Biography:
The Nightwatchman is the solo project of American musician Tom Morello (guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Street Sweeper Social Club). Morello began performing as The Nightwatchman in 2003 (with some album covers showing Tom Morello The Nightwatchman or Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman).
Morello has explained, "The Nightwatchman is my political folk alter ego. I've been writing these songs and playing them at open mic nights with friends for some time.
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Other songs:
- Battle Hymns
- Garden Of Gethsemane
- House Gone Up In Flames
- Maximum Firepower
- Midnight In The City Of Destruction
- One Man Revolution
- Solidarity Forever
- Union Song
- Alone Without You
- Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine
- Branding Iron
- Californias Dark
- Dark Clouds Above
- God Help Us All
- Gone Like Rain
- King Of Hell
- Lazarus On Down
- Let Freedom Ring
- Night Falls
- No One Left
- Rise To Power
- Saint Isabelle
- Save The Hammer For The Man
- Shake My Shit
- The Fabled City
- The Iron Wheel
- The King Of Hell
- The Lights Are On In Spidertown
- Union Town
- Whatever It Takes
- World Wide Rebel Songs
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Intro:
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F# B
It started in basements
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And it started in sheds
B
It started in backyards
F# E/B
And was hidden under beds
B
I turned on the TV
F# E/B
Don't believe a word they say
B
We can't stay here
F#
And we can't get away
B F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [Note: On the B-snare 9th fret becomes 10th]B
The sun has set my friend
And California's dark
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B
And over the screaming
F#
I heard a clear voice
B
I looked at my choices
F# E/B
And I made a choice
B
Smoke and ashes
F# E/B
Tonight hide the stars
B
The stop lights are red now, love
F#
We've come for what's ours
B F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [Note: On the B-snare 9th fret becomes 10th]B
The sun has set my friend
And California's dark
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F#5
Come stand among the rattlesnakes
At the side of the desert road
And close your eyes and listen
B5 F#5
To the music hard and cold
Tonight the moon is blackened
Tonight the doors are shut
Behind the shuttered windows
B5 F#5
We pray the sun will come up
F#
For something walks across these fields
For which there is no name
You might have heard different
B F#
But I was there when it came
It will start with a spark
And a great fire will grow
B
Don't know how I know it
F#
But I just know
B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F#
The sun sets everywhere
B F# B
And the whole damn country's dark
F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [ Again with the 10th fret on the B ] B
The sun has set my friend
|| A F# || B B A F# ||
And California's dark
|| F# ||
F# B
It started in basements
F#
And it started in sheds
B
It started in backyards
F# E/B
And was hidden under beds
B
I turned on the TV
F# E/B
Don't believe a word they say
B
We can't stay here
F#
And we can't get away
B F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [Note: On the B-snare 9th fret becomes 10th]B
The sun has set my friend
And California's dark
||A F#||
B
And over the screaming
F#
I heard a clear voice
B
I looked at my choices
F# E/B
And I made a choice
B
Smoke and ashes
F# E/B
Tonight hide the stars
B
The stop lights are red now, love
F#
We've come for what's ours
B F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [Note: On the B-snare 9th fret becomes 10th]B
The sun has set my friend
And California's dark
|| A || F#5 ||
F#5
Come stand among the rattlesnakes
At the side of the desert road
And close your eyes and listen
B5 F#5
To the music hard and cold
Tonight the moon is blackened
Tonight the doors are shut
Behind the shuttered windows
B5 F#5
We pray the sun will come up
F#
For something walks across these fields
For which there is no name
You might have heard different
B F#
But I was there when it came
It will start with a spark
And a great fire will grow
B
Don't know how I know it
F#
But I just know
B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F#
The sun sets everywhere
B F# B
And the whole damn country's dark
F# B
There's a riot on Sunset
F# B
And fires burn in the park
F# E/B [ Again with the 10th fret on the B ] B
The sun has set my friend
|| A F# || B B A F# ||
And California's dark
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