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Riders On The Storm by The Doors: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Riders on the Storm" by The Doors features a haunting atmosphere created by Ray Manzarek's electric piano and Robby Krieger's slide guitar mimicking rain. Krieger's guitar work, influenced by blues and jazz, adds a mysterious quality to the song. The track also showcases Jim Morrison's distinctive vocal delivery and poetic lyrics, enhancing the dark and brooding mood. The song was the last single released by The Doors with Morrison before his death in 1971.
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			Riders On The Storm
		    Words and Music by The Doors

with vib. effect				       B(0.25)
|--------|---------|--------|------------|------|---------|---------------|
|--------|---------|--------|------------|------|---------|---------------|
|--------|---------|--------|------------|------|---------|---------------|
|--------|2---2-0-2|--------|2-2-2-0-2-0-|------|---------|---------------|
|--------|---------|--------|-----------2|0-----|0-0-0-3-0|---------------|
|--------|---------|--------|------------|------|---------|-0-------------|
 Riders on	   riders on 	       in-to ....
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
|---------|--------------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|---------|--------------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
|---------|--------------|0----------|-------------|----------------|
|2-0------|--------------|2----------|-------------|----------------|
|---2-0---|--------------|3----------|-------------|----------------|
|------3-0|--5-----------|-----------|-0-----------|-(0)------------|
       Like a dog 	  an actor out ....
Rhy.Fig.1
|-----------------|------------|--------------------|
|-0---0-2---2-3---|---3-2---2--|--------------------|
|---0-----0-------|-0-----0---0|---repeat last-two--|
|-----------------|------------|------------bars----|
|-----------------|------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------|--------------------|
killer on the road,       his brain is ....

|----------7-7-|8-8---10-10-|-----------|---------------|
|-5--5-----7-7-|8-8---12-12-|0-0-2---2-3|---3-2---2-----|
|--------------|9-9---11-11-|-0----0----|-0-----0-------|
|--------------|------------|-----------|---------------|
|--------------|------------|-----------|---------------|
|--------------|------------|-----------|---------------|
 a long holiday		     let ....


(openD)give this man a ride sweet fa(openC)mily will die,

			end Rhy.Fig.1
|-----------------|-------|
|-0---0--2----2--3|---3--2|
|---0-------0-----|-0-----|
|-----------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------|
Gotta love your man.  Yeah.

Guitar solo			    B(0.5)             B(0.25)
|----------|-------------0|--0-0---|--------------|-----------|
|----------|----------0h2-|0----3-0|--------------|-----------|
|-------0--|-------0h2----|--------|2--2-0--------|-----------|
|2--2-2---2|----0h2-------|--------|------2-2--0--|-----------|
|----------|-0h2----------|--------|-------------2|0-0-3-0----|
|----------|--------------|--------|--------------|-----------|

|-----------------0---|----------|-------------|---2------2|
|-----------2-0-------|----------|-------------|---3------3|
|------2-0-----2h4--/4|-2-0----/4|-4-2-0-/4---0|---2------2|
|-2-0-----2-----------|-----2----|-------------|0--0------0|
|----2----------------|----------|-------------|-----------|
|---------------------|----------|-------------|-----------|

|----0--|------|------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|----1--|-0----|-(0)--|--------0h2---2--3-|-(3)---------------------|
|----0--|-0----|-(0)--|--4---4-----0------|-------------------------|
|--2----|-2----|-(2)--|----5--------------|-------------------------|
|--3----|------|------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------|------|------|-------------------|-------------------------|
						Verse2:Girl you
With rhy.Fig.1
gotta love your ....

Rhy.Fig.2
|----12--12---14--14-|--15--15---14--14------|
|----12--12---14--14-|--15--15---14--14------|
|----12--12---14--14-|--16--16---14--14------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
Play Rhy.Fig2 24 times(use it for a model for improvisation)

|-0-----------|--(0)-------|-------------|------------------|
|-0-----------|--(0)-------|-------------|------------------|
|-0-----------|--(0)-------|-------------|------------------|
|-2-----------|--(2)-------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------------|

Play first two bars of Rhy.Fig1 twice
then play all of Rhy.Fig.1 for final verse.

Guitar solo two:		    ~~~~~		B1R
|----------------|-------------------|----|-----------------------|
|0---0--2-----2h3|-------------------|----|-----------------------|
|--0-------0-----|9/11--9/11-9-7-9/11|----|9/11--11-9-7-9---------|
|----------------|-------------------|----|-----------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----|-----------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----|-----------------------|
			B(0.5)R			 PB_____R
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|(9)-7-6--9--(9)/4|-(4)-6-----(6)---4-6|4---2--4-4----4-(4)------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
 B1		       B1_________R      B(0.5)________R
|-------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|4---4--|-4--2-------2-4-|-(4)-4--4---2--4--|---(4)-----4---------|
|-------|------4---4-----|------------------|---------------------|
|-------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|
			    Riders on ....
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|/11----9---7----9/11|--(11)--11\9--7|(7)---6--7--6----4----2----|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
 Riders on the storm.______          Riders on ....
			      B1_____R	             B(1.5)_____R
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|
|(2)--4--2----2--4-2|-(2)-4-2-4------4|(4)-2--4--2---4-|(4)-----4-2-|
|-----------4-------|-----------------|------------4---|------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|
Riders on the ....
		B1				  B(0.5)    ~~~~~~
|-----------------|---------------|------------|-------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------|-------|-----------|
|(2)--2-----2-4-4-|(4)--4-6-7--6-7|-9--9-7-9/11|9/11---|--9/1------|
|----4-4-2-4------|---------------|------------|-------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------|-------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------|-------|-----------|

			Free Time
|----12----|-14----|--|--------------5----|------------12-------|
|----------|-14----|--|----10----------7--|-7-----14---12-------|
|----------|-------|--|-------11----6-----|-7-----14---12-------|
|-11-----13|-------|--|-12---------------7|-------14---12-------|
|----------|-------|--|-------------------|-------14------------|
|----------|-------|--|-------------------|---------------------|

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Just make soft harmonic tones at the end

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Notes:
B1_____R : Bend the note under the 'B' up one tone, hold the bend
	   and release
~~~~~~   : vibrato

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Mathew Berry
u9150315@cs.uow.edu.au
Wollongong Uni.

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