Rip Van Winkle chords by The Devotions

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C

Intro:

N.C.
Bom bom bom bom  .

Chorus:
C
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
F      G       C
Sleep, sleep, sleep
C
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
F      G       C
Sleep, sleep, sleep
N.C.
Bom bom bom bom  .

Verse:
C
He fell asleep
C
In the woods one day
      F      G
Spent twenty years
C
Of his life that way

Chorus:

C
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
F      G       C
Sleep, sleep, sleep

Verse 2:
C
That nagging wife
C
Gets all of his coin
F           G
None of his friends
C
Did he ever join

Chorus:
C
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
F      G       C
Sleep, sleep, sleep

Verse 3:
C
Those little elves
C
Bowled on the green
F      G            C
Dream, would dream, dream

Verse 4:
N.C.
Oh, well, he left
F
His nagging wife now
C
He slept for twenty years
F
Didn′t bother to wake up
C
He grew a long white beard

F
This is how the story goes
G
Listen, my children

And you will hear

Verse 5:
C#
He fell asleep
C#
In the woods one day
F#    G#
Spent twenty years
C#
Of his life that way
F#     G#     C#
Sleep, sleep, sleep

Verse 6:
C#
That nagging wife
C#
Gets all of his coin
F#          G#
None of his friends
C#
Did he ever join

Chorus:
D
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
G     A          D
Doot doot doota do do
N.C.
Bom bom bom bom  .
D
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
G      A      D
Sleep, sleep, sleep
D
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
G      A      D
Sleep, sleep, sleep

Outro:
D
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
G     A        D
Slept his life away
D
Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle
G     A        D
Slept his life away
N.C.
Bom bom bom bom  .