Ripples — Genesis
Chords and lyrics for Ripples by Genesis (key of E).
Verse 1
[E]Blue girls come in every size
[Bmaj7] [Em]Some are [F#m]wise [E/G#]and some are the wise
They got [B]pretty blue eyes
Verse 2
For [Bm7]now a [Em/G][F]man may [D]change
[E7/G#]For [Dm]now the face looks strange [C/G]looks strange
[D] [G]
Verse 3
Marching [E]to the promised land
[Bmaj7/F#]Where [Asus2/E]the honey flows [E]and takes you by the hand
Pulls [G#m7]you down on your knees
Verse 4
While [Dm/F]you're down a pool appears
[E][E7/D]The [D#]face in the water looks strange
Looks up [Em]and [D#]she shakes her hand
Verse 5
As [F#m]if to say [C]that it's the [D/A]last time you'll [C]look like today
[B] [A]
Chorus 1
Stay the wrong way, wrong way
[Am][E]People's never come by
Come [F#m/C#]to me all the time
[F#]Stay [A]the wrong way, wrong [B7]way
[E]
Verse 6
The face that launched a thousand ships
[Bmaj7]Is [Em]sinking fast, [F#m][E]that happens you know
The [B/F#]water gets below, [G#m7]seems [Dm/F]not very long ago
Verse 7
[E7/G#]Lovelier [Dm]she was than [C/G]any that [D]I know
[G]Angels [E]never know it's time
Verse 8
[Bmaj7/F#]To close [E]the book and gracefully decline
The song [D#m]is found to tale
[Em/B][Dm/F]My water jealous pool [G7]is she
Verse 9
[E/B]The face [D#]in the water looks up
[Em]She [Am/E]shakes her head as if [C]to say
That the [D]blue girls have [Am7/C]all gone away
[B7][A]Stay the way away
Chorus 2
[Cmaj7/E]People's never come by
[Em7][E]They've [F#m7]gone to the other side
[Bm/F#][F#]Look [A]into the pool
[Am][E]We first never thought I'd
[F#m]Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To [F#sus4]see where they've gone
[F#]All [A]have gone to the other side
Interlude 1
[Am] [B7] [Am/E] [E] [C#m] [Bm/D] [C#m] [Bm/D] [A/E] [C#m] [Bm/D] [C#] [Bm/D] [A/E] [C#m] [A] [Bm] [A] [E/B] [F#m/C#] [C#m] [E/G#]
Verse 10
The [Amaj7/C#]song [E/B]is found to tale
[B] [E/G#] [F#m] [E/B] [B] [E/G#] [F#m] [E] [G#/D#] [C#sus4/F#] [C#m] [F#] [Amaj7] [F#m] [Bm]
Verse 11
The [C#m]song is found to tale
[E] [Bm] [E7] [C#m] [Bm/D] [C#m] [Bm/D] [A/E] [C#m] [A#m7/C#] [E] [Bm/D] [C#m] [Bm/D] [A/E] [C#m] [Bm] [A] [E/B] [F#m/C#] [C#m] [E/G#] [C#m] [E/B] [B]
Verse 12
The [E/G#]song is [F#m]found to tale
The [E/B]song is found to tale
[F#m/A] [E/G#] [F#m] [E] [G#/D#] [Amaj7] [F#m] [Bm] [E/B] [Bm7] [E] [Bm] [E] [Bm] [E] [Am] [E] [F#m] [Bm/F#] [F#] [A] [Amaj7] [B7/A] [E]
Bridge
Last time your son came through [F#m]the brink
He does not belong in her arms and [Bm/F#][F#]remains closed to her.
My God!
You're [Amaj7]just like me.
So you better start to know,
We're walking to the [F#m/A]room
[B]The [E]river's never gone high, no matter
Dive [F#m]through the door and go to the top
To [Bm/F#]see where there you go
Outro
[F#]We've [Amaj7]gone to the other side
[B7/A]We've [E]lost never come by
Stay [F#m]away away
[Bm/F#][F#]Stay [Amaj7]away away
[B]Stay away away
[E]We've lost never come by
Stay away [F#m]away