Ripple Cifras

Ripple
Grateful Dead
 
Tuning: Standard
*See notes at bottom
 
I have painstakingly "created" 100% of this through the help of Youtubers: "Nashville Guitar Guru" and
"MunsonMusicLive."
Links to their respective Ripple tutorials: NGG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-PMZe6BDg&t=795s
MML: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79yDFH7IM2U
 
Verses strum(s) :: GGCC,  CCCG, GGCC, GDCG    (with "swing feel")
Chorus stum :: AmAmDD / GCAD
 
Strum Pattern (simple version) :: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &        D= down, U= up
                                  D   D U   U D U
 
 
Strum Pattern (as Jerry played) :: 1 & 2 & 3 &   4 &     B= strike Bass,  5th= strike fifth
                                   B   D U  5th  D U
 
 
Bass or Root for G chord: E         5th for G: D
For C: A3                           5th for C: E3
For D: D                            5th for D: A
For Am & A: A                       5th for Am, A: E
 
 
"Base Walks" for chord changes:
 
G>C: E3, A0, A2
C>G: A3, A2, A0
G>D: E3, A2, A3
D>C: D0, D0, D0hp
 
 
 
[Intro]
               Gx2         C/d1     C/d1     C/d1      Cx1                   Gx1
e|-------------|-------------|-------|---------|---------|---------------------|
B|-------------|----0---0----|-------|---------|---------|---------------------|
G|-------------|--0---2---0--|-------|------0--|--0h2-0--|-------0-2-0--0------|
D|----------0--|-------------|--0-2--|--0-2----|---------|--0-2----------0-2-0-|
A|-2---2--3----|-------------|-------|---------|---------|---------------------|
E|---3---------|-------------|-------|---------|---------|---------------------|
 
               Gx2           Cd1     Cx1        Gd1     Dd1              G (begin verse 1)
e|--------------|-------------|-------|---------|-------|----------------|
B|--------------|----0---0----|-------|------0--|--1----|----------------|
G|--------------|--0---2---0--|--0-2--|--0h2----|----2--|----0---0--2-0--|
D|-----------0--|-------------|-------|---------|-------|--2---2---------|
A|--2---2--3----|-------------|-------|---------|-------|----------------|
E|----3---------|-------------|-------|---------|-------|----------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G              G              C        C
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
C           C           C              G
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
G         G               C         C
Would you hear my voice come through the music
G           D             C           G
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G         G                 C         C
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
C    C       C               G
Perhaps they're better left unsung
G      G        C          C
I don't know, don't really care
G            D     C    G
Let there be songs to fill the air
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am    AM      D     D
Ripple in still water
G            C
When there is no pebble tossed
A       D
Nor wind to blow
 
 
[Verse 3]
G       G            C           C
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
C       C        C          G
If your cup is full may it be again
G       G            C         C
Let it be known there is a fountain
G        D         C           G
That was not made by the hands of men
 
 
[Verse 4]
G        G           C         C
There is a road, no simple highway
C       C        C       G
Between the dawn and the dark of night
G       G           C        C
And if you go no one may follow
G        D         C          G
That path is for your steps alone
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am    Am     D     D
Ripple in still water
G            C
When there is no pebble tossed
A       D
Nor wind to blow
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
G       G            C        C
You who choose to lead must follow
C       C        C        G
But if you fall you fall alone
G        G            C        C
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
G         D          C            G
If I knew the way I would take you home
 
 
[Outro Verse]
 
           G                C
Lat da dat da, Lah da-ah da da, da
C                                G
La da da, la da, da da da-ah, da da
G                           C
Lat da dat da, Lah da-ah da da, da
G        D   C            G
La da da da, Lah da da da da
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| d  One down strum
| p  Pull-off
| example(s): "Gx2" woould mean play 2 bars of G...
             "C/d1" means C chord with 1 down stroke...
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