Riptide Chords & Tabs

by Vance Joy

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Intro / Verse:
BPM: 102
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101]
Chorus:
BPM: 102
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]

[Intro]
Am   G   C
Am   G   C

[Verse 1]
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 magician's assistant in their dreams

[Pre-chorus]
Am   G    C  
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am   G             C           
Ooh, ooh, and they come unstuck

[Chorus]
Am    G                   C                  
Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away
       Am         G               C            
To the dark side, I wanna be your left hand man
  Am       G                        C                     
I love you when you're singing that song, and I got a lump
      Am             G                     C          
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

[Verse 2]
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

[Pre-chorus]
Am   G    C  
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am   G             C           
Ooh, ooh, and they come unstuck

[Chorus]
Am    G                   C                  
Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away
       Am         G               C            
To the dark side, I wanna be your left hand man
  Am       G                        C                     
I love you when you're singing that song, and I got a lump
      Am             G                     C          
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

[Solo]
A                      
E|-----0-3---------| x4
C|-2h4-------0-4---|
G|-----------------|     h = hammer on

[Bridge]
Am                         G   
I just wanna, I just wanna know
C                                F   
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
Am                         G   
I just gotta, I just gotta know
C                                F            
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way
[Pre-chorus] (strum once and hold)
  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

[Chorus]
Am    G                   C                  
Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away
       Am         G               C            
To the dark side, I wanna be your left hand man
  Am       G                        C                     
I love you when you're singing that song, and I got a lump
      Am             G                     C          
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
Am    G                   C                  
Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away
       Am         G               C            
To the dark side, I wanna be your left hand man
  Am       G                        C                     
I love you when you're singing that song, and I got a lump
      Am             G                     C          
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
Am    G                   C                  
Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away
       Am         G               C            
To the dark side, I wanna be your left hand man
  Am       G                        C                     
I love you when you're singing that song, and I got a lump
      Am             G                           C                  
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong, I got a lump
      Am             G                           C    
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong