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"Riptide"
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album _Set The Twilight Reeling_
(Lou Reed, 1996)

written by Lou Reed
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        She's out of her mind
        like the wind in a storm
        Oh, like the ocean at dawn
        as it disappears, with the riptide

        She's out of her mind
        she's pulled away by the moon
        She's ripped from her sleep
        as the cold lunar sweep gains control

        Ooohhh, what you gonna do with your emotions
        Ah-ah, ones you barely recognize
        In your sleep I heard your screaming, ooohhh
        "This is not voluntary, this is not voluntary
        If this is life I'd rather die"

        In the riptide
        in the riptide

        She's out of her mind, riptide
        like a muscle that swells
        You know when you trip
        whether you're well or sick, your body aches

        She's out with the tide
        gone to a prisoner's dance
        Where a monkey's her date
        eating limbs off a plate with a spoon

        Ooohhh, what you gonna do with your emotions
        said the seagull to the loon
        What you gonna do with your emotions

        She said, "Please wake me up"
        She said, "Don't touch me now"
        She said, "I wish I was dead"

        With the riptide

        She's out of her mind
        riptide, you always win
        It happens over and over again
        riptide

        She's out of her mind
        like a hurricane's rain
        She does not stand a chance
        at this lunar dance, riptide

        I was thinking of van Gogh's last painting
        the wheatfields and the crows
        Is that perhaps what you've been feeling
        When you see the ground
        as you fall from the sky
        As the floors disappears from beneath your feet riptide

        She's going out of her mind
        out with the tide
        Out of her mind
        riptide

        She's going out of her mind, ah
        ah, with the riptide
        She's going out of her mind, ah
        ah, riptide



intro   feedback guitar improvisation (key in E)

        {E}{E}{E}{E}              drums
        {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}                    (She's -)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}              (- out of her mind ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am}{E}{E}         (Oh, like the ocean at ...)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}              (She's out of her mind ...)
        {Amaj7}{Cm/Cm7}{G}{G}     (- ripped from her sleep ...)

        {D}{Em}{C}{C}             (Ooohhh, what you gonna do ...)
        {D}{Em}{C}{C}             (In your sleep I heard your ...)
        {C}{D}{D}                 (If this is life I'd ...)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (- riptide, in the riptide)
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (She's out of her -)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}              (- mind, riptide, like a ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am}{E}{E}         (- when you trip, Whether ...)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}              (- out with the tide ...)
        {Amaj7}{Cm/Cm7}{G}{G}     (- monkey's her date, eating ...)

        {D}{Em}{C}{C}             (Ooohhh, what you gonna do ...)
        {D}{Em}                   (What you gonna do with ...)

break   {C}{C}{C}                 (She said, "Please wake me up ...)
        {D}{D}                    (- dead", With the -)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (- riptide)
break   {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (She's out of her -)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}              (- mind, riptide, you ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am}{E}{E}         (- over and over again, riptide)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}              (She's out of her mind ...)
        {Amaj7}{Cm/Cm7}{G}{G}     (- not stand a chance, at ...)

        {D}{Em}{C}{C}             (I was thinking of van Gogh's ...)
        {D}{Em}{C}{C}             (Is that perhaps what you've ...)
        {C}{D}{D}                 (- floors disappears from ...)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (- mind, out with the -)
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (- tide, out of her mind)
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (- mind, riptide)

        {E}{E}{C}{Cm/Cm7}         (She's going out of her mind ...)
        {G}{Em}{C}{Cm/Cm7}        (- riptide, She's going out ...)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}       (- riptide)
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}

guitar  {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}{E}{E}
        ... repeat E chords
        ... feedback guitar improvisation (key in E)
        ...
        {E.




* chorus

     {G      / G(onF#)} {G(onF)           }
 1e ---------------------------------------
 2B ----0-0-0----0-0-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0--
 3G ----0-0-0----0-0-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0--   ...
 4D ----0-0-0----0-0-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0--
 5A ---------------------------------------
 6E --3--------2---------1--------1--------



*** please note ***

h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics







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"Riptide"
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album _Perfect Night Live In London_
(Lou Reed, 1998)

Jul 03, 1997
Royal Festival Hall, London
(Meltdown Festival)
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        She's out of her mind
        like the wind in a storm
        Like the ocean at dawn
        as it disappears, with the riptide

        She's out of her mind
        she's pulled away by the moon
        She's ripped from her sleep
        as the cold lunar sweep gains control

        What you gonna do with your emotions
        ones you barely recognize
        In your sleep I heard your screaming, ah-ah-ah
        "This is not voluntary, this is not voluntary
        If this is life I'd rather die"

        Ah, in the riptide

        She's going out of her mind

        She's out of her mind
        oh baby, like a muscle that swells
        You know when you trip
        whether you're well or sick, your body aches

        She's out with the tide
        gone to a prisoner's dance
        Where a monkey's her date
        eating limbs off a plate with a spoon

        Ah, what you gonna do with your emotions
        said the seagull to the loon
        What you gonna do with your emotions, she

        She said, "Please wake me up
        Oh baby, don't touch me now, ah"
        She said, "I wish I was dead"

        Ah-ah-ah, in the riptide

        She's out of her mind

        She's out of her mind
        ah, riptide, you always win
        It happens over and over again, ah-ah
        riptide

        She's out of her mind
        it's like a hurricane's rain
        She doesn't stand a chance
        at this lunar dance, riptide

        I was thinking of van Gogh's last painting
        the wheatfields and the crows
        Is that perhaps what you've, you've been feeling
        When you see the ground
        as you fall from the sky
        As the floors disappears from beneath your feet riptide
        riptide

        She's going out of her mind

        She's going out of her mind
        with the riptide
        out of her mind
        with the riptide



intro   {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}{E}{E}
        {E}{E}{E}{E}            (She's -)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}            (- out of her mind ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am}{E}{E}       (Like the ocean at dawn ...)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}            (- out of her mind ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am7}{G}{G}      (- ripped from her sleep ...)

        {D}{Em}{C}{C}           (What you gonna do with your ...)
        {D}{Em}{C}{C}           (In your sleep I heard your ...)
        {C}{D}{D}               (If this is life I'd rather ...)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}     (- riptide)
break   {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}     (She's going out of her -)

        {E}{E}{E}{E}            (- mind, She's -)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}            (- out of her mind ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am/Am7}{E}{E}   (You know when you trip ...)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}            (- out with the tide ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am7}{G}{G}      (- monkey's her date, eating ...)

        {D}{Em}{C}{C}           (- what you gonna do your ...)
        {D}{Em}                 (What you gonna do with your ...)

break   {C}{C}{C}               (She said, "Please wake me up ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- dead", ah-ah-ah, in the -)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}     (- riptide)
break   {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}     (She's out of her -)

        {E}{E}{E}{E}            (- mind)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}            (- out of her mind ...)
        {Amaj7}{Am7}{E}{E}      (- happens over and over ...)

        {E}{E}{G}{G}            (- out of her mind ...)
***     {Amaj7}{Am7}{G}{G}      (- does not stand a chance ...)

        {D}{Em}{C}{C}           (I was thinking of van Gogh's ...)
        {D}{Em}{C}{C}           (Is that perhaps what you've ...)
        {C}{D}{D}               (- floors disappears from ...)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}     (- mind)
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}

        {E}{E}{C}{Cm}           (She's going out of her mind ...)
        {G}{E}{C}{Cm}           (- riptide, out of her mind ...)

chorus  {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}     (- riptide)
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)}
        {G/G(onF#)}{G(onF)...




*** band's mistake???

band plays: {Amaj7}{Am7}{E}{E}




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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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