Ripple

Grateful Dead

Ripple
Grateful Dead
American Beauty
 
Transcribed By: Matt Schultz
Tuning: Standard
 
 
[Intro]
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C                                     F
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
F                                        C
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
C                                        F
Would you hear my voice come through the music
F         C       G    F               C
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C                                     F
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
F                             C
Perhaps they're better left unsung
C                          F
I don't know, don't really care
C            G     F           C
Let there be songs to fill the air
 
 

{ CHORUS }
 
Dm              G
Ripple in still water
           C            F
When there is no pebble tossed
    D       G
Nor wind to blow 
 
 
[Verse 3]
               C                   F
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
F                                C
If your cup is full may it be again
C                          F
Let it be known there is a fountain
C            G    F               C
That was not made by the hands of men 
 
 
Verse 4
C                          F
There is a road, no simple highway
F                                C
Between the dawn and the dark of night
C                        F
And if you go no one may follow
C            G   F          C
That path is for your steps alone
 
 
{ CHORUS }
 
Dm              G
Ripple in still water
           C            F
When there is no pebble tossed
    D       G
Nor wind to blow 
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
        C                   F
You who choose to lead must follow
F                          C
But if you fall you fall alone
C                                 F
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
C             G   F                C
If I knew the way I would take you home
 
 
[Outro Verse]
 
           C                F
Lat da dat da, Lah da-ah da da, da
F                                C
La da da, la da, da da da-ah, da da
C                           F
Lat da dat da, Lah da-ah da da, da
C        G   F            C
La da da da, Lah da da da da
 
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