Am                 G               C 
I was scared of dentists and the dark 
                                     Am 
But this is like sonar pulling out molars 
             G 
So hard for me to expect 
          C 
A conversation with a pretty girl 
                                Am 
Would make me break a sweat, I bet 
                          G 
You see the pity that I wallow in 
                   C 
Waitin' for the ground to open up 
 
Chew and swallow me 
            Am 
Borrowing, time as it is 
  G 
Hope you don't notice 
   C 
Anxiety's the spiral I am following 
      Am                  G 
I wanna be in the future when you and me 
       C 
Spend days on the beach 
 
Watching waves, blue green 
      Am                   G 
Do I seem scared? Cause I am 
          C 
Water's deep... 
 
But diving in's the only way for you to be my 
Am         G                 C 
Lady, running down to the riptide 
                   Am 
Taken away to the dark side 
    G             C 
I wanna be your left hand man 
    Am       G                        C 
I love you when you're singing that song 
   Am                     G 
And I got a lump in my throat 
          C 
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong 
   Am                G                   C 
There's this movie that I think you'll like 
      Am             G                C 
This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City 
        Am       G            C 
This cowboy's running from himself 
     Am               G                C 
And she's been living on the highest shelf 
Am    G    C     Am   G 
Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ahh-oh 
                 C 
And they come unstuck 
Am        G                  C 
Lady, running down to the riptide 
                        Am 
Taken away to the dark side 
 G               C 
I wanna be your left hand man 
   Am       G                        C 
I love you when you're singing that song 
    Am                   G 
And I got a lump in my throat 
         C 
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong 
Am                          G 
I just wanna, I just wanna know 
C                                Fmaj7 
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay 
Am                          G 
I just gotta, I just gotta know 
C                                          Fmaj7* 
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way 
Am                G               C 
I swear she's destined for the screen 
   Am               G                                C 
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh 
 Am      G                   C 
Lady, running down to the riptide 
                   Am 
Taken away to the dark side 
G                 C 
I wanna be your left hand man 
   Am       G                         C 
I love you when you're singing that song 
                         Am 
And I got a lump in my throat 
         G                           C 
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong 
    Am      G                   C 
Oh lady, running down to the riptide 
                        Am 
Taken away to the dark side 
G                 C 
I wanna be your left hand man 
   Am       G                        C 
I love you when you're singing that song 
                         Am 
And I got a lump in my throat 
         G                           C 
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong 
 
   Am      G                   C 
Oh lady, running down to the riptide 
                        Am 
Taken away to the dark side 
G                 C 
I wanna be your left hand man 
   Am       G                        C 
I love you when you're singing that song 
                         Am 
And I got a lump in my throat 
         G                           C 
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong 
                           Am 
Yeah, I got a lump in my throat 
            G                        C 
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong