The Clash
White Riot
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Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
D - xx0232
E - 022100
G - 320033
C - x32010
Intro: A-D-A-D-A-D-D-A- x2, E----
Chorus:
A D A D
White riot I wanna riot
A D D A
White riot a riot of my own
A D A D
White riot I wanna riot
A D D A
White riot a riot of my own
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Verse 1:
G
Black people gotta
lot a problems
C
But they don't mind
G
throwing a brick
G
White people go to school
C
Where they teach you
G
how to be thick
C
And everybody's doing
A
just what they're told to
C E
And nobody wants to go to jail
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 2:
G
All the powers in the hands
C G
Of people rich enough to buy it
G
While we walk the street
C G
Too chicken to even try it
C
Everybody's doing just
A
what they're told to
C E
Nobody wants to go to jail
Guitar Solo: A---, A-D-A-D-A-D-D-A-
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
E
Are you taking over or
are you taking orders?
Are you going backwards or
are you going forwards?
(Repeat chorus)