Riptide

BPM: 171 

Intro: 
Dm Dm7 
Dm Dm7 
Dm Dm7 
Dm Dm7 
Dm Dm7 
Dm Dm7 
Dm Dm7 
Dm Dm7 


 
       Dm         Dm7 Dm      Dm7   Dm   Dm7 Dm 
I have dreamt far too long on these things, 
Dm  Dm7    Dm       Dm7 Dm         Dm7  A7 
The rising tide and the panic that it   brings, 
       Dm          Dm      Dm            G 
Tho my feet may be planted firmly in the sand, 
  Dm               Dm      A7                Dm    Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm  C Dm 
I fear the hand of god may strike me where I stand. 
 

 
          Dm          Dm7 Dm    Dm7 Dm        Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Four long days and wasted nights    I did lay a---wake, 
Dm7 Dm             Dm7 Dm   Dm7 Dm            Dm7  A7 
I   would not shut my  eyes for fear I'd draw my   fate, 
       Dm        Dm     Dm          G 
But my eyes fell heavy  and full of sleep, 
   Dm        Dm               A7        Dm    Dm7 Dm 
Oh why sweet lord have you no mercy for me. 
 

 
Dm     C 
Whisky burn, 
        G 
Soak my soul, 
         Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Drown my pride, 
     C 
No return, 
       G 
Down I go, 
   Dm   Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Riptide. 
 

 
Dm7 Dm      Dm7   Dm   Dm7 Dm   Dm7  Dm    Dm7 Dm 
I   used to dance time on  lucifer's ground, 
Dm7 Dm        Dm7 Dm       Dm7 Dm     Dm7  A7 
The trick was in  tripping but not falling down, 
Dm7 Dm          Dm7  Dm         Dm7 Dm        Dm7  G 
I   danced with that devil till my  legs were un---done, 
    Dm7 Dm     Dm7  Dm         Dm7 A7            Dm    Dm7 Dm 
But the fiddle kept level till I'd lost what I'd won. 
 

 
Dm     C 
Whisky burn, 
        G 
Soak my soul, 
         Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Drown my pride, 
     C 
No return, 
       G 
Down I go, 
   Dm   Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Riptide.  



Instrumental: 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 A7 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 G 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 A7 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 
Dm7 Dm 

 
Dm7     Dm* 
You can carry my body but dont bury me deep, 
    Dm*                                       A7 
You can wrap me in linen but you know I wont sleep, 
Dm7 Dm       Dm7 Dm         Dm7 Dm       Dm7 G 
If  you know the reason for my  cold lonely  end, 
Dm7     Dm      Dm7      Dm       Dm7      A7       Dm   Dm7 Dm 
Let the riptide pull you down and push you back up again. 
 

 
Dm     C 
Whisky burn, 
        G 
Soak my soul, 
         Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Drown my pride, 
     C 
No return, 
       G 
Down I go, 
   Dm   Dm7 Dm 
Riptide. 
 

Outro 
Dm     C 
Whisky burn, 
        G 
Soak my soul, 
         Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Drown my pride, 
     C 
No return, 
       G 
Down I go, 
   Dm   Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm  Dm7 Dm 
Riptide.