Stonewall Riots Forever chords by Dressed Like Boys

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Verse 1:
           C*                     F*
Clubs came down, but a brick wall opened up,
                  C*                        Fmaj7*
We slow danced in shadows, like cattle they rounded us up,
      Am          G#   G              D/F#
And Veronica Lake gave her right name,
        F           C          G      F      F F Fmaj7
She’s a bar star, a warrior in velvet pumps.


Verse 2:
    C                      F
Runaways, dancing high and jubilant,
                C                      Fmaj7
Nice boys don’t riot, still they bring axes and guns,
       Am        G#           G          D/F#
It’s a full moon
dad you’ll see me soon,
       F              C      G       F      F
On the news, in mom’s empire-waisted dress.

Chorus:
G                     Am                     F     F
They came creeping in through a crack in the door,
G                              Am                   F     F
Flashed their shields and then they were sisters no more,
      G        Am        F        F
Angry days and sleepless nights,
      G        Am        F        F
Angry days and sleepless nights.


Verse 3:
        C                    F
Hand to mouth, we only threw dimes and cents,
                C                      Fmaj7
To those with a straight life behind a white picket fence,
         Am              G#   G            D/F#
Strapped our breasts down and dressed like boys,
    F              C      G           F      F
And wiped off our scarlet lips in the morning.


Chorus:
G                     Am                     F     F
They came creeping in through a crack in the door,
G                              Am                   F     F
Flashed their shields and then they were sisters no more,
      G        Am        F        F
Angry days and sleepless nights,
      G        Am        F        F
Angry days and sleepless nights.


Bridge:
C         F        Am
Stonewall riots forever,
G#      Am        F
We will dance and sing,
C         F        Dm7
Stonewall riots forever,
G#         Am   F
Queens are gathering.


Chorus:
G                     Am                     F     F
They came creeping in through a crack in the door,
G                              Am                   F     F
Flashed their shields and then they were sisters no more,
      G        Am        F        F
Angry days and sleepless nights,
      G        Am        F        F
Angry days and sleepless nights.


Outro:
C         F        D
Stonewall riots forever . .