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Riders On The Storm Chords by The Doors

Riders On The Storm chords by The Doors

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Riders On The Storm by The Doors: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Riders on the Storm" by The Doors features a haunting atmosphere created by Ray Manzarek's electric piano and Robby Krieger's slide guitar mimicking rain. Krieger's guitar work, influenced by blues and jazz, adds a mysterious quality to the song. The track also showcases Jim Morrison's distinctive vocal delivery and poetic lyrics, enhancing the dark and brooding mood. The song was the last single released by The Doors with Morrison before his death in 1971.
"Riders on the Storm"
                     (Morrison and the Doors)

Album: LA Woman and the Greatest Hits Package.

Transcribed by: Rohit Bapat (me!! ;O)

Email: Piper707@hotmail.com/or above address.

          ..........This is 1 cool song.........one of my favs.....
Just sit by the seashore and play this one to get the "waves"
effect.....Yeah!
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
  CRDS :  E A D G B e
 D7sus :  x x 0 2 1 3

Rest of the chords are pretty simple......just play open chords ....and
maybe you could Barre the F.

Note: when on D7, switching from D7 to Dsus7 and when on Dsus7, make sure
you hit the high "e" string (thinnest).....to get that 'catchy sound'.
(Try doing this using an upstroke and the end of each chord)

strumming: Freestyle or arpeggio.....whichever sounds better to you.

.........this one's from memory........the chord switch makes sense from
the 2nd verse......enjoy!


Riders on the ....

Am              D7  D7sus D7
Riders on ...

          Am             D7  D7sus D7
There's a killer on ...

              Am               D7   D7sus D7
His brain is ...

     Dm            G  Dm  G
Take a long ho....

Am                 D7  D7sus D7
Let your ...

        C
If ya give this ...

        G          F
Sweet family wil...

Am              D7 D7sus D7
Killer on the road...(Repeat sequence)

       ********corrections/improvements welcome!!!!************

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