Ripple

Grateful Dead

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V ii

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken;
Perhaps they're better left unsung.
I don't know, don't really care.
Let there be songs to fill the air.

Verse 3

Am              D                 G            C
Ripple in still water, when there is no pebble tossed,
    A7      D
Nor wind to blow.

Verse 4

Reach out your hand if your cup be 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 5

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.

Verse 6

Ripple in still water, when there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.

Verse 7

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.

Verse 8

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