Riot On Broad Street Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays347

Riot On Broad Street by Mighty Mighty Bosstones is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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  			Intro: Em C X4 

verse 1: 
   Em                           C 
My father once told this to me, Boston's gritty history 
  Em                         C 
Another ruthless battle in a useless holy war 
Em                            C 
Handed down discrepancies and tensions that'll never ease 
          Em                            C 
One early afternoon on broad street, it blew up down there for sure 
G                       D                C 
Broad street's just not broad enough and you just don't love God enough 
    G             D                C 
And if that isn't odd enough we've taken too much crap 
       G                   D                 C 
You've pushed us round the sod enough, we've scrapped and rapped and jawed enough 
G                   D            C 
Poked, provoked and prod enough, something's gonna snap 

BREAK: Em C X2 

verse 2: 
           Em                                 C 
The Boston fire fighting volunteers, on their way to fight a fire somewhere 
      Em                    C 
Met a funeral procession proceeding way too slow 
  Em                                  C 
A brownstone burns out of control, we need to lay to rest this soul 
Em                                  C 
Loggerheads on broad street, eye to eye and toe to toe 
G                       D                C 
Broad street's just not broad enough and you just don't love God enough 
    G             D                C 
And if that isn't odd enough we've taken too much crap 
       G                   D                 C 
You've pushed us round the sod enough, we've scrapped and rapped and jawed enough 
G                   D            C 
Poked, provoked and prod enough, something's gonna snap 

Chorus:

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100 BPM Andante