Ripchord
Rilo Kiley
more adventurous
this song is really easy. i tabbed it out in like 5 minutes but i don't think it is wrong. it's close enough anyway to give you an idea. some chords of seem more abstract than the things i write, but do for yourself. check it...
CHORDS:
some of these power chords you can play open if you want, but when i saw them live he played them all as 5's (powerchords)
D5-x577(7)(5)
D/C#*-x476??
Bm-x24432
A5-577565
G5-355433
A7-575655
E*-x779(10)x
F#5-244322
Bm/A-x04432
VERSES 1 & 2:
(run through the verse once without words. i think he plays variations of these chords so they're an octave up the time with no words, fyi.)
D5
pull the ripchord
D/C#*
the ship has lost its sail
Bm
your mama's got a new man
A5
your daddy always fails
G5 A5
and you're eating again at them
Riff 1 D5 E?
'cause nobody loves you
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rilo_kiley/ripchord_crd.html ]
D5
and even fancy things
D/C#*
have finally lost their charm
Bm
wanting diamond rings
A5
that never get you anymore
G5 A5
you're sleeping again alone
Riff 1 D5 E?
'cause nobody loves you
CHORUS:
G5 F#5
oooooooooooh
Bm
they should have seen you
Bm/A
should have known you
G5
should have known what it was like
A5 Riff 1
to be you
VERSE 3:
D5
so come on kid
D/C#*
look at what you did
Bm
I don't know if you meant it
A5
but you did yourself in
G5 A5
and I was even having a good day
Riff 1 D5 E*
when I'd found out we lost you
CHORUS:
G5 F#5
oooooooooooh
Bm Bm/A
she said it was in the singing and the strumming
G5 A5 Riff 1
oh man I even saw it coming
run through verse with whistles, yada yada...it's all there.
etc
RIFF 1:
pretty basic, just an A7 with you putting your pinky on and off the B string's 7.
A7
e---5---5-5-5-5---
b---5---5-7-7-7---
g---6---6-6-6-6---
d---5---5-5-5-5---
a---7---7-7-7-7---
e---5---5-5-5-5---
yea.
