• Song:

    Ripchord

  • Artist:

    Rilo Kiley

  • Album:

    2005-04-30: Coachella M...

i gueesss this is ripchord by rilo kiley.

chords:
you should know them or else you probably shouldnt be playing guitar. hahah
joke.....no, welll...
my tab has a Dmaj7 which everyone kindaexcludes but is in ther if you listen to the song 
people excluding it made me feel incomplete. also
the i tabed out the whistling part to the best of my musical ability.


basic pattern:
verse:
e|---10-10-10-10----1010-1010-10--10-9-----7-7-7-7---77-77-7-3-3-3-3-|
B|---10-10-10-10----1010-1010-10--11-10----7-7-7-7---77-77-7-3-3-3-3-|
G|---11-11-11-11----1111-1111-11-----------7-7-7-7---77-77-7-4-4-4-4-|
D|12--------------12---------------------9---------7---------5-5-5-5-|
A|12--------------12---------------------9---------9---------5-5-5-5-|
E|10--------------10---------------------7---------7---------3-3-3-3-|

e|5-5-5-5--5555-3/33-|
B|5-5-5-5--7777-3/33-|
G|6-6-6-6--6677-4/44-|
D|7-7-7-7--7777-5/77-|
A|7-7-7-7--5555-5/77-|
E|5-5-5-5-------3/55-|
chorus:
e|3~3-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3-0--33-5-|
B|3~3-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3-2--22-2-|
G|0~0-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-2--22-2-|
D|0~--4-4------9-9-----7-7-7-7--5-5-----2--22-2-|
A|2~--4--------9-------9--------5-5-----0--00-0-|
E|3~--2--------7-------7--------3-3-------------|

losely its something like that. thats just an example of a pattern but the notes and 
are right. he kinda pallm mutes and quickly strikes the strings too. listen to the song for 
good rythem. best idea possible.


here are the words and chords.


D
pull the ripchord
   Bb       A
the ship has lost its sail
Bm
you momma's got a new man
Bm7
and your daddy always fails
G
and you eating again
A
at them
D      Dmaj7
'cause nobody loves you.


D
and even fancy things
Bb         A
have finally lost their charm
Bm
wine and diamond rings
Bm7
they never get you anymore
G
you're sleeping again
A
alone
D         Dmaj7
'cause nobody loves you

G(openstrings) F#
oooh
Bm
they should have seen you
Bm7
should have known you
G                  A
should have known what it was like
A7         A5
to be you


D
so come on kid
Bb      A
look at what you did
Bm
I don't know if you meant it
Bm7
but you did yourself in
G
and I was even having a good day
A                      D   Dmaj7
when I'd found out we lost you

repeat verse again with ohhs and yeahs an ho ho ho's


G   F#
oooh
Bm                  Bm7                    G
she said it was in the singing and the strumming
    A    A7          A5
oh man I even saw it coming

whistling part that is on cd but i saw it live with some dude doing
this part on horns

e|10-1414-1414--10\9-10-9-7-7-1010-1010-7\5-7-5-77-5-3-2-00-------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------22233-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

do that like twice. again that is just a guide listen to the song to get the real timing 
most of the right notes are there.


thank you for looking at this tab. its a pretty cool song, i hope you sing it with all soul and heart.
-Alex I.  a fuzzy haired kid.
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