Riptide - Vance Joy

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Tuning: G C E A, G C E A

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Vance Joy - Riptide
  
              

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-use your tune

     
r do do this
                            -now you can play these chords and it will
                             be in the same key as him
                          Here is the link to play along with the live version

                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQmyQqbQlFA


│                    
I was scared o

             
f dentists and

     
 the dark
            
I was scared o

             
f pretty girls

     
 and starting 

conversations
           
Oh, all my fri

              
ends are turni

   
ng green
            
You're the mag

             
ician’s assist

             
ant in their d

reams
        
Ah oooooh, aho

             
oooh, and they

  /
 come unstuck
----------

           
Lady, running 

             
down to the ri

              
ptide, taken a

           
way to the dar

k 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 lu

         
mp in my throa

t 'cuz
             
You've gone an

           
d sang the wor

ds wrong
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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
          
Ah oooooh, ah 

           
ooooh, and the

   /
y come unstuck
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Lady, running 

             
down to the ri

              
ptide, taken a

           
way to the dar

k 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 lu

         
mp in my throa

t 'cuz
             
You've gone an

           
d sang the wor

ds wrong
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E|----------3-
B|------------
G|------------
D|--0h2--2----

-------|
-1-----|    X4
-------|
----2--|


          
I just wanna, 

          
I just wanna k

       
now,  if you'r

             
e gonna, if yo

           
u're gonna sta

 
y
          
I just gotta, 

          
I just gotta k

       
now,  I can't 

             
have it, I can

           
't have it any

 
 other way
----------

  /         
I swear she's 

  /          
destined for t

   /
he screen
 /          
Closest thing 

    /        
to Michelle Pf

        /
eiffer that yo

u've ever seen

 oh

           
Lady, running 

             
down to the ri

              
ptide, taken a

           
way to the dar

k 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 lu

         
mp in my throa

t 'cuz
             
You've gone an

         
d sang the wor

ds wrong
----------

           
Oh lady, runni

              
ng down to the

             
 riptide, take

              
n 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 lu

         
mp in my throa

t 'cuz
             
You've gone an

        
d sang the wor

ds wrong
------------
           
Oh lady, runni

              
ng down to the

             
 riptide, take

              
n 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 lu

         
mp in my throa

t 'cuz
             
You've gone an

              
d sang the wor

   
ds wrong
              
and, I got a l

          
ump in my thro

at 'cause
             
You've gone an

           
d sang the wor

ds wrong      

       
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  (2 2 1 0) (Dm in Open C6 tuning)         / = 1 strum
  (0 0 0 3) (C in Open C6 tuning)
  (2 0 1 0) (F in Open C6 tuning)
  (2 0 1 3) (F/C in Open C6 tuning)
  (0 0 1 3) (Csus4 in Open C6 tuning)
  (3 2 1 0) (Bbmaj7 in Open C6 tuning)


 (G C E A) which is now tuned to
 (D G B E) which is the bottom 4 strings of a guitar

So, he is playing               we are playing

(because he plays guitar)       (because we play Uke)

Am    (2 2 1 0)               (Dm in Open C6 tuning)
G     (0 0 0 3)               (C in Open C6 tuning)
C     (2 0 1 0)               (F in Open C6 tuning)
C/G   (2 0 1 3)               (F/C in Open C6 tuning)
Gsus4 (0 0 1 3)               (Csus4 in Open C6 tuning)
Fmaj7 (3 2 1 0)               (Bbmaj7 in Open C6 tuning)

  ___________       SAME          ____________

People who play Baritone Uke are playing guitar chords

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