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October Riot Night

V5

​(Intro: A fast, distorted guitar riff hits immediately. Drums are blistering, driving the tempo hard with cymbal crashes and frantic fills. The bass line is aggressive and simple.) (​Verse 1) ​(C)The calendar flipped, the leaves turned brown, (G)Another October is rolling 'round! (Am)Forget your pumpkins, forget your pretty fall, (F)Tonight the freaks are climbing out the wall! (C)The candy's ready, the costumes are torn, (G)Another anarchy night, yeah, a new world born! (Am)From the graveyard gates to the old dark street, (F)Tonight the rules are broken, and the chaos can't be beat! (C)Black cats are screaming, the witches take flight, (G)It's an anti-establishment, an October riot night! (​Pre-Chorus) ​(F)No trick-or-treating rules, (C)no knocking on the door, (G)We're smashing all the manners (C)and demanding something more! (F)Grab your mask and spray paint, (C)let your inner monster loose, (G)Tonight's for pure rebellion, (N.C.) and turning up the juice! (​Chorus) (Gang Vocals - Shouted and Wild) ​(C)IT'S HALLOWEEN! (G)A ZOMBIE MENTAL BREAK! (Am)IT'S HALLOWEEN! (F)FOR CHAOS' FUCKING SAKE! (C)THE GHOUST TRAIN'S ROLLING! (G)THE ANARCHY IS FREE! (Am)LET THE MONSTERS LOOSE, (F)JUST LIKE ME! (C)SO SCREAM AND SHOUT! (G)AND TEAR IT ALL APART! (Am)THIS OCTOBER RIOT (F)IS BURNING IN MY HEART! (​Verse 2) ​(C)The neighborhood's quiet, but (G)the silence is a lie, (Am)Beneath the full moon, something (F)wicked's passing by! (C)The cheap plastic skeletons (G)are dancing in the wind, (Am)Every single shadow (F)is where the trouble begins! (C)We're crashing every party, (G)we're raiding every store, (Am)No apologies tonight, (F)just wanting something more! (C)The system's crumbling, the (G)status quo is dead, (Am)With a pumpkin on my head (F)and anarchy instead! (C)Forget your fears, yeah, (G)forget your perfect plan, (Am)Tonight's for the monsters (F)and taking back the land! (​Pre-Chorus) ​(F)No trick-or-treating rules, (C)no knocking on the door, (G)We're smashing all the manners (C)and demanding something more! (F)Grab your mask and spray paint, (C)let your inner monster loose, (G)Tonight's for pure rebellion, (N.C.) and turning up the juice! (​Chorus) (Gang Vocals - Shouted and Wild) ​(C)IT'S HALLOWEEN! (G)A ZOMBIE MENTAL BREAK! (Am)IT'S HALLOWEEN! (F)FOR CHAOS' FUCKING SAKE! (C)THE GHOUST TRAIN'S ROLLING! (G)THE ANARCHY IS FREE! (Am)LET THE MONSTERS LOOSE, (F)JUST LIKE ME! (C)SO SCREAM AND SHOUT! (G)AND TEAR IT ALL APART! (Am)THIS OCTOBER RIOT (F)IS BURNING IN MY HEART! (​Outro) ​(The band accelerates into a final, chaotic punk run. The rhythm is manic and relentless, guitars screaming feedback.) (C-G-Am-F) MONSTERS! MONSTERS! BREAK THE CHAINS! (C-G-Am-F) HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN! DRIVE US INSANE! (The music hits a final, explosive, sustained chord with a cacophony of feedback and cymbal crashes, then cuts off abruptly.) **(N.C.) HAPPY HALLOWEEN, BASTARDS!