Ripple

Robert Hunter


See below for guitar tab

[G]If my words did glow with the gold of [C]sunshine
[C]And my tunes were played on the harp unst[G]rung
[G]Would you hear my voice come through the [C]music
[C]Would you [G]hold it [D]near [C]as it were your [G]own?

[G]It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are [C]broken
[C]Perhaps they're better left un[G]sung
[G]I don't know, don't really [C]care
[G]Let there be [D]songs [C]to fill the [G]air

[Am]Ripple in still [D]water
When there [G]is no pebble [C]tossed
Nor [A]wind to [D]blow

Reach out your [G]hand if your cup be [C]empty
[C]If your cup is full may it be aga[G]in
[G]Let it be known there is a [C]fountain
[G]That was not [D]made [C]by the hands of [G]men

[G]There is a road, no simple [C]highway
[C]Between the dawn and the dark of [G]night
[G]And if you go no one may [C]follow
[G]That path is [D]for [C]your steps [G]alone

[Am]Ripple in still [D]water
When there [G]is no pebble [C]tossed
Nor [A]wind to [D]blow

You who [G]choose to lead must [C]follow
[C]But if you fall you fall al[G]one
[G]If you should stand then who's to [C]guide you?
[G]If I knew the [D]way [C]I would take you [G]home


Lat da dat [G]da, Lah da-ah da [C]da, da
[C]La da da, la da, da da da-ah, da [G]da
[G]Lat da dat da, Lah da-ah da [C]da, da
[G]La da da [D]da, [C]Lah da da da [G]da

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------| Strum G chord here
D|------------0-----|
A|-2----2--3--------|
E|---3-----------3--|

e|------------------------|
B|-------0----0-----1-----|
G|---0-0---2-----0--------| Strum C Chord
D|--------------------0-2-|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---------1---------1-------1---------------|
G|------0-----0h2-0------------0h2p0-0-------|
D|--0h2-----------------0-2------------0h2-0-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------| Strum G chord here
D|------------0-----|
A|-2----2--3--------|
E|---3-----------3--|

e|--------------------------|
B|-------0----0-----1-------|
G|---0-0---2-----0----------| Strum C Chord
D|--------------------0-2-0-|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|-------0-0--1-------1------------|
G|---0h2--------2--------0-2-0-----| Into the singing...
D|----------------0-2--------------| (Jerry starts singing over the first
A|---------------------------------| riff and then strums the G chord,
E|---------------------------------| I've notated that in the lyrics.)

[Chorus]

(with verse chords),

(two guitar parts)
e|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|-----------------|
G|----------------0-|(0)------0-------|
D|---------0---2----|-------------4---|
A|------------------|---------2---1---|
E|-3----------------|-----3-----------|