Riptide Tab par Vance Joy

# The chords are named as you would play them with standard tuning.
# Strumming for verses and chorus = A#-A#-UA#U (for chorus mute 2nd and 4th downbeat)
# Opt. strumming for bridge = A#-A#U-UA#U | A#-A#U-UA#U | A#-A#U-UA#- | A#U-UA#-A#U |
#                             A#-A#U-U-U | A#-A#U-U-U | A#-A#UA#UA#- | A#UA#UA#-A#U      x2


A#m                G#               C#
I was scared of dentists and the dark
A#m                G#               C#
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
     A#m        G#                 C#
Oh, all my friends are turning green
            A#m           G#                 C#
You're the magician's assistant in their dreams
    A#m G# C#   A#m G#          C#
Ah oooh, ah ooh, and they come unstuck

A#m    G#                    C#
Lady, running down to the riptide
                   A#m
Taken away to the dark side
G#                C#
I wanna be your left hand man
A#m          G#                        C#
I love you when you're singing that song
                          A#m
And I got a lump in my throat 'cause
  G#                     C#
You're gonna sing the words wrong

A#m                  G#                  C#
There's this movie that I think you'll like
A#m                   G#                 C#
This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
     A#m       G#                C#
This cowboy's running from himself
     A#m               G#               C#
And she's been living on the highest shelf
    A#m G# C#   A#m G#          C#
Ah oooh, ah ooh, and they come unstuck

A#m    G#                    C#
Lady, running down to the riptide
                   A#m
Taken away to the dark side
G#                C#
I wanna be your left hand man
A#m          G#                        C#
I love you when you're singing that song
                          A#m
And I got a lump in my throat 'cause
  G#                     C#
You're gonna sing the words wrong


A|--------3-------------------------------|
E|-----------1----------------------------|     x4
C|----------------------------------------|
G|-0h2-2--------2-------------------------|


A#m                         G#sus4 G# 
I just wanna, I just wanna know
C#add4                           F#maj7
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
A#m                         G#sus4 G# 
I just gotta, I just gotta know
C#add4                              F#maj7
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way

I swear she's destined for the screen
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh

A#m    G#                    C#
Lady, running down to the riptide
                   A#m
Taken away to the dark side
G#                C#
I wanna be your left hand man
A#m          G#                        C#
I love you when you're singing that song
                          A#m
And I got a lump in my throat 'cause
  G#                     C#
You're gonna sing the words wrong

    A#m    G#                    C#
Oh, lady, running down to the riptide
                   A#m
Taken away to the dark side
G#                C#
I wanna be your left hand man
A#m          G#                        C#
I love you when you're singing that song
                          A#m
And I got a lump in my throat 'cause
  G#                     C#
You're gonna sing the words wrong

    A#m    G#                    C#
Oh, lady, running down to the riptide
                   A#m
Taken away to the dark side
G#                C#
I wanna be your left hand man
A#m          G#                        C#
I love you when you're singing that song
                          A#m
And I got a lump in my throat 'cause
  G#                     C#
You're gonna sing the words wrong