The Riff

The Riff: Chords

Intro:
REm

REm
I met Mr. Death this morning
   SIb
He offered me a ride
         DO
I said I think I'm not quite ready yet
   LA
To travel by your side
 REm
"Practice what you preach"
              SIb
Then said the count of shadowlands
    DO
"It doesn't hurt to take a peek"
   LA
He grinned and grabbed my hand
SOLm         LA           SIb          DO
I sat in the leather seat of his Chevy van
          REm
The motor screamed like a pack of rats

In a frying pan

        FA                    SIb
The headlights where shooting sparks
        SOLm           DO
And the tyres spinning flames
                 LA
"Well, allrighty then"
                   SIb DO  REm
He said and opened up  his case
         FA               SIb
The grim reaper played guitar
         SOLm             DO
His bony fingers cold and stiff
                           LA
The sonic thunder froze my heart
                      REm
As he cranked out the riff

Oh yeah, the riff...

REm
Then his song was over
       SIb
And he asked me not to lie
  DO
I felt a bit uneasy
      LA
But I dare to criticize
  REm
I told him, "Man, the riff is a killer
        SIb
But the rest is a throw-away"
    DO
His face looked disappointed
       LA
But he said "Ah, it's ok"
SOLm         LA  
I asked him, has he shown
    SIb             DO
The devil what he's got
      LA
"He's written hits
                  REm
But lately he has not"

       FA             SIb
So the devil's out of touch
       SOLm           DO
And he cannot smell a hit
                     LA
"Cuz he has lost his mind
              SIb DO  REm
With all that hip-hop shit
         FA               SIb
The grim reaper played guitar
         SOLm             DO
His bony fingers cold and stiff
                           LA
The sonic thunder froze my heart
                      REm
As he cranked out the riff

Oh yeah, the riff

  DO              DO5+           DO6
I woke up and the van was upside down
        DO7
My body bleeds
   REm                     SIb/RE
We must have crashed right off the road
    REm6+              SOL
And Death could varely speak
          LAm                 LAm7+
He said, "Listen you'd gottas take my place
    LAm            LAm7+
I'm leaving office soon"
             DO/SOL                FA#m7/5-
I said, "I'm sorry dude, I'm kinda busy
                  FA   
But tell you what: I'll take the tune"
                 REm
And it goes like this...

REm       FA               SIb
 The grim reaper played guitar
         SOLm             DO
His bony fingers cold and stiff
                           LA
The sonic thunder froze my heart
              SIb DO  REm
As he cranked out the riff
         FA               SIb
The grim reaper played guitar
         SOLm             DO
His bony fingers cold and stiff
                           LA
The sonic thunder froze my heart
                      REm
As he cranked out the riff

He cranked out the riff

He cranked out the riff

He cranked out the...

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Classici Rock

The Riff è un brano composto e inciso dai Lordi, contenuto nell'album To Beast or Not to Beast pubblicato nel 2013. Sesto lavoro in studio per la rockband finlandese, vede l'ingresso in formazione del batterista Mana il quale prende il posto del compianto Tonmi Lillman, in arte Otus, scomparso prematuramente nel 2012. La canzone è l'unico singolo estratto dal disco e porta le firme di Mr Lordi e Tracy Lipp; il testo mette in scena una persona alle prese con un'esperienza di pre-morte!

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).