I thought I should make an as accurate tab for this song, as I didn’t completely agree with the others.
Got any suggestions or corrections? Please contact me about it: peterbruins@msn.com.

       
Strumming:    

     
  U-D--DUD OR 


D-D—-UDU (U=up

, D=down)
(I think the first one is the most accurate, but the secoond one might be easier to play.)
Chords:         Dm              2210
                C               0003 OR 0033
                F               2010
                Bb              3211
                Bbmaj7          2211


                    
                    

            
I was scared o

             
f dentists and

                    
 the dark
            
I was scared o

             
f pretty girls

             
 and starting 

       
conversations,

 oh
           
All my friends

              
 are turning g

                
reen
            
You're the mag

             
icians assista

              
nt in their dr

               
eams

           
Oooooooooooooo

              
oooooooooooh
Dm      C           F (stum once and hold)
Ooooooooh, and they come unstuck

           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide
             
Taken away to 

    
the dark side
             
I wanna be you

           
r left hand ma

n
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

       
ng that song a

nd
             
I got a lump i

     
n my throat 'c

ause
             
You're gonna s

             
ing the words 

          
wrong

            
There's this m

             
ovie that I th

             
ink you'll lik

     
e
            
This guy decid

             
es to quit his

             
 job and heads

             
 to New York C

ity,
            
This cowboy's 

             
running from h

           
imself.
            
And she's been

             
 living on the

                      
 highest shelf

           
Oooooooooooooo

              
oooooooooooh
Dm      C           F (stum once and hold)
Ooooooooh, and they come unstuck

           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide
             
Taken away to 

    
the dark side
             
I wanna be you

            
r left hand ma

n
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

       
ng that song a

nd
             
I got a lump i

     
n my throat 'c

ause
             
You're gonna s

             
ing the words 

          
wrong

F  -------3---
C  ---------3-
G# -----------
D# -0h2-2-----

----------3---
------------3-
--------------
2---0h2-2-----

----------3---
------------3-
--------------
2---0h2-2-----

----------3---
------------3-
--------------
2---0h2-2-----

---|
---|
---|
2--|

            
I just wanna, 

             
I just wanna k

   
now,
             
If you're gonn

              
a, if you're g

     
onna stay,
            
I just gotta, 

             
I just gotta k

   
now,
F                                Bb (stum once and hold)
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way

Strum once and hold:
            
        I swea

             
r she's destin

           
ed for the scr

een,
            
        Closes

             
t thing to Mic

              
helle Pfeiffer

  
 that you've e

ver seen, oh

Softly:
            
        Lady, 

             
running down t

      
o the riptide
             
        Taken 

            
away to the da

rk side
             
        I wann

             
a be your left

            
 hand man
            
        I love

             
 you when you'

              
re singing tha

  
t song and
             
        I got 

              
a lump in my t


hroat 'cause
             
        You're

              
 gonna sing th

                           
e words wrong

           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide
             
Taken away to 

    
the dark side
             
I wanna be you

             
r left hand ma

 
n
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

        
ng that song a

nd
             
I got a lump i

     
n my throat 'c

ause
             
You're gonna s

             
ing the words 

            
wrong

           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide
             
Taken away to 

    
the dark side
             
I wanna be you

             
r left hand ma

 
n
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

        
ng that song a

nd
             
I got a lump i

     
n my throat 'c

ause
C                       F (strum once and hold)
You're gonna sing the words wrong