Chords for Pokey LaFarge | "Riot in the Streets"

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2 a.m. [Eb] Bars were closing, [Bb] _
heard the news [Eb] on Channel 4 and [Cm]
TV anchor [F] tried to say
[Cm]
What she [F] thought really happened today, [Bb] but words are [Eb] dangerous like the [Bb] gun
Takes [Eb] away a mother's son.
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A lot of [F] people have had enough
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Just waiting [F] for the time to come
[Cm] _ _ Oh
[F] Gonna be [Cm] alright _
_ Oh
Gonna be [Bb] alright in the streets tonight
[Gm] Gonna be alright in the [Bb] streets tonight
[Gm] Gonna be alright in the [Bb] streets tonight
[Dm] _ [Gm] Gonna be [F] alright in the streets _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ tonight
Gonna be alright in the streets tonight
Right or wrong, [Eb] battle lines were [Bb] drawn
Like the difference [Eb] between dusk and [Cm] dawn _
Black and [F] white in the light of day
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But at night [F] there's only shades of grey
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Preachers speaking, [Eb] fists racing
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Barely missing, but they're still singing
[Eb] Tear gas [Cm] whistling, walkin' [F] down west
Floss and roll
[Cm] Feels like the city [F] is Gonna explode
[Cm] _ Oh
_ [F] Gonna be [Cm] alright Oh
_ [Em] Gonna be [Bb] alright
In the streets [D] tonight
[Gm] Gonna be alright
In the [Bb] streets tonight
[Gm] Gonna _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ be alright
[F] In the _ _ _ streets
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] You know? _
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You know?
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Ain't it sad?
A megaphone message You can feel it, St.
[Dm] Louis to Los Angeles
These words written on [C] the door It ain't [F] just about the rich and poor
[Bb] Our past [Eb] won't go away [Bb] _
It haunts [Eb] us to present day
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There's so [F] much left to [Dm] learn [Cm] And bullets [F] fly, buildings [B] burn
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Oh, [Dm] it's gonna be alright, [Cm] _
oh _ Gonna [Bb] be alright in the streets [Gm] tonight
Gonna be a ride [Bb] in the streets [D] tonight
[Gm] Gonna be a ride in the [Bb] streets tonight
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[Cm] _ Gonna [F] be a ride _ _ [Cm] tonight _ _ [F] _ Street [Bb] tonight
Gonna be a ride _ _ _
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