Genesis – Ripples (Guitar)
Capo 2
• Video Lesson
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Song: Ripples
Artist: Genesis
Composers: Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks
Album: A trick of the tail
Tabbed by: DJ 13th Oct 2014
To hear the song, copy and paste this link:
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Dmaj7/A = x00222 Cm6/D# = xx1213 C#dim = xx2323 D7 = xx0212
Amaj7 = x02120 D/C = x30232 Dm = xx0231 Em7 = 022030
A7sus4 = x02030 Bb = x13331 C7/Bb = x12010 E7sus4 = 020200
D = xx0232 C = x32010 A7 = x02020 E7 = 020100
F#m7 = 2x2220 F = 133211 Gmaj7 = 320002 D4 = xx0233
A/G = 302220 D5 = xx0235
Here's a link to Genesis having a rough acoustic practise where Phil is
singing it in D, the key I've transcribed it in, so without the capo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSxcMC2VNuM
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[Verse 1]
Dmaj7/A Amaj7 A7sus4 D Bluegirls come in every size, some are wise and some otherwise, F#m7 Cm6 D/C They got pretty blue eyes, for an hour a man may change, Cm6 Bb C F For an hour her face looks strange, looks strange, looks strange
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7/A Amaj7 Marching to the promised land, A7sus4 D Where the honey flows, and takes you by the hand, F#m7 Cm6 D/C Pulls you down on your knees, while you're down a pool ap - pears, C#dim Dm C#dim The face in the water looks up, and she shakes her head, Bb C7/Bb A7sus4 A7 As if to say, that it's the last time you'll look like to - day!'
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 A/G Dmaj7 D7 Sail away, a - way, ripples never come back, Em7 E7sus4 E7 Gmaj7 A/G D Gone to the other side, sail away, a - way
[Verse 3]
Dmaj7/A Amaj7 The face that launched a thousand ships, A7sus4 D Is sinking fast, that happens you know, F#m7 Cm6 D/C The water gets below, seems not very long a - go, Cm6 Bb C F When lovelier she was ...than any ...that I ...know
[Verse 4]
Dmaj7/A Amaj7 A7sus4 Angels never know it's time ...to close the book, D F#m7 And gracefully decline, the song has found a tale, Cm6 D/C My, what a jealous pool is she, C#dim Dm C#dim The face ...in the water looks up, she shakes her head, Bb C7/Bb A7sus4 A7 As if to say ...that the bluegirls have all gone a - way
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 A/G Dmaj7 D7 Sail away, a - way, ripples never come back, Em7 E7sus4 E7 They've gone to the other side--------, Gmaj7 A/G Dmaj7 D7 Look into the pool, ripples never come back, Em7 Dive to the bottom, and go to the top, E7sus4 E7 To see where they have gone, Gmaj7 A/G D Oh, they've gone to the other side!
[Keyboard instrumental section]
Bm C Bm C G/D Bm/F# Bm/D E/B
Bm C Bm C G/D Bm/F# Bm/D G/B D7/A
G D7/A G/B F#/C#
Bm F#7 Bm G/B D/A A/G D/F# Em
D/A A/G D/F# Em D C# F#/C#
Em9 Em Em9 Em
Am D/A Am D/A Am D/A Am D/A
Gmaj7 A/G A/D D7 Bm/E E7sus4 E
[Chorus reprise]
Gmaj7 A/G Dmaj7 D7 Sail away, a - way, ripples never come back, Em7 E7sus4 E7 They've gone to the other side--------, Gmaj7 A/G Dmaj7 D7 Look into the pool, the ripples never come back, come back, Em7 Dive to the bottom, and go to the top, E7sus4 E7 Gmaj7 A/G To see where they have gone, they've gone to the other side, Dmaj7 D7 Ripples never come back, come back!
[Suggestion for coda]
Em7 E7sus4 E7 Gmaj7 A/G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D D4 D D4 D D4 D D4 D D4 D5 | / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / /__/ | / / / / ||