X: 1
T: Ripple   [G,w]
C: music: Jerry Garcia
C: words: Robert Hunter
R: air
Z: 2020 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K: G
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w: If my words did glow with the gold* of sun-shine
w: | | | | | hand if your cup* be emp-ty,
z4 E2E2 | G4 z2 A2 | G2z2 (D2E2) | G2z2 {D}E4 | "G"D2B,>B, C2^C2 |
w: and my tunes were played on the harp un-strung, Would you hear my
w: if your cup is full, may it be a-gain. Let* it be
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w: voice come through* the mu-sic?
w: known there is* a foun-tain
z8 | "G"B2B2 B2c2 | "D"A4 z4 | "C"E2G2 G2A2 |
w: Would you hold it near, as it were your
w: that ~ was not made by the hands of
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w: own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts* are
w: men. There* is a road, no sim-*ple
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w: bro-ken; per-haps they're bet-ter**
w: high-way be-tween the dawn* and the
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w: left un-sung. ~ I don't know, don't real-*ly care.* Let there be songs
w: dark of night. And if you go, no one* may fol-low, That path is for
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w: to fill the air. Rip-ple in* still wa-*ter; when there is no peb-ble
w: your steps a-lone. 
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w: tossed, nor wind to blow. Reach out your | blow. You who choose to lead* must
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w: fol-low, but if you fall, you fall a-lone. If you should stand,
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w: then who's* to guide you? If I knew the way I would take you
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w: home. La dee da da da, la da* da da da, da da da da,* da da, da da da da da,
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w: ~ La da da da, la da* da da da, La da da da, la da da da da.
%%text Basic version; play with fluid rhythm and lots of anticipation.