Chords
Riot Van

The song portrays young peoples encounters with the police, inspired by composer Alex Turners observations in his hometown of Sheffield. It displays the interactions between the youth, law enforcement, and how the Riot Van is used to manage situations deemed as out of the law.

Key: A

Introduction:

     D7M     C#m7     Bm7       A        E        E6 
e ----2-------4-------2-------0-------0-------0----
B ----2-------5-------3-------2-------0-------2----
               D7M  C#m7 
Up rolled the riot van
    Bm7                               D7M  C#m7 
And sparked excitement in the boys
    Bm7                           D7M  C#m7 
But the policemen look annoyed
    Bm7                                     D7M  C#m7  Bm7 
Perhaps these are ones they should avoid
 A                           C#m7                         Bm7           E   E6   E 
They got a chase last night from men with truncheons dressed in hats
 A                              C#m7                               Bm7 
They didn' t do that much wrong, still ran away though for the laugh
                    E   E6   E 
just for the laugh
             D7M    C#m7 
Please just stop talking
                     Bm7               D7M  C#m7 
Because they won' t find us if you do
            Bm7                D7M  C#m7 
Oh, those silly boys in blue
             Bm7                      D7M  C#m7  Bm7 
Well, they won' t catch me and you
 A                           C#m7                      Bm7       E   E6   E 
Have you been drinking son, you don&rsquo t look old enough to me
 A                       C#m7                           Bm7 
I&rsquo m sorry officer, is there a certain age you&rsquo re supposed to be?
        E   E6   E 
nobody told me
               D7M  C#m7 
Up rolled the riot van
             Bm7                          D7M  C#m7 
And these lads just wind the coppers up
      Bm7                                 D7M  C#m7 
Ask why they don' t catch proper crooks
        Bm7                               D7M  C#m7 
Get their address and their names took
           D7M 
But they couldn' t care less

               D7M  C#m7 
Thrown in the riot van
     Bm7                             D7M  C#m7 
And all the coppers kicked him in
      Bm7                            D7M  C#m7 
And there was no way he could win
       Bm7                         D7M  C#m7  Bm7 
Just had to take it on the chin