Ripples 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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H1xV998xI0
 
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
 
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
|  /  /__/  /  /__/  |  /  /__/  /  /__/  |  /   /   /   /  ||
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