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Vance Joy - Riptide
Tuning: Open G#6 (D# G# B# E#) on the studioversion, Open G6 (D G B E) played live
Key: A# minor (A# B# C# D# E# F# G# A#) on the studioversion, A minor (A B C D E F G A) played live
Tempo: 100 bpm (average)
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube (if you wanna play like Vance): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49s8tIPVV4
Link to Steven Shaw's tutorial (if you want normal tuning): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRKNw4vY5jo
After a few low votes and people not understanding the information given, I wanna clarify this further.
Vance uses Open G#6 tuning on the studioversion and Open G6 tuning in all the live performances I found.
However the chords here is written in normal C6 tuning, which means you can play along with the studio-
version using the normal chord shapes for Am G C plus a capo on first fret. Then for those who wanna play
as Vance, I've written correct shapes below along with their chord names in C6 tuning within parentheses.
Intro
Verse 1 + Pre-Chorus 1
I was scared of d
entists and the d
ark
I was scared of pr
etty girls and st
arting conversations
Oh,
all my fr
iends are turning gr
een
You're the m
agicians ass
istant in their dr
eams
Ah
ooo
h,
ah
ooh
, and they c
ome unstuck
Chorus 1
Lady, r
unning down to the r
iptide, taken away to the d
ark side
I wanna be your l
eft hand man
I l
ove you wh
en you're singing that s
ong and, I got a lump in my thr
oat 'cause
Y
ou're gonna sing the w
ords wrong
Verse 2 + Pre-Chorus 2
Th
ere's this movie th
at I think you'll l
ike
This g
uy decides to q
uit his job and h
eads to New York City
This c
owboy's r
unning from hims
elf
And sh
e's been living
on the highest sh
elf
Ah
ooo
h,
ah
ooh
, and they c
ome unstuck
Chorus 2
Lady, r
unning down to the r
iptide, taken away to the d
ark side
I wanna be your l
eft hand man
I l
ove you wh
en you're singing that s
ong and, I got a lump in my thr
oat 'cause
Y
ou're gonna sing the w
ords wrong
Bridge
I just wanna, I just wanna
know,
if
you're gonna, if you're gonna
stay
I just gotta, I just gotta
know,
I
can't have it, I can't have i
t any other way
I sw
ear she's d
estined for the scr
een
Cl
osest thing to M
ichelle Pfeiffer th
at you've ever seen oh
Chorus 3-5
Lady, r
unning down to the r
iptide, taken away to the d
ark side
I wanna be your l
eft hand man
I l
ove you wh
en you're singing that s
ong and, I got a lump in my thr
oat 'cause
Y
ou're gonna sing the w
ords wrong
Oh l
ady, r
unning down to the r
iptide, taken away to the d
ark side
I wanna be your l
eft hand man
I l
ove you wh
en you're singing that s
ong and, I got a lump in my thr
oat 'cause
Y
ou're gonna sing the w
ords wrong
Oh l
ady, r
unning down to the r
iptide, taken away to the d
ark side
I wanna be your l
eft hand man
I l
ove you wh
en you're singing that s
ong and, I got a lump in my thr
oat 'cause
Y
ou're gonna sing the words wr
ong and, I got a lump in my thr
oat 'cause
Y
ou're gonna sing the w
ords wrong
Chords:
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 (2 0 1 3) (he uses this variation of F in the Stick and on the Interlude)
Gsus4 (0 0 1 3) (Csus4 in Open C6 tuning)
Fmaj7 (3 2 1 0) (Bbmaj7 in Open C6 tuning)
Sometimes live he replaces the Fmaj7 with a:
Fadd2 (3 2 1 3) (Bbadd2 in Open C6 tuning)
Clarification:
Chordname (G C E A) which is now tuned to either (D# G# B# E#) or (D G B E)
If you like this transcription, feel free to check out my YouTube channel where I post tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/astlessons
//Robert
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