Vance Joy - Riptide Tuning: Open G6 (D G B E) / Open G#6 (D# G# B# E#) Key: A minor (A B C D E F G A) / A# minor (A# B# C# D# E# F# G# A#) Tempo: 100 bpm (average) Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://youtu.be/G49s8tIPVV4 To be clear, Vance uses Open G#6 tuning on the albumversion and Open G6 tuning in all the live performances I found. The chords here is written in G6 tuning, below I've written shapes and also names i Open C6 tuning. [Intro]: Am G C x2 Am G C I was scared of dentists and the dark Am G C I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations Am G C Oh, all my friends are turning green Am G C You're the magicians assistant in their dreams Am G C Am G C Ah oooh, ah ooh, and they come unstuck Am G C Am Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side G C I wanna be your left hand man Am G C Am I love you when you're singing that song and, I got a lump in my throat 'cause G C You're gonna sing the words wrong Am G C There's this movie that I think you'll like Am G C This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City Am G C This cowboy's running from himself Am G C And she's been living on the highest shelf Am G C Am G C Ah oooh, ah ooh, and they come unstuck Am G C Am Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side G C I wanna be your left hand man Am G C Am I love you when you're singing that song and, I got a lump in my throat 'cause G C C You're gonna sing the words wrong Am Gsus4 G C Fmaj7 I just wanna, I just wanna know, if you're gonna, if you're gonna stay Am Gsus4 G C Fmaj7 I just gotta, I just gotta know, I can't have it, I can't have it any other way Am G C I swear she's destined for the screen Am G C Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen oh Am G C Am Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side G C I wanna be your left hand man Am G C Am I love you when you're singing that song and, I got a lump in my throat 'cause G C You're gonna sing the words wrong Am G C Am Oh lady, running down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side G C I wanna be your left hand man Am G C Am I love you when you're singing that song and, I got a lump in my throat 'cause G C You're gonna sing the words wrong Am G C Am Oh lady, running down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side G C I wanna be your left hand man Am G C Am I love you when you're singing that song and, I got a lump in my throat 'cause G C Am You're gonna sing the words wrong and, I got a lump in my throat 'cause G C You're gonna sing the words wrong Chords: Am (2 2 1 0) (Dm in Open C6 tuning) G (0 0 0 3) (C in Open C6 tuning) C (2 0 1 0) (F in Open C6 tuning) C (2 0 1 3) (he uses this variation in the Stick and on the Interlude) Gsus4 (0 0 1 3) (Csus4 in Open C6 tuning) Fmaj7 (3 2 1 0) (Bbmaj7 in Open C6 tuning) Sometimes live he replaces the Fmaj7 with a: Fadd2 (3 2 1 3) (Bbadd2 in Open C6 tuning) Clarification: Chordname (G C E A) which is now tuned to either (D G B E) or (D# G# B# E#) Free papers for this song are available in .pdf on my website, you can find the link in the description on the YouTube tutorial. Among the papers available are Lyrics & Chords, Lyrics & Chords plus (with added numbers of strumming pattern rounds per chord), Chord Diagrams and Playing Patterns (strumming patterns and the Interlude on tablature). If you need further help or explanations don't hesitate to ask, if it's a subject where other people may benefit from the answer it's best done by posting a comment on the tutorial, but posts here and personal messages will also be answered (though not as fast)! //Robert
