Riot chords by Richie Kotzen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
|A augmentedA |E minorEm

(Riff)
|E minorEm x4
|E minorEm |E minorEm |G+G |E minorEm |A augmentedA |A augmentedA

Verse:
E minorEm
I don’t wanna hear a word I just wanna live my life
But you keep standing in my doorway
             G+G                F# minorF#m
So I can not escape the madness madness madness that you like
E minorEm
I can’t listen to the talk I don’t really wanna hear
You keep dividing all the people
             G+G               F# minorF#m  B minorBm
You wanna propagate your madness madness madness in my world

Chorus:
      E minorEm        B minorBm
I’m under fire Where’s my army?
       G+G     A augmentedA
We’ve got a riot going on
B minorBm         G+G      A augmentedA
Circumstances are dire Lock and arm me
           G+G          B minorBm  A augmentedA         E minorEm
I’m standing on the front line front line O’ there’s a riot going on
          B minorBm      F# minorF#m
Theres a riot going on… It’s our time

Verse:
E minorEm
I can feel it in the street the tension rising right before me
We’ve got to educate our leaders and find a way around the
 G+G               B minorBm
Madness madness madness that divides
Woh No

Chorus:
       E minorEm       B minorBm
We’re under fire Where’s my army?
       G+G     A augmentedA
We’ve got a riot going on
B minorBm         G+G       A augmentedA
Circumstances are dire… Lock and arm me
           G+G          B minorBm
I’m standing on the front line front line O’
       E minorEm       B minorBm
We’re under fire Where’s my army?
       G+G     A augmentedA
We’ve got a riot going on
B minorBm         G+G       A augmentedA
Circumstances are dire… Lock and arm me
           G+G          B minorBm  A augmentedA         |E minorEm |E minorEm
I’m standing on the front line front line O’ there’s a riot going on

Verse:
G+G             E minorEm  F# minorF#m         G+G
It’s our time (check your mind) There’s a riot going on (check your body)
       E minorEm              F# minorF#m
Everybody is insane always someone else to blame
           G+G                    F# minorF#m
Check your mind everybody There’s a riot, there’s a riot going on
 D MajorD          G+G
There’s a riot going on Theres a riot going on and on

Solo:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm
|G+G |A augmentedA |E minorEm |E minorEm
|E minorEm |F# minorF#m |G+G |G+G
|E minorEm |F# minorF#m |G+G |A augmentedA
|E minorEm |F# minorF#m |G+G |A augmentedA
|E minorEm |F# minorF#m |G+G |A augmentedA
|E minorEm |F# minorF#m |G+G |A augmentedA
|E minorEm |F# minorF#m |G+G |A augmentedA
|A augmentedA |B minorBm |A augmentedA |B minorBm

Chorus:
       E minorEm       B minorBm
We’re under fire Where’s my army?
       G+G     A augmentedA
We’ve got a riot going on
B minorBm         G+G       A augmentedA
Circumstances are dire… Lock and arm me
           G+G          B minorBm
I’m standing on the front line front line O’
       E minorEm       B minorBm
We’re under fire Where’s my army?
       G+G     A augmentedA
We’ve got a riot going on
B minorBm         G+G       A augmentedA
Circumstances are dire… Lock and arm me
           G+G          B minorBm  A augmentedA         |E minorEm
I’m standing on the front line front line O’ there’s a riot going on

Outro:
|E minorEm