Vance Joy - Riptide: chords

For beginners the Am key is easier to play - try it!

A#m  G#  C#  C#
A#m  G#  C#  C#

A#m              G#               C#
I was scared of dentists and the dark
A#m              G#
I was scared of pretty girls
      C#
And starting conversations
    A#m      G#                 C#
Oh, all my friends are turning green
           A#m          G#                C#
You're the magician's assistant in their dream

 A#m   G#    C#
Aoooh, oooh, oooh
 A#m   G#             C#
Aoooh, oooh, and they come unstuck

Chorus:
  A#m    G#                  C#
  Lady, running down to the riptide,
                     A#m
  Taken away to the dark side,
  G#               C#
  I wanna be your left hand man
    A#m       G#                      C#
  I love you when you're singing that song
                           A#m
  And I got a lump in my throat
          G#                    C#
  'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

A#m                 G#                 C#
There's this movie that I think you'll like
     A#m             G#
This guy decides to quit his job
     C#
And heads to New York City
     A#m       G#             C#
This cowboy's running from himself
     A#m              G#               C#
And she's been living on the highest shelf

 A#m   G#    C#
Aoooh, oooh, oooh
 A#m   G#             C#
Aoooh, oooh, and they come unstuck

Chorus:
  A#m    G#                  C#
  Lady, running down to the riptide
                     A#m
  Taken away to the dark side
  G#               C#
  I wanna be your left hand man
    A#m       G#                       C#
  I love you when you're singing that song
                           A#m
  And I got a lump in my throat
          G#                    C#
  'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

A#m  A#m  A#m  A#m

A#m                         G#
I just wanna, I just wanna know
C#                                F#
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
A#m                           G#
I just gotta, I just gotta know
C#                               F#
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way

   A#m         G#                C#
I swear she's destined for the screen
 A#m              G#
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer
 C#
That you've ever seen, oh

Chorus:
  A#m    G#                  C#
  Lady, running down to the riptide
                     A#m
  Taken away to the dark side
  G#               C#
  I wanna be your left hand man
    A#m       G#                       C#
  I love you when you're singing that song
                           A#m
  And I got a lump in my throat
          G#                    C#
  'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
     A#m    G#                  C#
  Oh lady, running down to the riptide
                     A#m
  Taken away to the dark side
  G#               C#
  I wanna be your left hand man
     A#m       G#                      C#
  I love you when you're singing that song
                           A#m
  And I got a lump in my throat
          G#                    C#
  'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
      A#m   G#                  C#
  Oh lady, running down to the riptide
                     A#m
  Taken away to the dark side
  G#               C#
  I wanna be your left hand man
    A#m        G#                      C#
  I love you when you're singing that song
                           A#m
  And I got a lump in my throat
          G#                           C#
  'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong, yeah
                       A#m
  I got a lump in my throat
          G#                    C#
  'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

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