# Riptide – Vance Joy: piano chords

Riptide by Vance Joy uses 5 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Fmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj7)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C
- Verse 2: Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C
- Chorus 1: Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C F
- Verse 3: C G Am F C G Am F C G Am Fmaj7 C G Am F Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C
- Chorus 2: Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Fmaj7
- Bridge 1: C G Am Fmaj7 C G Am Fmaj7
- Verse 4: C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F
- Chorus 3: C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G F C

## Questions

### Which chords does Riptide by Vance Joy use?

Different chords: 5. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Riptide by Vance Joy in?

The chords fit C major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Riptide to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (5), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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