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Vance Joy - Riptide Chords

[intro] x2
Bbm  Ab  Db

[verse 1]
Bbm              Ab                Db
I was scared of dentists and the dark
Bbm              Ab
I was scared of pretty girls and
  Db
starting conversations
    Bbm         Ab               Db
Oh, all my friends are turning green
           Bbm          Ab
You're the magician's assistant in their
  Db
dreams

[pre-chorus]
Bbm   Ab    Db
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Bbm   Ab             Db
Ooh, ooh, and they come unstuck

[chorus]
Bbm    Ab                   Db
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Bbm
taken away to the dark side,
 Ab               Db
I wanna be your left hand man
  Bbm       Ab                        Db
I love you when you're singing that song,
and I got a lump
      Bbm
In my throat, 'cause
 Ab                       Db
you're gonna sing the words wrong

[verse 2]
Bbm                 Ab
There's this movie that
                 Db
I think you'll like
     Bbm             Ab
This guy decides to quit his job and
  Db
heads to New York City
     Bbm       Ab            Db
This cowboy's running from himself
    Bbm                Ab                Db
And she's been living on the highest shelf

[pre-chorus]
Bbm   Ab    Db
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Bbm   Ab             Db
Ooh, ooh, and they come unstuck

[chorus]
Bbm    Ab                   Db
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Bbm
taken away to the dark side,
 Ab               Db
I wanna be your left hand man
  Bbm       Ab                        Db
I love you when you're singing that song,
and I got a lump
      Bbm
In my throat, 'cause
 Ab                       Db
you're gonna sing the words wrong

[interlude]
Db

[bridge]
Bbm                         Ab
I just wanna, I just wanna know
Db                                  Gbmaj7
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
Bbm                             Ab
I just gotta, I just gotta know
Db
I can't have it,
                 Gbmaj7
I can't have it any other way

[pre-chorus]
  Bbm          Ab                Db
I swear she's destined for the screen
Bbm               Ab                 Db
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that
you've ever seen, oh

[chorus]
Bbm    Ab                   Db
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Bbm
taken away to the dark side,
 Ab               Db
I wanna be your left hand man
  Bbm       Ab                        Db
I love you when you're singing that song,
and I got a lump
      Bbm             Ab
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna
             Db
sing the words wrong
Bbm    Ab                   Db
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Bbm
taken away to the dark side,
 Ab               Db
I wanna be your left hand man
  Bbm       Ab                        Db
I love you when you're singing that song,
and I got a lump
      Bbm             Ab
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna
             Db
sing the words wrong
Bbm    Ab                   Db
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Bbm
taken away to the dark side,
 Ab               Db
I wanna be your left hand man
  Bbm       Ab                        Db
I love you when you're singing that song,
and I got a lump
      Bbm             Ab
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna
                 Db
sing the words wrong yeah, I got a lump
      Bbm             Ab
In my throat, 'cause you're gonna
                 Db
sing the words wrong

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