[Intro BPM 159 - Just bass drum - then repeat with full drums] [Bm][Bm][D][D/C#] - [Bm][Bm][D][D/C#] [G][G][F#][F#] - [E][E][D][D/C#] [Repeat]
[Verse - Full drums] [Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's [E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee [Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and [E] not very sensible [Bm] either
[Bm] a friend of a friend he got [D] beaten, he [E] looked the wrong way at a po [Bm] lice man [Bm] would never have happened to [D] smeaton and [E] old leodensian
[Chorus - G to C bass run - A-23 D-0] [G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
[Verse] [Bm] oha, i tried to get in my [D] taxi, [E] man in a tracksuit at [Bm] tacks me [Bm] he said that he saw it be [D] fore me, he [E] wants to get things a bit [Bm] gory
[Bm] girls run around with no [D] clothes on to [E] borrow a pound for a [Bm] condom [Bm] if wasn't for chip fat they'd be [D] frozen, they're [E] not very sensible
[Chorus] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here who that [A] doesn't want to be out [G] there....(4 bars).............................
[Verse - No drums] [Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's [E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee [Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and [E] not very sensible
[Chorus] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here who that [A] doesn't want to be out [G] there [C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C] [G] [End]
[Intro - No Drums - Original key down half step] [Em-x79987 x x x-10-x-x-x-x][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
[Verse 1 - Light Drums in - Sustain sung bit over spoken bit as much as poss]
It starts with [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep [C] that in mind I designed this rhyme To ex [D] plain in due time All I
[Em] know Time is a valuable thing Watch [D] it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch [C] it count down to the end of the day The clock [D] ticks life away It's so un
[Em] real Didn't look out below Watch [D] the time go right out the window Try [C] ing to hold on but didn't even know Was [D] ted it all just to Watch you
[Em] go I kept everything inside And even [D] though I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus - First note over Em is actually F#] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 2] [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try [C] Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme To re [D] mind myself how I tried so
[Em] hard In spite of the way you were mocking me [D] Acting like I was part of your property [C] Remembering all the times you've fought with me [D] I'm surprised it got so [Em] Things+(far)
[Em] aren't the way they were before [D] You wouldn't even recognize me anymore [C] Not that you knew me back then But it [D] all comes back to me (In the
[Em] end) You kept everything inside And even though [D] I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 3] I put my [Em] trust in you [D] Pushed as far [C] as I can go [D] And for all this [Em] There's only one [D] thing you should know o [C] ooo ow ow [D] ow
I put my [Em] trust in you [G] Pushed as far [D] as I can go [C] for all this [Em] There's only one [G] thing you should know o [D] ooo ow ow [C] ow
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[End - No Drums] [Em-x79987 x x x10xxxx][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
