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Starting out with Berkeley Free Speech
                              Em
And later on at People's Park

The winds of change fanned into flames
                             E
Student demonstrations spark
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Down to Isla Vista where police felt so harassed
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They called the special riot squad of the L. A. County Sheriff

D
Well there's a riot going on
            A
There's a riot going on
            E
There's a riot going on
D
Student demonstration time

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The violence spread down South to where Jackson State brothers
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Learned not to say nasty things about Southern policemen's mothers
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Nothing much was said about it and really next to nothing done
A                                        Am
The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for a gun

D
Well there's a riot going on
            A
There's a riot going on
                E
Well there's a riot going on
D                                     A
Cause it's student demonstration time


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A                                  E
America was stunned on May 4, 1970
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When rally turned to riot up at Kent State University
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They said the students scared the Guard
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Though the troops were battle dressed
A                       D
Four martyrs earned a new degree
 A
The Bachelor of Bullets
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I know we're all fed up with useless wars and racial strife
A                                        A
But next time there's a riot, well, you best stay out of sight

 D
Well there's a riot going on
            A
There's a riot going on
                 E
Well there's a riot going on
D
Student demonstration time

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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

It's student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

Student demonstration
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Stay away when there's a riot going on

It's student demonstration
  A    D                   A        D
Stay away when there's a riot going on