RIPPLE
Grateful Dead


VERSE 1:
                G                     C
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
                                       G
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
                  G                      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                      C
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
                              G
Perhaps they're better left unsung
        G                  C
I don't know, don't really care
G            D     C             G
Let there be songs   to fill the air

CHORUS:
Am              D
Ripple in still water
            G            C
Where there is no pebble tossed
    A       D
Nor wind to blow

VERSE 3:
Reach out your hand if your cup is empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

VERSE 4:
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

[CHORUS]

VERSE 5:
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home

OUTRO:
                    (verse chords)
La-dee-da-da-daa... (verse melody)