Chords for Rolling Stones - Riot at Ratcliffe - Fresno 1965

The Rolling Stones, live in Fresno. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] If [A] you wanna hear [D] some music, [Am] I'm gonna play.
You know me, I'm a rockin' out that bass.
[D] In the mid [Am]-1960s, only one band appeared likely to challenge the Beatles in popularity,
and that [C] band was the Rolling Stones.
I think their music was just a little bit, um, [D] was a little bit more rock and roll,
was a little bit more, _ _ a little harder.
As a teenager growing up in Fresno, Larry Lucinian also liked the [A] image the Stones projected,
tough and [G] rebellious.
Larry still remembers the big announcement about his favorite band.
[N] I was just amazed to see that the Stones were coming to town.
Yeah, lots of screaming.
Shirley Keeney remembers being inside Ratcliffe Stadium on May 22, 1965.
The Stones entered in an armored car.
_ _ _ And I think those of us who were into the British bands really knew how big it was.
[C] So I just felt that this was something I needed to go to.
[F] Jenny McGill went to the concert with three or four of her friends.
So [A#] wild.
_ _ [C] _ _ Jenny recalls one member of the Stones getting most of the [D] female [Am] adulation.
It was more [Dm] for Nick, you know, and it seemed like it was just for Nick when he danced.
And it [Am] was, um, _ [B] James Brown, [Em] a little bit of Elvis.
Brian Jones was my favorite.
I just thought he was better looking than [A] the rest.
By contemporary standards, ticket prices for the concert were amazingly [N] low.
For a seat in these stands in front of the stage, the cost was just $3.50.
But if you didn't mind sitting behind the band, you could get in for just a buck.
[F] _ _ In _ _
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_ _ [D] _ spite of the [Am] bargain prices, the crowd was [D] smaller than expected.
Only about [G] 4,000 attended.
[N] But Fresno police still had all they could handle when a large number of mostly female fans rushed [E] the stage.
[Gm] _ _ [C#] The Stones were [F#m] forced to stop playing halfway through their final song.
[Am] The band members made a hasty retreat into the safety of their armored car and sped [N] off.
Despite that rather abrupt [Am] ending, for at least a few of the fans in attendance,
the memories of that one show remain indelible.
[E] Quite an experience.
Quite a fun time.
[A] It's one of those things that there's a view in my mind [E] that I won't ever forget.
Dan Godwin, ABC30 Action News.
_ _ _ [A#] One of the Stones' opening acts that day was the Byrds, who went on to have a legendary career of their own.
Tomorrow, _ what happened after the Stones made their hasty exit from Ratcliffe.
We'll have more of the Stones' concert later in our [A] newscast.
Angelo is just [A#] ahead.
That'll do it for us.
We leave you with more of the Rolling Stones' only visit to [D#] Fresno.
Have a good night. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ It's been a big, big day. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ God has the best time of the night. _ _
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[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ It's so fun to be here.
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ We _ recently recovered some rare footage of that concert.
Now the film we found was silent, so the [N] audio you'll hear was added by us.
Here's ABC30's Dan Godwin with part two of his special series, The Rolling Stones, live in [A] Fresno.
Oh, move [E] my feet.
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_ _ _ _ From the very start of their career, the Rolling Stones' style of music set them apart from almost all other pop groups.
It was that blues [E] stuff that appealed to me.
In May of 1965, Deborah Byron was 14 years old when she heard the Stones would be performing in [A] Ratcliffe Stadium.
She made sure to get [D] good seats.
My [E] sister and I lined up for the concert at 5 a.m.
Oh, [A] move in there. _ _
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After their Fresno concert [E] ended, [D] the Stones returned to the hotel [E] where they had checked in the night before.
[D] The location was the [E] Holiday Inn at Ashland and Highway [D] 99.
The weather [A] was warm enough for [E] swimming, and [A] Stones' [D] guitarist, Keith Richards, went for [A] a dip.
But drummer [E] Charlie Watts, seen here in the middle, and [A] Mick Jagger decided just hanging around the pool was relaxation enough.
[Bm] Now the hotel [B] where the Stones stayed is still around, but [F] it's since been renamed to the Brooks Ranch [C#] Inn.
The next [E] stop on the band's tour was Sacramento, so [F#] from here they went directly to the [E] Fresno Air Terminal.
My [A] sister and I decided that we would try [C#] to see [A#] the Rolling Stones at the airport.
[F#] So we drove to [Dm] the Fresno Air Terminal, [A#] and _ we saw a small _ [Em] plane at the tower.
_ Deborah says after several hours, the Stones and their entourage eventually [C] arrived.
And [N] here's where the story gets really interesting.
Yep, there I am!
Right there getting Brian Jones' attention. _
Perfect.
Running around.
_ Until we contacted her, Deborah didn't realize her brush with the Stones had been filmed.
You can see her here in the checked [D] coat.
[Am] Deborah managed to get the [A] autographs of four Rolling Stones that day, all except bassist Bill Wyman.
[B] I remember asking Brian Jones what he was reading because he was holding a paperback [Em] book with nude women on [A] the cover.
_ _ And he said, uh, science fiction.
_ Deborah still has the ticket the Stones [E] autographed that day.
The signatures are a little messy, but the authenticity can't be questioned.
In the years since, Deborah [F#] has seen the Stones several [A]
times, but she says that first encounter will never be taught.
[E] Dan Godwin, [A] ABC30 Action News.
[E] _ _
_ One more note about the Stones.
A couple of years ago, their bassist Bill Wyman wrote a book about the band.
On page _ 327, there's a paragraph on the Fresno concert.
Wyman quotes Fresno Bee reporter Eli Settensich, who wrote,
A peaceful show turned into a full-scale demand for puberty rights.
Some of the girls in attendance did get a little bit out of control.
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