"Ripple" 

Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia.
("Ripple" composed and written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
Reproduced by arrangement with Ice Nine Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP))

    G                                     C
    If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
    C                                    G
    And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
    G                                        C
    Would you hear my voice come through the music
              G       D    C               G
    Would you hold it near as it were your own?

    It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken 
    Perhaps they're better left unsung
    I don't know, don't really care 
    Let there be songs to fill the air

    (Chorus)

    Am              D
    Ripple in still water
               G            C
    When there is no pebble tossed
        A       D
    Nor wind to blow 

    Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
    If your cup is full may it be again
    Let it be known there is a fountain
    That was not made by the hands of men 

    There is a road, no simple highway
    Between the dawn and the dark of night
    And if you go no one may follow 
    That path is for your steps alone

    (Chorus) 

    You who choose to lead must follow
    But if you fall you fall alone
    If you should stand then who's to guide you?
    If I knew the way I would take you home