Riptide chords by Vance Joy

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)

• Capo on 6th

Tuning: EADGBE


Chords you must know

E minorEm D MajorD G+G A minorAm

* = (hold for 4 seconds)

Intro:
E minorEm D MajorD  G+G (2x)

Verse:
E minorEm      D MajorD       G+G
I was scared of dentists and the dark
E minorEm     D MajorD       G+G
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
E minorEm      D MajorD       G+G
Oh, all my friends are turning green
E minorEm     D MajorD       G+G
You're the magician's assistant in their dreams
E minorEm   D MajorD  G+G
uhoo oooo oooo,
E minorEm  D MajorD
uhoo oo,
  G*
and they come unstuck

Chorus:
E minorEm      D MajorD    G+G
Lady, running down to the riptide
         E minorEm
Taken away to the dark side
 D MajorD       G+G
I wanna be your left hand man
  E minorEm     D MajorD           G+G
I love you when you're singing that song and
          E minorEm
I got a lump in my throat cause
  D MajorD          G+G
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Verse:
 E minorEm       D MajorD        G+G
There's this movie that I think you'll like
 E minorEm       D MajorD        G+G
This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
 E minorEm      D MajorD   G+G
This cowboy's running from himself
 E minorEm        D MajorD      G+G
And she's been living on the highest shelf
E minorEm   D MajorD  G+G
uhoo oooo oooo,
E minorEm  D MajorD
uhoo oo,
 G*
and they come unstuck

Chorus:
 E minorEm     D MajorD    G+G
Lady, running down to the riptide
         E minorEm
Taken away to the dark side
 D MajorD       G+G
I wanna be your left hand man
  E minorEm      D MajorD          G+G
I love you when you're singing that song and
          E minorEm
I got a lump in my throat cause
  D MajorD          G+G
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Verse:
E minorEm               D MajorD
I just wanna, I just wanna know
E minorEm                 A minorAm
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
E minorEm               D MajorD
I just gotta, I just gotta know
E minorEm               A minorAm       G*
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way
Em*       D*      G*
I swear she's destined for the screen
Em*         D*       G*         G*
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh

Chorus:
 E minorEm        D MajorD    G+G
Lady, running down to the riptide
         E minorEm
Taken away to the dark side
 D MajorD       G+G
I wanna be your left hand man
  E minorEm         D MajorD      G+G
I love you when you're singing that song and
          E minorEm
I got a lump in my throat cause
   D MajorD         G+G

Other versions of Riptide

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Riptide ukulele (Ver. 2) by Vance Joy