Riptide
Vance Joy (James Keogh, 2013)
4/4 | D - D - - u d u |
1 2 (3)& 4 &
| [Am] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] I was scared of | [G] dentists and the | [C] dark | [C] ... |
| [Am] I was scared of | [G] pretty girls and | [C] starting conver- | sations
Oh | [Am] all my | [G] friends are turning | [C] green | [C]
You're the | [Am] magician's as- | [G] sistant in their | [C] dreams | [C]
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh | [C] ooh | [C] ...
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh and they | [C↓] come un- | stuck... |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong | ... |
| [Am] There's this movie | [G] that I think you'll | [C] like | [C] ...
This | [Am] guy decides to | [G] quit his job and | [C] heads to New York | City
This | [Am] cowboy's | [G] running from him- | [C] self | [C] ...
And | [Am] she's been living | [G] on the highest | [C] shelf | [C] ...
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh | [C] ooh | [C] ...
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh and they | [C↓] come un- | stuck... |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong | ... |
Riff x4
BRIDGE:
| [Am] I just wanna | I just wanna | [G] know | ... |
| [C] If you're gonna | if you're gonna | [F] stay | ... |
| [Am] I just gotta | I just gotta | [G] know | ... |
| [C] I can't have it | I can't have it | [F↓] any other | way
I | [Am↓] swear she's | [G↓] destined for the | [C↓] screen | ... |
| [Am↓] Closest thing to | [G↓] Michelle Pfeiffer |
| [C↓] that you've ever | seen, oh |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong | ... |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | [C] taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | [C] ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | [C] I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong yeah | [C] I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C↓] words wrong
#Capo on 1st fret to play with original. It will still be just slightly out of tune though.
#Last Updated 11/02/20 JJ
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Vance Joy (James Keogh, 2013)
4/4 | D - D - - u d u |
1 2 (3)& 4 &
| [Am] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] | [G] | [C] | [C] |
| [Am] I was scared of | [G] dentists and the | [C] dark | [C] ... |
| [Am] I was scared of | [G] pretty girls and | [C] starting conver- | sations
Oh | [Am] all my | [G] friends are turning | [C] green | [C]
You're the | [Am] magician's as- | [G] sistant in their | [C] dreams | [C]
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh | [C] ooh | [C] ...
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh and they | [C↓] come un- | stuck... |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong | ... |
| [Am] There's this movie | [G] that I think you'll | [C] like | [C] ...
This | [Am] guy decides to | [G] quit his job and | [C] heads to New York | City
This | [Am] cowboy's | [G] running from him- | [C] self | [C] ...
And | [Am] she's been living | [G] on the highest | [C] shelf | [C] ...
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh | [C] ooh | [C] ...
A- | [Am] ooh | [G] ooh and they | [C↓] come un- | stuck... |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong | ... |
Riff x4
BRIDGE:
| [Am] I just wanna | I just wanna | [G] know | ... |
| [C] If you're gonna | if you're gonna | [F] stay | ... |
| [Am] I just gotta | I just gotta | [G] know | ... |
| [C] I can't have it | I can't have it | [F↓] any other | way
I | [Am↓] swear she's | [G↓] destined for the | [C↓] screen | ... |
| [Am↓] Closest thing to | [G↓] Michelle Pfeiffer |
| [C↓] that you've ever | seen, oh |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong | ... |
Chorus
| [Am] Lady | [G] running down to the | [C] riptide | [C] taken away to the |
| [Am] dark side | [G] I wanna be your | [C] left hand man | [C] ...
I | [Am] love you | [G] when you're singing that | [C] song, and | [C] I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C] words wrong yeah | [C] I got a lump in my |
| [Am] throat 'cause | [G] you're gonna sing the | [C↓] words wrong
#Capo on 1st fret to play with original. It will still be just slightly out of tune though.
#Last Updated 11/02/20 JJ
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