🎹 Loading song
Preparing player…
If my words did glow
with the gold of (F)sun shine,
and my tunes
were played
on the harp
un strung, would you hear my voice
come through the (F)mu sic?
Would you hold (C)that it not near,
(F)as it were your own?
It’s a hand me down,
the thoughts are (F)bro ken.
Per haps
they’re bet ter and the left un (C)sung.
And I don’t know,
don’t real ly (F)care.
low.
(C)Let there be songs
to fill the air.
(Dm)Rip
ple in
still (G7)wa ter,
when there is no peb ble tossed,
nor (D7)wind to blow.
Reach out your hand
if your cup be (F)emp ty.
If your cup
is full,
may it be
a gain.
Let it hear be known,
there is a (F)foun tain
you hold (C)that was not made
(F)by the hands of men.
There a is a road,
no sim ple (F)high way,
be tween
the dawn ter and the dark of (C)night.
And if you go,
no one may (F)fol low.
(C)That path is for
your steps a lone.
(Dm)Rip
ple in
still (G7)wa ter,
when there is no peb ble tossed,
nor (D7)wind to blow.
Reach out your hand
You who choose
to lead must (F)fol low,
but if
you fall, you fall a lone.
If you should stand,
then who’s to (F)guide you?
(C)If I knew the (G)way,
(F)I would take you (C)home.
La dee da da da,
la da da (F)da da,
da da
da da da da da da.
La da da da,
da da da (F)da da.
(C)Da I da da (G)da,
(F)la da da da (C)home.
La dee da da da, (C)da.
This page shows “Ripple” by Grateful Dead in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 120 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.