Riptide

[Intro]
Dm C F F 2x


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


[Pre-chorus]
Dm   C   F
Ooh, ooh ooh
Dm  C         F~
Ooh, and they come unstuck


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


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


[Pre-chorus]
Dm   C   F
Ooh, ooh ooh
Dm  C         F~
Ooh, and they come unstuck


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


[Interlude]
Dm C F F


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


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


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


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