Ripple

By Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia (1970)

Strum: d du udu
1 2& - & 4&

Intro:
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A ------------------------------------------- 0-2-0-- 2-------------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------3---------------3----- -0------------- ----0-2-3-------- -------3-0------ -0-2---3----- -0----------
C -------------0---2------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--
G -4-2- 4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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A --------------------------------------------0-2-0-- 2--------------------------------0--2------ -2--3-- --0-------------- ---------------0--- --------------------
E -----------------------------------------3---------------3---- -0--------------- ---3-------------------------------------------0-3--- -3---------3----------------
C -------------0---2------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -4-2- 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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If my words did glow------------- with the go-old of sun------ shine----
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and my tunes---------- were pla-----yed on the harp---- un------- strung
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Would you hear my voice---- come thro-ugh the mu----- sic---- ?
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Would you hold---- i----- it near-------------- as it---- were your own?

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It's a hand-me- down--------------- The thou-ghts are bro------ ken----
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Per-haps they’re better--- left---- un------- sung---
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I don’t know--------------- don’t re-eally ca------ re----
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Let---- there be songs-------------- to fill the air---------------- A----- 2-----0-----
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Chorus: Am . . . | . . . . |D . . . | . . .
Ri---------- ip---ple in------------ still wa--a--- ter------
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Where there is no peb-ble tossed Nor wind---- to---- blow---

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Reach out your-- hand-------------- if your cu---- up be emp---- ty-----
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If your cup--- is full--- may it be---- a-------- gain
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Let it be--- known--------------- there i------ is a foun------ tain---
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that--- was not made--- by the-- hands of men

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There is a--- road------------ no si--- imple high----- way---
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Be-- tween--- the dawn--- and the dark--- of----- night
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And if you--- go------------ no o--- one may fol--------- low---
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That--- path is for---- your steps a--- lone-------- A----- 2-----0-----
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Chorus: Am . . . | . . . . |D . . . | . . .
Ri---------- ip---ple in------------ still wa--a-- ter------
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Where there is no peb-ble tossed Nor wind---- to---- blow---

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You who--- choose----- to le--- ead must fol------- low---
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But if------ you fall---- you fall----- a--------- lone
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If you should stand---- then who-o’s to guide--- you--- ?
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If I--- kne-ew the way--------- I would--- take you home

Ending: G . . | . . . . | . . . . |C . . . | . . .
Lada da da Daa------------- La da-ah da Da--- Da----
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Lada Da--- da dada--- Lada Da--- Da--- Da
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Lada da da Daa------------- La da-ah da Da--- Da----
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La---- Da Da Da----------------- La-da----- Da Da Daa--------

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