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Ripples (Genesis)       legend: 7+ = maj7, +7 = add7, -1 = sub1

E/B (443121@4)                 B7 (x21202@1) Bsus4 (x24452@1)        +7   E/B (443121@4)     +9-1
     Bluegirls come in every size, some are wise and some otherwise

Abm7            Dm6 (xx0201@1)                   E/D (020100@1)    They got pretty blue eyes, for an hour a man may change

Dm6 (xx0201@1)                         C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    For an hour her face looks strange, looks strange, looks strange

E (022100@1)                      B7 (x21202@1)    Marching to the promised land

Bsus7/E           E (022100@1)     A/E (002220@1)   E (022100@1)  A/E (002220@1)    Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand

Abm7                Dm6 (xx0201@1)                      E/D (020100@1)    Pulls you down on your knees, while you're down a pool appears

Cdim/Eb                 Em (022000@1)         Adim/F#                  C/G (3x555x@1)    The face in the water looks up, and she shakes her head as if to say

D/C (x30232@1)                        Bsus7  B7 (x21202@1)    That it's the last time you'll look like today

Chorus:

A7 (x02020@1)       B/A (024242@1) E7 (020130@1)              E7/D
     Sail away, away, ripples never come back

F#m7 (131141@2)            F#sus  F# (244322@1)A7 (x02020@1)      B/A (024242@1)   E (022100@1)    Gone to the other side,      sail away, away

The face that launched a thousand ships

Is sinking fast that happens you know

The water gets below, seems not very long ago

Lovelier she was than any that I know

Angels never know it's time, to close the book and gracefully decline

The song has found a tale, my what a jealous pool is she

The face in the water looks up, she shakes her head as if to say

That the bluegirls have all gone away
 
     Chorus:

A7 (x02020@1)       B/A (024242@1) E7 (020130@1)              E7/D
     Sail away, away, ripples never come back

F#m7 (131141@2)            F#sus    F# (244322@1)    They've gone to the other side

A7 (x02020@1)          B/A (024242@1) E7 (020130@1)              E7/D
     Look into the pool, ripples never come back

F#m7 (131141@2)                                  F#sus                 F# (244322@1)    Dive to the bottom and go to the top, to see where they have gone

A7 (x02020@1)             B/A (024242@1)     E (022100@1)    1. Oh they've gone to the other side

Instrumental (base notes are for left hand octaves) :

|  C#m (x13321@4) |

|  C#m (x13321@4) | Bm/D   |  C#m (x13321@4) | Bm/D  |  A/E (002220@1) | C#m/G#-E |  F#/C#   |

|  C#m (x13321@4) | Bm/D   |  C#m (x13321@4) | Bm/D  |  A/E (002220@1) | C#m/G#-E | F#/C# Bm| (x24432@1)
|   A (x02220@1)  | A/B-C# |   Eb (x43121@3) | C#m7 (x4242x@1)| C#m7/Ab | C#m7 (x4242x@1)|

|  A/C# (042220@1)|  E/B (443121@4) |  B/A (024242@1) |  E/G#| (143121@4)
|  A/F# (202220@1)|  E/B (443121@4) |  B/A (024242@1) |  E/G#| (143121@4)
|  A/F# (202220@1)|  EEb  | Abm/Eb |

| C#m/F# |  B | C#m/F# |  B |

8va|   Bm (x24432@1) | B-B|   Bm (x24432@1) | Bm/F#-B|

8va|   Bm   | B-B|   Bm   1 Bm/B-E 2 Bm/B-C#|

(Repeat instrumental part)

|   A/E (002220@1)|  B/E   |  E7 (020130@1) |   E7 (020130@1) |  A/F#| (202220@1) B (x2444x@1)|  F# (244322@1)|

(Repeat previous chorus except last line)

A7 (x02020@1)              B/A (024242@1) E7 (020130@1)              E7/D
     2. Oh they've gone to the other side, ripples never come back

F#m7 (131141@2)     F#sus    F# (244322@1)    Sail away, away

A7 (x02020@1)       B/A (024242@1)  E7 (020130@1)              E7/D
     Sail away, away, ripples never come back   (fade)
          
     transcribed by jonasjar (youtube), mostly for piano, 
     based on Mick Anderson