
Vance Joy-Riptide
[Intro - BPM 102 - No drums to start - 2/4 emphasis on 2 when strumming](strum pattern d-D- -udu d-D- (down up, caps - emphasis)
Am G C C x 2
[Verse 1][Am] I was scared of
[G] dentists and the
[C] dark
[Am] I was scared of
[G] pretty girls and
[C] starting conversations, Oh
[Am] all my friends
[G] are turning
[C] green - You're the
[Am] magician's a
[G] ssistant in their
[C] dreams
[Pre-chorus - At stop start to count 1 2 3 4 starting on 'come' and tap snare on 4 to come back in]Uh
[Am] Ooh,
[G] ooh,
[C] ooh
--
[Am] Uh,
[G] oh oh oh, and they
[C] (stop) come unstuck
[Chorus - Drums full drums][Am] Lady,
[G] running down to the
[C] riptide, taken away to the
[Am] dark side,
[G] I wanna be your
[C] left hand man ...I
[Am] love you
[G] when you're singing that
[C] song, and I got a lump in my
[Am] throat, 'cause
[G] you're gonna sing the words
[C] wrong
[Verse 2 - Slap snare][Am] There's this movie
[G] that I think you'll
[C] like - This
[Am] guy decides to
[G] quit his job and
[C] heads to New York City - This
[Am] cowboy's
[G] running from
[C] himself ... And
[Am] she's been living
[G] on the highest
[C] shelf
[Pre-chorus]Uh
[Am] Ooh,
[G] ooh,
[C] ooh
--
[Am] Uh,
[G] oh oh oh, and they
[C] (stop) come unstuck
[Chorus - Drums full drums][Am] Lady,
[G] running down to the
[C] riptide, taken away to the
[Am] dark side,
[G] I wanna be your
[C] left hand man ...I
[Am] love you
[G] when you're singing that
[C] song, and I got a lump in my
[Am] throat, 'cause
[G] you're gonna sing the words
[C] wrong
[Bridge][Am] I just wanna, I just wanna
[G] know
[C] If you're gonna, if you're gonna st
[Fmaj7] ay
[Am] I just gotta, I just gotta know
[G] [C] I can't have it, I can't have it
[Fmaj7] (drums stop) any other way
[Pre-chorus] (strum once and hold - no snare)
I
[Am] swear she's
[G] destined for the
[C] screen
--
[Am] Closest thing to
[G] Michelle Pfeiffer
[C] that you've ever seen, oh
[Chorus - No drums quiet - then full drums for 2 repeats][Am] Lady,
[G] running down to the
[C] riptide, taken away to the
[Am] dark side,
[G] I wanna be your
[C] left hand man ...I
[Am] love you
[G] when you're singing that
[C] song, and I got a lump in my
[Am] throat, 'cause
[G] you're gonna sing the words
[C] wrong
[Chorus x 2][End on C - or go to Avicii Wake Me Up?]