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Ripple 
Grateful Dead
American Beauty

Transcribed By: Matt Schultz
Tuning: Standard

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Verse` 1
 G                                     C
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
 C                                        G
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
 G                                        C     
Would you hear my voice come through the music
 C         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
 C                             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
When there is no pebble tossed
     A       D
Nor wind to blow 


Verse 3
                G                   C
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
 C                                G
If your cup is full may it be again
 G                          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                          C
There is a road, no simple highway
 C                                G
Between the dawn and the dark of night
 G                        C
And if you go no one may follow
 G            D   C          G
That path is for your steps alone


(Chorus) 


Verse 5
         G                   C
You who choose to lead must follow
 C                          G
But if you fall you fall alone
 G                                 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