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Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence chords by
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa

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Intro 1
G
Em
G

Em
G

Em
G

Verse 1
Em

Well, I'm about
G

to get sick
Em
G

From watchin' my TV
Em
G

Been checkin' out the news until
Em
G

my eyeballs fail to see
Em
G

I mean to say that every day is

just another rotten mess
Em
G

And when it's gonna change,

my friends, is anybody's guess
Verse 2
A
G

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
B

Hopin' for the best
A

Even think I'll go to prayin'
B

Every time I hear 'em sayin'
Em
G

That there's no way to delay that
A
G

trouble comin' every day
Em

No way to delay that trouble
G

comin' every day
A
G

Wednesday I watched the riot, I seen the cops out on the street
Verse 3

Watched 'em

throwin' rocks and stuff and

chokin' in the heat
A
G

Listened to reports about the whisky

passin' 'round
Em
G

Seen the smoke and fire and the market

burnin' down
A

Watched while everybody on

his street would take a turn

To stomp and smash and bash and crash
D

and slash and bust and burn
G
And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' Hopin'
Verse 4
G


for the best

Even think I'll go to prayin'
A

Every time I hear 'em sayin'

That there's no way to delay

that trouble comin' every day
G

No way to delay that trouble

comin' every day
Verse 5
G

Well, you can cool

it you can heat it

'Cause, baby, I don't need it
A

Take your TV tube and eat it

And all that phony stuff on sports and all the
G

unconfirmed reports
A

You know I watched that rotten box

until my head began to hurt
G

From checkin' out the way the news

men say they get the dirt

Before the guys on channel so- and-
A

so, further they assert

That any show they'll interrupt

To bring you news if it comes up
G

They say that if the place blows up

They'll be the first to tell

Because the boys they got downtown
A

are workin' hard and doin' swell
G

And if anybody gets the news
A

Before it hits the street they say that

no one blabs it faster
G

Their coverage can't be beat

And if another woman driver
A

Gets machine- gunned from her seat

They'll send some joker with a

brownie and you'll see it all complete
Verse 6
A

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'

Hopin' for the best
G

Even think I'll go to prayin'

Every time I hear 'em sayin'
A

That there's no way to delay that

trouble comin' every day
G

No way to delay that trouble comin'

every day
Verse 7
G

Hey, you know something people?
A

I'm not black but there's a whole lots a times
G

I wish I could say I'm not white
Verse 8
G

Well, I seen the fires burnin' and
A

the local people turnin'

On the merchants and the shops who used

to sell their brooms and mops
G

And every other household item

Watched the mob just turn

and bite 'em
A

And they say it served 'em right

Because a few of them are white
D
G

And it's the same across the nation,

black and white discrimination

Yellin' "you can't understand me!"
A

An d all that other jazz

they hand me
D

In the papers and TV and all that

mass stupidity
G

That seems to grow more every day

Each time you hear some nitwit say

He wants to go and do you in
A

'Cause the color of your skin

Just don't appeal to him

No matter if it's black or white because
C

he's out for blood tonight
Verse 9

You know we gotta sit around at
Em

home and watch this thing begin
C
A

But I bet there won't be many

left to see it really end

'Cause the fire in the street
Eb

ain't like the fire in the heart
Em

And in the eyes of all these people
G

don't you know that this could start?
Em

On any street, in any town, in any
B

state if any clown
G

Decides that now's the time to fight

For some ideal he thinks is right

And if a million more agree,
Em

there ain't no great society

As it applies to you and me
G
C
Em

Our country isn't free
C
Eb

And the law refuse to see if all

that you can ever be
A

Is just a lousy janitor

Unless your uncle owns a store
C#m

You know that five in every four
A

Just won't amount to nothin' more
D
C

Than watchin' rats go across the floor
B

And make up songs about

being poor

Blow your harmonica, son!

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  • Em

  • A

  • B

    2
  • D

  • C

  • Eb

    6
  • C#m

    4

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