GuitarTuna Pick
GuitarTuna

Get the full experience in app

Open

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

N/A•
Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Verse 1
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Well, I'm about
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

to get sick
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

From watchin' my TV
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Been checkin' out the news until
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

my eyeballs fail to see
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I mean to say that every day is

just another rotten mess
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And when it's gonna change,

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

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Hopin' for the best
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Even think I'll go to prayin'
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Every time I hear 'em sayin'
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

That there's no way to delay that
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

trouble comin' every day
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

No way to delay that trouble
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

comin' every day
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

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
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Listened to reports about the whisky

passin' 'round
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Seen the smoke and fire and the market

burnin' down
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Watched while everybody on

his street would take a turn

To stomp and smash and bash and crash
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

and slash and bust and burn
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' Hopin'
Verse 4
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app


for the best

Even think I'll go to prayin'
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Every time I hear 'em sayin'

That there's no way to delay

that trouble comin' every day
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

No way to delay that trouble

comin' every day
Verse 5
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Well, you can cool

it you can heat it

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

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Take your TV tube and eat it

And all that phony stuff on sports and all the
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

unconfirmed reports
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You know I watched that rotten box

until my head began to hurt
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

From checkin' out the way the news

men say they get the dirt

Before the guys on channel so- and-
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

so, further they assert

That any show they'll interrupt

To bring you news if it comes up
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

They say that if the place blows up

They'll be the first to tell

Because the boys they got downtown
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

are workin' hard and doin' swell
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And if anybody gets the news
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Before it hits the street they say that

no one blabs it faster
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Their coverage can't be beat

And if another woman driver
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Gets machine- gunned from her seat

They'll send some joker with a

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

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

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

Hopin' for the best
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Even think I'll go to prayin'

Every time I hear 'em sayin'
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

That there's no way to delay that

trouble comin' every day
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

No way to delay that trouble comin'

every day
Verse 7
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Hey, you know something people?
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

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

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

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

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Well, I seen the fires burnin' and
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

the local people turnin'

On the merchants and the shops who used

to sell their brooms and mops
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And every other household item

Watched the mob just turn

and bite 'em
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And they say it served 'em right

Because a few of them are white
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And it's the same across the nation,

black and white discrimination

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

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

An d all that other jazz

they hand me
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

In the papers and TV and all that

mass stupidity
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

That seems to grow more every day

Each time you hear some nitwit say

He wants to go and do you in
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

'Cause the color of your skin

Just don't appeal to him

No matter if it's black or white because
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

he's out for blood tonight
Verse 9

You know we gotta sit around at
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

home and watch this thing begin
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

But I bet there won't be many

left to see it really end

'Cause the fire in the street
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

ain't like the fire in the heart
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And in the eyes of all these people
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

don't you know that this could start?
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

On any street, in any town, in any
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

state if any clown
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Decides that now's the time to fight

For some ideal he thinks is right

And if a million more agree,
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

there ain't no great society

As it applies to you and me
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Our country isn't free
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And the law refuse to see if all

that you can ever be
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Is just a lousy janitor

Unless your uncle owns a store
C#m
C#m
4

View detailed C#m chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You know that five in every four
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Just won't amount to nothin' more
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Than watchin' rats go across the floor
B
B
2

View detailed B chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And make up songs about

being poor

Blow your harmonica, son!

How did you like the song?

You need to log in to leave a rating.
An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • Em

  • A

  • B

    2

  • D

  • C

  • Eb

    6

  • C#m

    4

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Autoscroll20%

More songs by Frank Zappa

Discover chords for more songs to play

Frank Zappa

You Are What You Is

Frank Zappa

Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?

Frank Zappa

City of Tiny Lites

Frank Zappa

Titties and Beer

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention

Jelly Roll Gum Drop

Frank Zappa

Cheap Thrills

Frank Zappa and Frank Zappa & the Mothers

Zomby Woof

See More

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Frank Zappa

You Are What You Is

Frank Zappa

John Legend

All Of Me

John Legend

Radiohead

Creep

Radiohead

Lukas Graham

7 Years

Lukas Graham

Frank Zappa

City of Tiny Lites

Frank Zappa

Queen

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen

Coldplay

Yellow

Coldplay

See More

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

2

Creep

Radiohead

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

Haunted

Luke Bower

Flor hermosa

Los Ramones de Nuevo León

Vamos a la playa

Los João, Juana Diabla

See You Later (Ten Years)

Jenna Raine

Steel Rail Blues

Gordon Lightfoot

1985

Bo Burnham

Feel Good Inc.

Mert Can, LOOP

Frequently asked questions

What is the original key of Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence?

The original key of Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence by Frank Zappa is G major.

What are the main chords for Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence?

The primary chords used in Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence are G, Em, A, B, D, C.

Do I need a capo to play Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence?

No capo is required for this song.

Is Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence beginner-friendly on guitar?

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, Em, A, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

What is the tempo (BPM) of Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence?

The tempo of Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence is approximately 109 beats per minute.

How do I transpose the chords for Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence?

You can easily change the key of Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

Can I print the guitar chords for Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence?

Yes! Click the Print icon to generate a clean, one-page version of the chords and lyrics for Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence. This is perfect for practicing offline or adding to a physical songbook.

Is there a tuner available for Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence?

Yes, we have integrated a Mini-Tuner directly on this page. Use it to quickly check your string pitch (Standard Tuning: E A D G B E) before you start playing along with Frank Zappa.

Can I save Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence to play later?

Absolutely. Click the Save or Heart icon to add Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence to your account. You can access all your saved songs under My Library at any time.

Can I access the guitar chords for Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence for free?

You can view the full chord sheet and lyrics for Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence by Frank Zappa on this page for free. We provide high-quality, verified chords to help you start playing immediately.