] She was home there, but we were lonely.
She said, [D] can I make love to you?
[A] I said, I want [G] 157 on Riverside Avenue.
And she talked like a guitar, she said,
_ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _
I'm a fast talkin' woman.
Up [D] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [D] on the street, I was leavin',
touchin' black sand, but she said,
[G] so nice, so easy,
I had to say goodbye [D] to you.
[A] And [G] 157 on Riverside [D] Avenue.
Hey! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ That bass sounds good to me.
Let's read this on the race guitar.
_ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ Let me tell you [C] about [D] somethin'.
Every once [B] in a while, [A] _ [D] _ [B] within Rocky [C] Road, man, [D] you see,
there are little lacks of [C] communication.
[D] You know what I'm talkin' about?
_ Nope. _
_ [B] [D] You see, Gary, he plays the guitar, myself I sing, you see.
So sometimes [B] there's a little [Db] gap in [D] between there.
Let me give [B] you an example.
[C] [D] Let me give you an example.
_ Just the other day,
you probably remember it well,
it was just the other day, you remember that?
Just the other day, I swear to God,
we'll teach you.
I called Gary up on the telephone, you see,
and he picked up the phone, he said, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [D] _ So, I tell ya, I gotta be truthful to you,
you couldn't be a little bit more surprised.
So I had to think a minute,
and I said, man, _ _ I thought about it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
Talk _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ to _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ me one time.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Jesus.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _
Alright people, climb aboard, let's take a ride down Riverside Avenue.
157!
[E] Alright!
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
We're doing the town on Sunday, had to find a place on Monday.
[G] Turned Grinch Hall into West Hall, till we [D] found a place we thought would do.
[A] _ [G] 157 on [D] Riverside Avenue.
_ [Am] _ [D] But the sand got ripped from snowin', _ and the snow went [G] _ _ _
rainin'.
[D] We couldn't help but feelin' blue.
[A] Had enough [G] time and too many things to do, so we just sat there and [Am] played [G] _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Dm] some_
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _House _ _
_ Creeps!
_ _ _ [G] She was home there, but we were lonely.
She said, [D] can I make love to you?
[A] I said, I want [G] 157 on Riverside Avenue.
And she talked like a guitar, she said,
_ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _
I'm a fast talkin' woman.
Up [D] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [D] on the street, I was leavin',
touchin' black sand, but she said,
[G] so nice, so easy,
I had to say goodbye [D] to you.
[A] And [G] 157 on Riverside [D] Avenue.
Hey! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ That bass sounds good to me.
Let's read this on the race guitar.
_ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ Let me tell you [C] about [D] somethin'.
Every once [B] in a while, [A] _ [D] _ [B] within Rocky [C] Road, man, [D] you see,
there are little lacks of [C] communication.
[D] You know what I'm talkin' about?
_ Nope. _
_ [B] [D] You see, Gary, he plays the guitar, myself I sing, you see.
So sometimes [B] there's a little [Db] gap in [D] between there.
Let me give [B] you an example.
[C] [D] Let me give you an example.
_ Just the other day,
you probably remember it well,
it was just the other day, you remember that?
Just the other day, I swear to God,
we'll teach you.
I called Gary up on the telephone, you see,
and he picked up the phone, he said, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [D] _ So, I tell ya, I gotta be truthful to you,
you couldn't be a little bit more surprised.
So I had to think a minute,
and I said, man, _ _ I thought about it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
Talk _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ to _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ me one time.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Jesus.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _