That the narrator would offer assistance if he could is all the succor he can give to his companion, and somehow it’s enough. “If I knew the way, I would take you home,” Garcia sings. The final verse returns to again strike a somewhat ominous tone, but the last line offers some consolation. With these unanswerable mysteries still lingering, the chorus interrupts and the mandolin played by David Grisman seems to suspend the song in mid-air so Garcia can deliver the hauntingly lovely imagery of the chorus: “Ripple in still water/ When there is no pebble tossed/ Nor wind to blow.” We can envisage those lines, their inherent contradictions no match for the music’s ability to put them across. When I sat down to figure out the notes, I was surprised to see how high up the neck David went to get this sound - all the way to the 17th. In the second verse, things turn much more somber, as the narrator, after wishing good tidings and full cups on his audience courtesy of that magical fountain, warns of a “road, no simple highway/ Between the dawn and the dark of night.” On this path the traveler will enjoy no company: “That path is for your steps alone.” Besides being a great feel-good tune, the Grateful Deads 'Ripple' also features a recognizable tremolo double-stop mandolin part at the top of the chorus, performed by David Grisman. It is a free font that has a similar groovy and wavy style as Grateful Dead font. Still, ineffectuality aside, he also concedes that the world is better for having music: “I don’t know, don’t really care/ Let there be songs to fill the air.” Instant Zen: This sans serif typeface designed by Iconian Fonts. Even if his words glowed and were majestically propelled through the air on a “harp unstrung,” he has no certainty that they’ll have any positive impact on the listener. The song opens up with Garcia opining on the power of music, or perhaps it’s better to say the lack thereof. The ensemble voices on “Ripple” provide comfort when the words evoke hardship. We have an official Ripple tab made by UG professional guitarists.Check out the tab. 1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 29, 2021. By the time they got to “Ripple” on American Beauty, the Dead had darn near perfected the harmonies they used heavily on Workingman’s Dead. 26,350 views, added to favorites 1,348 times. Garcia’s acoustic guitar is the song’s tender heart, while the rhythm section of Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann nudge the song forward. In the studio, the band caressed the song with the gentleness of a lover. Hunter recalled to Rolling Stone when his old friend came up with the music to match his lyrics: “We were in Canada on that train trip and one morning the train stopped and Jerry was sitting out on the tracks not too far off, in the sunrise, setting “Ripple” to music. For “Ripple,” Garcia constructed a melody that was pure and humble, tinged with a bit of sadness. Lines like that were tailor-made for Garcia because he could deliver heady profundities like that with a twinkle in his voice, keeping them grounded when they easily could have floated off into the ether.
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