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Vance Joy - Riptide Ukulele

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Riptide Ukulele

(ver. 4)
Vance Joy
Verse
DD, UDU
Chorus
DDUUDU 
or
DxUUxU
Bridge
DDUUDU
You don't need to follow this strumming pattern you can get creative.

[Intro]
Dm C F F x2

[Verse]
Dm              C                F              F
I was scared of dentists and the dark
Dm              C                F              F
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
    Dm            C              F               F      
Oh, all my friends are turning green
           Dm            C               F               F
You're the magician's assistant in their dreams
   Dm C F   Dm C             F (hold)
Ah oooooh, oooooh, and they come unstuck

[Chorus]
Dm    C                   F           
Lady, running down to the riptide
F                  Dm         
Taken away to the dark side
C               F          F
I wanna be your left hand man
   Dm      C                        F           
I love you when you're singing that song and
F                  Dm           
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
C                           F          F
You're gonna sing the words wrong

[Verse]
Dm                   C                  F              F
There's this movie that I think you'll like
     Dm              C                F                F
This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
     Dm       C                  F              F
This cowboy's running from himself
   Dm                 C                F              F
And she's been living on the highest shelf
   Dm C F   Dm C             F (hold)
Ah oooooh, oooooh, and they come unstuck

[Chorus]
Dm    C                   F           
Lady, running down to the riptide
F                  Dm         
Taken away to the dark side
C               F          F
I wanna be your left hand man
   Dm      C                        F           
I love you when you're singing that song and
F                  Dm           
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
C                           F          F
You're gonna sing the words wrong


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

[Bridge]
Dm                         Csus4 C       
I just wanna, I just wanna know
F                                A#maj7
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
Dm                             Csus4 C
I just gotta, I just gotta know
F                                A#maj7 (hold)
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way
(Strum once)
  Dm          C                F       
I swear she's destined for the screen
Dm               C                 F
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh

(quiet)
[Chorus]
Dm    C                   F           
Lady, running down to the riptide
F                  Dm         
Taken away to the dark side
C               F          F
I wanna be your left hand man
   Dm      C                        F           
I love you when you're singing that song and
F                  Dm           
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
C                           F          F(vol increase)
You're gonna sing the words wrong

[Chorus]
Dm    C                   F           
Lady, running down to the riptide
F                  Dm         
Taken away to the dark side
C               F          F
I wanna be your left hand man
   Dm      C                        F           
I love you when you're singing that song and
F                  Dm           
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
C                           F          F
You're gonna sing the words wrong

[Chorus]
Dm    C                   F           
Lady, running down to the riptide
F                  Dm         
Taken away to the dark side
C               F          F
I wanna be your left hand man
   Dm      C                        F           
I love you when you're singing that song and
F                  Dm           
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
C                           F          F
You're gonna sing the words wrong             
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