Intro:
|| F# ||
F# B
It started in basements
F#
And it started in sheds
B
It started in backyards
F# E/B
And was hidden under beds
B
I turned on the TV
F# E/B
Don't believe a word they say
B
We can't stay here
F#
And we can't get away
B F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [Note: On the B-snare 9th fret becomes 10th]B
The sun has set my friend
And California's dark
||A F#||
B
And over the screaming
F#
I heard a clear voice
B
I looked at my choices
F# E/B
And I made a choice
B
Smoke and ashes
F# E/B
Tonight hide the stars
B
The stop lights are red now, love
F#
We've come for what's ours
B F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [Note: On the B-snare 9th fret becomes 10th]B
The sun has set my friend
And California's dark
|| A || F#5 ||
F#5
Come stand among the rattlesnakes
At the side of the desert road
And close your eyes and listen
B5 F#5
To the music hard and cold
Tonight the moon is blackened
Tonight the doors are shut
Behind the shuttered windows
B5 F#5
We 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
B
Don't know how I know it
F#
But I just know
B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F#
The sun sets everywhere
B F# B
And the whole damn country's dark
F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [ Again with the 10th fret on the B ] B
The sun has set my friend
|| A F# || B B A F# ||
And California's dark
