Riverdales are an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois made up of former Screeching Weasel members. Bassist Dan Vapid (born Dan Schafer) and guitarist Ben Weasel (née Ben Foster) both served as front men, splitting time singing lead vocals for the group. The Riverdales' original run lasted from 1994-1997. They reformed in 2003 to record their third album, and they once again reformed in 2008 and released a new record in July of 2009, followed by another exactly a year later.
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:02:11 -0400 Subject: CDR: "Fun Tonight" by Riverdales
"Fun Tonight" performed by the Riverdales written by Ben Foster/Dan Schafer (Ben Weasel/Danny Vapid) (C) 1995 Weasels Inc. (ASCAP) (P) 1995 Lookout Records from the Lookout Records releases The Riverdales (LK 120 LP/CS/CD) and "Fun Tonight" b/w "I'm a Vegetable" 7" (LK 115) transcribed by Mike Ripplinger ([email protected])
[Notes] * chord1 sl. chord2 = slide from first chord to second * Lyrics are my best guess, as a sheet is not included with the album
*** ["Fun Tonight"]
(drums) We're gonna have fun tonight (x4)
[Verse] C sl. C#D# sl. E Grab your date and motorbabe (?) F sl. F # C sl. C# cause we're gonna have fun tonight C sl. C#D# sl. E We're gonna throw a bomb (?) in the city you're from F sl. F#C sl C# yeah we're gonna have fun tonight
[Chorus] EBC# We're gonna have fun tonight EBC# We're gonna have fun tonight EBF#BC# We're gonna have fun, yeah we're gonna have fun tonight
[Verse] We want something new right now and we're gonna have fun tonight Bored and sick of everything, yeah, we're gonna have fun tonight
[Repeat chorus]
[Drums] 1, 2, 3, go!
[Play verse twice]
[Verse] It doesn't matter where we go cause we're gonna have fun tonight We got the Fastbacks kickin' on the radio and we're gonna have fun tonight
[Repeat chorus]
[As Rev. Norb's speech begins, hold a C# note until the first chord, which is a C#. Continue to hit a one-beat C# chord every four bars throughout the breakdown.]