157 Riverside Avenue Chords by Reo Speedwagon

Tempo:
92.65 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

Dm

A

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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REO Speedwagon - 157 Riverside Avenue chords
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Here we go people we got some more for you, what do you say?
[Am] [D]
[Dm]
[A]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D] [Am] [D]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[D] [A] Not enough time, [G] too many [Dm] things to do, but we just sat [Am] back and [Dm] played [D] some.
[G] [C#]
[D] [G] [Dm]
[B] [Fm]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [A] [D] And when Maddie Mays, baby, wanted to pass her by, [G] she was lovely and we were lonely,
she [Em] said, can I make love to [D] you?
[A] Said it won't [G] be just seven riddles I [C] ever knew, here's what she said.
[G] [D]
Oh, that woman [Dm] talked just like a guitar, you know, [F] I never understood a word she [D] said.
[Gm] Maybe that's why we got along so well.
[A] I don't know [G] baby, David, he knows all about love.
[D] Oh yes he does.
Play those Boston Bridges, David.
[G]
[D] [A]
[G] [D] [Dm]
[D] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] And it's all in a single evening, it's all you can ever say.
So [G] nice, so easy, [Am] I [D] hate to say goodbye to you.
[A] And one keeps us [G] in the riddles I never knew.
[Dm] Well friends, I got to tell you, [D] I was reading the USA Today newspaper yesterday morning.
I could not believe what I saw.
I could not believe what they were selling in this newspaper.
Here's what they're saying, [G] [D] they're saying the conventional wisdom is that human beings,
like yourself, like us, human beings, conventional wisdom, we reach our peak.
We reach our creative peak, we reach [G] our [D] intellectual peak, we reach our sexual peak at the age of 30.
And from 30 on down, it's all downhill from there.
And I'm thinking to myself, hold on a second, this ain't right.
This conventional wisdom is just not right because I tell you what, everybody in this band is over 30.
Did you know that?
Every single one of us is at least 30 [G] years of [D] age.
And I tell you what, we just released a brand new CD, Find Your [G] Own Way [D] Home.
So creatively, I think we're still growing.
Intellectually, I'm still learning more every day.
I'm learning more about the world, I'm learning how to be a better person, a better father, a better husband.
I'm learning so much in the last couple of years you won't believe it.
So intellectually, I'm still getting there.
Sexually, I'm as horny as ever, baby.
I tell you what I say, I say this.
I am feeling good, feeling good, feeling [C] [D] good
[Bm] [C#] [D]
So [G] [N]
that's [D] our message to you tonight my friend
Rock n' roll music will keep you young [Dm] forever
It will keep you young forever.
You keep coming [D] out and hearing live music.
You keep listening to rock and roll music
And you will stay young forever, baby
What do you say, baby?
Here's what I say.
I say this one last thing.
Cause the people in Chicago, you know, they want to hear something that you and me been doing for a long time Yeah
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
La, la, la, la, ya
Do [Dm]
[D] do doodle, full of that
Fo, fo, fo' us, fo' us, do oh
[Dm] Do,
[D] do, do, di, doo
[G] Doo, [D] doo, doo, dai daí dai
Here we go.
[Dm] I'm gonna kill [G] this motherfucker!
[D]
[A] [G] [Dm]
[D]
[G] He's a wimp!
[Dm]
[A] [G] [D]
157!
[D#]
Let's go for 157!
[A#m]
[D] 157!
Devil's side!
Heaven's doom!
[Dm]
157!
Devil's side!
[D] Heaven's doom!
[Dm]
I'm going forever my friend!
Never stop rocking!
What do you say?
[D]
[Am] [D] [N]
What you talking about?
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
Dm
2311
A
1231
Am
2311
D
1321
G
2131
Dm
2311
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To learn Reo Speedwagon - 157 Riverside Avenue chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Dm, D, G, D, A, G and Dm of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 46 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 93. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: D Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Here we go people we got some more for you, what do you say? _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] Not enough time, [G] too many [Dm] things to do, but we just sat [Am] back and [Dm] played [D] some. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Fm] _ _
[G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] [D] And when Maddie Mays, baby, wanted to pass her by, [G] she was lovely and we were lonely,
she [Em] said, can I make love to [D] you?
[A] Said it won't [G] be just seven riddles I [C] ever knew, here's what she said.
[G] _ _ [D]
Oh, that woman [Dm] talked just like a guitar, you know, [F] I never understood a word she [D] said.
[Gm] Maybe that's why we got along so well.
[A] I don't know [G] baby, David, he knows all about love.
[D] Oh yes he does.
Play those Boston Bridges, David.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ And it's all in a single evening, it's all you can ever say.
So [G] nice, so easy, [Am] I [D] hate to say goodbye to you.
[A] And one keeps us [G] in the riddles I never knew.
[Dm] _ Well _ _ _ friends, I got to tell you, [D] I was reading the USA Today newspaper yesterday morning.
I could not believe what I saw.
I could not believe what they were selling in this newspaper.
Here's what they're saying, [G] [D] they're saying the conventional wisdom is that human beings,
like yourself, like us, human beings, conventional wisdom, we reach our peak.
We reach our creative peak, we reach [G] our [D] intellectual peak, we reach our sexual peak at the age of 30.
And from 30 on down, it's all downhill from there.
_ _ And I'm thinking to myself, hold on a second, this ain't right.
This conventional wisdom is just not right because I tell you what, everybody in this band is over 30.
Did you know that? _ _
Every single one of us is at least 30 [G] years of [D] age.
And I tell you what, we just released a brand new CD, Find Your [G] Own Way [D] Home.
So creatively, I think we're still growing.
_ Intellectually, I'm still learning more every day.
I'm learning more about the world, I'm learning how to be a better person, a better father, a better husband.
I'm learning so much in the last couple of years you won't believe it.
So intellectually, I'm still getting there.
_ Sexually, I'm as horny as ever, baby. _ _ _ _
I tell you what I say, I say this.
I am feeling good, feeling good, feeling _ _ _ [C] [D] good_
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C#] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So _ [G] _ [N] _ _ _
that's [D] _ _ _ _ our message to you tonight my friend
Rock n' roll music will keep you young [Dm] forever
It will keep you young forever.
You keep coming [D] out and hearing live music.
You keep listening to rock and roll music
And you will stay young forever, baby
What do you say, baby?
Here's what I say.
I say this one last thing.
Cause the people in Chicago, you know, they want to hear something that you and me been doing for a long time Yeah
_ _ Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
La, la, la, la, ya
Do [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ do doodle, full of that
Fo, fo, fo' us, fo' us, do oh
[Dm] Do, _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ do, do, di, doo
[G] _ Doo, [D] doo, doo, dai daí dai
Here _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ we go. _
[Dm] I'm gonna kill [G] this motherfucker!
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ He's a wimp!
[Dm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ 157!
_ _ [D#] _ _ _
Let's go for 157!
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ 157!
Devil's side!
Heaven's doom! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ 157! _ _
Devil's side!
[D] _ Heaven's doom!
[Dm] _
I'm going forever my friend!
Never stop rocking!
What do you say?
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [N]
What _ _ _ you talking about? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Neal Doughty, Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin, Terry Luttrell and Alan Gratzer.

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