Riptide

[Intro]
Em D G G 2x


[Verse]
Em              D        
  I was scared of dentists
         G
and the dark,
Em              D            
  I was scared of pretty girls
      G
and starting conversations,
Em        D       
  Oh all my friends
             G
are turning green,
Em                   D         
  You're the magicians assistant
          G
in their dreams.


[Pre-chorus]
Em   D   G
Ooh, ooh ooh
Em  D         G~
Ooh, and they come unstuck


[Chorus]
Em    D                   G
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Em
taken away to the dark side,
D               G
I wanna be your left hand man.
  Em       D           
  I love you when you're
              G
singing that song
                       Em
and I got a lump in my throat
       D            
  'cause you're gonna
          G
sing the words wrong


[Verse]
Em                 D    
  There's this movie that
                G
I think you'll like,
     Em             D        
  this guy decides to quit his
         G
job and heads to New York City,
     Em       D       
  this cowboy's running
         G
from himself.
    Em                
  And she's been living
  D              G
on the highest shelf


[Pre-chorus]
Em   D   G
Ooh, ooh ooh
Em  D         G~
Ooh, and they come unstuck


[Chorus]
Em    D                   G
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Em
taken away to the dark side,
D               G
I wanna be your left hand man.
  Em       D           
  I love you when you're
              G
singing that song
                       Em
and I got a lump in my throat
       D            
  'cause you're gonna
          G
sing the words wrong


[Interlude]
Em D G G


[Bridge]
Em                         D
I just wanna, I just wanna know,
G                
  If you're gonna,
                  C
if you're gonna stay,
Em                         D
I just gotta, I just gotta know,
G                        
  I can't have it, I can't
         C~
have it any other way
  Em          D        
  I swear she's destined
          G
for the screen,
Em               D                 
  Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer
  G
that you've ever seen, oh


[Chorus]
Em    D                   G
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Em
taken away to the dark side,
D               G
I wanna be your left hand man.
  Em       D           
  I love you when you're
              G
singing that song
                       Em
and I got a lump in my throat
       D            
  'cause you're gonna
          G
sing the words wrong


[Chorus]
Em    D                   G
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Em
taken away to the dark side,
D               G
I wanna be your left hand man.
  Em       D           
  I love you when you're
              G
singing that song
                       Em
and I got a lump in my throat
       D            
  'cause you're gonna
          G
sing the words wrong


[Chorus]
Em    D                   G
Lady, running down to the riptide,
                  Em
taken away to the dark side,
D               G
I wanna be your left hand man.
  Em       D           
  I love you when you're
              G
singing that song
                       Em
and I got a lump in my throat
       D            
  'cause you're gonna
          G
sing the words wrong
                   Em
I got a lump in my throat
       D            
  'cause you're gonna
          G~
sing the words wrong.