Licks & Riffs : The Doors - Riders on the storm




The basis for much of The Doors classic Riders on The Storm is a chord progression over a static ( and menacing) E bass. The E holds, and above there is a movement in thirds from G and B upwards as follows:

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Beneath this the bass line maps out Em - A major arpeggios although the first creates a bit of interest by inverting the sequence of notes in the arpeggio:

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The idea of thirds is continued through some of the keyboard solo, including a huge downward run that sounds like falling rain. (compare and contract with a similar run in Alicia Keys You don't know my name)

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Lyrics

Riders on the storm,
Riders on the storm,

into this house we're born,
into this world we'r...

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