• Song:

    Riptide

  • Artist:

    Vance Joy

~ Riptide - Vance Joy ~

Capo 6

Great song from an unearthed artist :)

The whole song is basically the same chords over and over.

Em Cadd9 G

* = Strum Once

The intro is just that chord progression repeated twice
and the verse goes the same. I'm really unsure of the lyrics...

Em (022000@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)           GI (320003@1)was scared of dentists and the dark
Em (022000@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)           GI (320003@1)was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
Em (022000@1)       Cadd9 (x32030@1)              GOh (320003@1)all my friends are turning green
       Em (022000@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)           GYou (320003@1)must've [something something] in our dreams
  Em (022000@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GUh (320003@1)oooh oh oooh oooh
Em (022000@1)       Cadd9 (x32030@1)         G*
Oh oooh oh oooh and they come unstuck
Em (022000@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)               GLady, (320003@1)runnin' down to the riptide
G (320003@1)                EmTaken (022000@1)away to the dark side
Cadd9 (x32030@1)         GI (320003@1)wanna be your left hand man
       Em (022000@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      EmI (022000@1)gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9 (x32030@1)                    GYou're (320003@1)gonna sing the words wrong

Em (022000@1)               Cadd9 (x32030@1)             GThere's (320003@1)this movie that I think you'll like
     Em (022000@1)           Cadd9 (x32030@1)          GThis (320003@1)guy decides to quit his job and head to New York City
      Em (022000@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)     GThis (320003@1)cowboy's running from himself
Em (022000@1)              Cadd9 (x32030@1)        GShe's (320003@1)been living on the highest shelf

Em (022000@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GUh (320003@1)oooh oh oooh oooh
Em (022000@1)       Cadd9 (x32030@1)         G*
Oh oooh oh oooh and they come unstuck
Em (022000@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)               GLady, (320003@1)runnin' down to the riptide
G (320003@1)                EmTaken (022000@1)away to the dark side
Cadd9 (x32030@1)         GI (320003@1)wanna be your left hand man
       Em (022000@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      EmI (022000@1)gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9 (x32030@1)                    GYou're (320003@1)gonna sing the words wrong

Em (022000@1)         Cadd9 (x32030@1)         GI (320003@1)just gotta, I just gotta know
Em (022000@1)           Cadd9 (x32030@1)          GIf (320003@1)you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
Em (022000@1)        Cadd9 (x32030@1)        GI (320003@1)just gotta, I just gotta know
Em (022000@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)           G*
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way

Em*        Cadd9*          G*
I swear she's destined for the screen
Em*              Cadd9*           G*   
Closest thing to Michelle Phipher that you've ever seen oh



Em (022000@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)               GLady, (320003@1)runnin' down to the riptide
G (320003@1)                EmTaken (022000@1)away to the dark side
Cadd9 (x32030@1)         GI (320003@1)wanna be your left hand man
       Em (022000@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      EmI (022000@1)gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9 (x32030@1)                    GYou're (320003@1)gonna sing the words wrong



Em (022000@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)               GLady, (320003@1)runnin' down to the riptide
G (320003@1)                EmTaken (022000@1)away to the dark side
Cadd9 (x32030@1)         GI (320003@1)wanna be your left hand man
       Em (022000@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      EmI (022000@1)gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9 (x32030@1)                    GYou're (320003@1)gonna sing the words wrong
                    Em (022000@1)      Cadd9 (x32030@1)                     G*
I gotta lump in my throat cos you're gonna sing the words wrong

End on G



I hope this helps :)

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