Ripple - Grateful Dead
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Ripple
Grateful Dead
Tuning: Standard
*See notes at bottom
I have painstakingly "created" 100% of this through the help of Youtubers: "Nashville Guitar Guru" and
"MunsonMusicLive."
Links to their respective Ripple tutorials: NGG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-PMZe6BDg&t=795s
MML: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79yDFH7IM2U
Verses strum(s) :: GGCC, CCCG, GGCC, GDCG (with "swing feel")
Chorus stum :: AmAmDD / GCAD
Strum Pattern (simple version) :: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D= down, U= up
D D U U D U
Strum Pattern (as Jerry played) :: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & B= strike Bass, 5th= strike fifth
B D U 5th D U
Bass or Root for G chord: E 5th for G: D
For C: A3 5th for C: E3
For D: D 5th for D: A
For Am & A: A 5th for Am, A: E
"Base Walks" for chord changes:
G>C: E3, A0, A2
C>G: A3, A2, A0
G>D: E3, A2, A3
D>C: D0, D0, D0hp
[Intro]
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|----------0-
A|-2---2--3---
E|---3--------
Gx2 C
-|------------
-|----0---0---
-|--0---2---0-
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
/d1 C/d1
-|-------|----
-|-------|----
-|-------|----
-|--0-2--|--0-
-|-------|----
-|-------|----
C/d1 C
-----|--------
-----|--------
--0--|--0h2-0-
2----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
x1
-|------------
-|------------
-|-------0-2-0
-|--0-2-------
-|------------
-|------------
Gx1
---------|
---------|
--0------|
---0-2-0-|
---------|
---------|
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|-----------0
A|--2---2--3--
E|----3-------
Gx2
--|-----------
--|----0---0--
--|--0---2---0
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
Cd1 Cx1
--|-------|---
--|-------|---
--|--0-2--|--0
--|-------|---
--|-------|---
--|-------|---
Gd1
------|-------
---0--|--1----
h2----|----2--
------|-------
------|-------
------|-------
Dd1
|-------------
|-------------
|----0---0--2-
|--2---2------
|-------------
|-------------
G (begin verse 1)
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0--|
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[Verse 1]
If my words di
d glow with th
e gold of suns
hine
And my tunes w
ere played on
the harp unstr
ung
Would you hear
my voice come
through the m
usic
Would you hold
it near as it
were your own
?
[Verse 2]
It's a hand-me
-down, the tho
ughts are brok
en
Perhaps they'r
e better left
unsung
I don't know,
don't really c
are
Let there be s
ongs to fill t
he air
[Chorus]
Ripple in stil
l water
When there is
no pebble toss
ed
Nor wind to bl
ow
[Verse 3]
Reach out your
hand if your
cup be empty
If your cup is
full may it b
e again
Let it be know
n there is a f
ountain
That was not m
ade by the han
ds of men
[Verse 4]
There is a roa
d, no simple h
ighway
Between the da
wn and the dar
k of night
And if you go
no one may fol
low
That path is f
or your steps
alone
[Chorus]
Ripple in stil
l water
When there is
no pebble toss
ed
Nor wind to bl
ow
[Verse 5]
You who choose
to lead must
follow
But if you fal
l you fall alo
ne
If you should
stand then who
's to guide yo
u?
If I knew the
way I would ta
ke you home
[Outro Verse]
Lat da dat da,
Lah da-ah da
da, da
La da da, la d
a, da da da-ah
, da da
Lat da dat da,
Lah da-ah da
da, da
La da da da, L
ah da da da da
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| h Hammer-on
| d One down strum
| p Pull-off
| example(s): "Gx2" woould mean play 2 bars of G...
"C/d1" means C chord with 1 down stroke...
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