Riptide chords by Vance Joy (Ver. 3)

Guitar chords with lyrics

• Capo on 6th

Tuning: EADGBE


Chords you must know

E minorEm D MajorD G MajorG A minorAm

* = (hold for 4 seconds)

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


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


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

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


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

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