Ben Lee - "Ripe"
I couldn’t find these chords anywhere and love the song, I know there not perfect
but email me if you know a better way of playing it. These chords also aren’t
named right but here is what I mean by them...
C – 032010
E7* - 020010
Am7 – 002010
F - 033210
Intro: C E7* Am7 F x2
Verse 1:
C E7* Am7 F
The moon sheds light across the end of the bed.
C E7* Am7 F
You made me wait but now i'm touching your leg.
C E7* Am7 F
And i remember all the little things you said,
C E7* Am7 F
"quesadillas, made with cheese" and "a rock band who went japanese."
Chorus:
C E7* Am7 F
So for once in my life, i saw what i wanted and took a bite.
C E7* Am7 F C
I picked the fruit from the tree and it was ripe.
Repeat Intro
Verse 2:
C E7* Am7 F
Your love got big, your drugs got worse each afternoon.
C E7* Am7 F
Like bacon at a bah mitzvah, like a lead balloon.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_lee/ripe_crd.html ]
C E7* Am7 F
And who's to say what really happened in that room each day?
C E7* Am7 F
I was looking for a bride, you were looking for a groom.
Chorus:
C E7* Am7 F
So for once in your life, you saw what you wanted and you took a bite.
C E7* Am7 F
C
You picked the fruit from the tree and it was ripe.
Repeat intro four times
Verse 3:
C E7* Am7 F
And all you people are the heroes i'd known.
C E7* Am7 F
We're staring off the edge into the unknown.
C E7* Am7 F
We are not there yet but we cannot go home.
C E7*
So we cry, and we sing.
Am7 F
Yeah, i remember everything.
Chorus:
C E7* Am7 F
For once in our lives, we saw what we wanted and took a bite.
C E7* Am7 F
C
We picked the fruit from the tree And it was ripe.
Repeat intro four times
Outro:
Intro 7x - end on c
