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The Rip by Portishead
The Rip
[Intro]
Em - F - Em - C - Am - Bb - Am - G
[Verse 1]
Em F
As she walks in the room
Em
Scented and tall
C
Hesitating once more
Am Bb
And as I take on myself
Am
And the bitterness I felt
G
I realise that love flows
Then it's just those chords for the rest of the song.
[Chorus]
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
[Verse 2]
Through the glory of life
I will scatter on the floor
Disappointed and sore
And in my thoughts I have bled
For the riddles I've been fed
Another lie moves over
[Chorus]
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
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version 2
Em F Em C Bm
As she walks in the room, Scented and tall, Hesitating once more
Am Bb Am G
As I take on myself and the bitterness I felt, I realize that love flows
Em F Em C Bm
Wild, white horses They will take me away, and the tenderness I
Am Bb Am G
Feel Will send the dark underneath Will I follow?
Em F Em
Through the glory of life I will scatter on the floor
C Bm
Disappointed and sore
Am Bb Am
In my thoughts I have bled For the riddles I've been fed
G
Another lie moves over
Em F Em C Bm
Wild, white horses They will take me away, and the tenderness I
Am Bb Am G
Feel Will send the dark underneath Will I follow?
Em F Em C Bm
Wild, white horses They will take me away, and the tenderness I
Am Bb Am G
Feel Will send the dark underneath Will I follow?
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version 3
Use fingerpicking:
...... As she........ room, scented....... tall,....... hesitating....
e|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-8----8----8----8--|-10---10---10---10--|-8----8----8----8--|-5----5----5----2---|
G|--9----9----9----9-|--10---10---10---10-|--9----9----9----9-|--5----5----5----3--|
D|---9----9----9----9|---10---10---10---10|---9----9----9----9|---5----5----5----4-|
A|7----7----7----7---|8----8----8----8----|7----7----7----7---|3----3----3----2----|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
...... and as..... my-self, and the....... felt.... love....
e|-0----0----0----0--|-1----1----1----1---|-0----0----0----0--|--------------------||
B|--1----1----1----1-|--3----3----3----3--|--1----1----1----1-|-3----3----3----3---||*
G|---2----2----2----2|---3----3----3----3-|---2----2----2----2|--4----4----4----4--||
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|---5----5----5----5-||
A|0----0----0----0---|1----1----1----1----|0----0----0----0---|--------------------||*
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|3----3----3----3----||
It's literally the same progression the entire song, except it switches to synths in the middle.
As she walks in the room
Scented and tall
Hesitating once more
And as I take on myself
And the bitterness I felt
I realise that love flows
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Through the glory of life
I will scatter on the floor
Disappointed and sore
And in my thoughts I have bled
For the riddles I've been fed
Another lie moves over
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
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version 4
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------|
G|--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9--------|
D|-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----|
A|--7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----10-------------10-------------10-------------10----------|
G|---------10-------------10-------------10-------------10------|
D|-------------10-------------10-------------10-------------10--|
A|--8--------------8--------------8--------------8--------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------|
G|--------9-----------9-----------9-----------9--------|
D|-----------9-----------9-----------9-----------9-----|
A|--7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------8-------------8-------------8------------7--------|
G|---------9-------------9-------------9------------7-----|
D|------------10------------10------------10-----------9--|
A|--10------------10------------10------------9-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----------5-----------5-----------5--------|
G|--------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----|
D|-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--|
A|--7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----6-----------6-----------6-----------6--------|
G|--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----|
D|-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8--|
A|--8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----------5-----------5-----------5--------|
G|--------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----|
D|-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--|
A|--7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------|
G|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----|
D|-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5--|
A|--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
[Repeat]
As she walks in the room
Scented and tall
Hesitating once more
And as I take on myself
And the bitterness I felt
I realise that love flows
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Through the glory of life
I will scatter on the floor
Disappointed and sore
And in my thoughts I have bled
For the riddles I've been fed
Another lie moves over
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
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version 5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Here is a tab of the main guitar line running through the track.
There are a lot of notes here so I am just going to tab out the picking pattern for each chord once
then note how many times to repeat it.
Em F Em
e|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8--------------|----10----------------|----8---------------------------|
G|------9---(All x4)-|-------10----(All x4)-|------9---(All x4)--------------|
D|--------9----------|----------10----------|--------9-----------------------|
A|--7----------------|--8-------------------|--7-----------------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
C Bm
e|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8--------------|----(7)------- Notes in brackets not played -----------|
G|------9----(All x3)|-------(7)---- Just play the bass note then pause -----|
D|--------10---------|----------(9)------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--8----------------|--7----------------------------------------------------|
Am A# Am
e|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|----5--------------|----6--------------|----5------------------------------|
G|------5---(All x4)-|------7---(All x4)-|------5---(All x4)-----------------|
D|--------7----------|--------8----------|--------7--------------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--5----------------|--6----------------|--5--------------------------------|
G
e|-------------------||-----Repeat all that throughout the song.-------------|
B|----3--------------||---- When the synth comes in it pretty much replicates|
G|------4---(All x4)-||---- the guitar line. There are also sporadic strums -|
D|--------5----------||---- of the chords which have a tremolo effect added -|
A|-------------------||---- and are played with a violin bow in live versions|
E|--3----------------||------------------------------------------------------|
The eerie synth line that runs throughout the track can be played as:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9(hold for ages)-10-12--8----- You’ll probably need an ebow to ----------|
D|-------------------------------- get this to sound right ------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
For completists only: Right at the start of the song a synth plays this
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--10(x16)-12(x12)-10(play this note until fade out as vox enter)-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
As she walks in the room
Scented and tall
Hesitating once more
And as I take on myself
And the bitterness I felt
I realise that love flows
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Through the glory of life
I will scatter on the floor
Disappointed and sore
And in my thoughts I have bled
For the riddles I've been fed
Another lie moves over
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
------------------
version 6
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|---9--------9--------9--------9-----|---10----------10----------10----------10-------|
G|-----8--------8--------8--------8---|------10----------10----------10----------10----|
D|-------8--------8--------8--------8-|---------10----------10----------10----------10-|
A|-7--------7--------7--------7-------|-8-----------8-----------8-----------8----------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|---9--------9--------9--------9-----|---5--------5--------5--------------------------|
G|-----8--------8--------8--------8---|-----5--------5--------5------------------------|
D|-------8--------8--------8--------8-|-------5--------5--------5----------------------|
A|-7--------7--------7--------7-------|-3--------3--------3--------2-------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|---1--------1--------1--------1-----|---3--------3--------3--------3-----------------|
G|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|-----3--------3--------3--------3---------------|
D|-------2--------2--------2--------2-|-------3--------3--------3--------3-------------|
A|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|-1--------1--------1--------1-------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|---1--------1--------1--------1-----|---3--------3--------3--------3-----------------|
G|-----2--------2--------2--------2---|-----0--------0--------0--------0---------------|
D|-------2--------2--------2--------2-|-------0--------0--------0--------0-------------|
A|-0--------0--------0--------0-------|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-3--------3--------3--------3-------------------|
As she walks in the room
Scented and tall
Hesitating once more
And as I take on myself
And the bitterness I felt
I realise that love flows
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Through the glory of life
I will scatter on the floor
Disappointed and sore
And in my thoughts I have bled
For the riddles I've been fed
Another lie moves over
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
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