Tip Of My Tongue Acoustic Chords
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Attempt to capture all of the chords and transitions from the acoustic version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuMsWp0xuAU.Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | advanced |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | 8th fret |
Author movieman42 [pro] 2,569. Last edit on Jan 13, 2021
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Attempt to capture the chords from the acoustic version from Passenger's new album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuMsWp0xuAU
Capo 8 to play along with the recorded versions
I have also included a second version of the song at the end to capture the way Mike played this in his
January 12, 2021 acoustic live stream where he played the entire album.
Mike strums the acoustic version of this song rather than his usual fingerpicking and some of the rhythms are
a bit tricky. In the spots where I have listed G6/D, he seems to be playing the open DGBE strings as he
transitions to the next chord. I haven't seen him play this one live yet so I am not sure, but it sounds as
though he may also be raising and lowering his ring finger to alternate back and forth from Am to Am7 in a
few of the spots where I have indicated either of those chords. To play the C Cadd2 C transition, just
add your pinky on the 3rd fret of the B string and then take it off again.
[Chords]
C x32010
Cadd2 x32030
G6/D xx0000
Dm7 xx0211
G 3x0003
Gsus4 3x0013
Gadd2 3x0203
G6sus4 3x0010
C* x32013
F 1x3211
Fadd9 1x3213
Fsus2 1x3011
Am x02210
Am7 x02010
Am7* x02213
[Intro]
C Cadd2 C Cadd2 C G6/D Dm7 G6/D G Gadd2 G x2
[Verse 1]
C
Well, I heard an old man say,
G6/D Dm G Gadd2 G
Youth's lost on the young
C
If I'd have known what I know today
G6/D Dm G Gsus4 G
I would have lived my life like a smoking gun
[Bridge]
Dm G Gsus4
But I saved it up for a rainy day
C C/B Am7 G6/D
And I'm still waiting for that day to come
Dm Dm7 G Gsus4 G6sus4 G7
You only know that you had it when it's gone
[Chorus]
Fadd9 Fsus2 Am
But it's something I can't say
C* G
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
F Am7
It's something I can't change
C G Gsus4 G
For you can't stop a setting sun
Fadd9 C* Am7* Am D7
And I - I - I wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
F Fsus2
But it's something I can't say
G C Cadd2 C Cadd2 C G6/D Dm7 G6/D
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
G Gsus4 C Cadd2 C Cadd2 C G6/D Dm7 G6/D G Gadd2 G
It's on the tip of my tongue
[Verse 2]
C
Well, I heard a young man say,
G6/D Dm G Gsus4 G
The truth's lost on the old
C
All I have is how I feel today
G6/D Dm G Gsus4 G
No matter what I'm told and what I'm told
[Bridge]
Dm G Gsus4
So I save it up for a rainy day
C C/B Am7 G6/D
Even though that day may never come
Dm Dm7 G Gadd2 G G7
And I won't know that I had it 'til it's gone, no
[Chorus]
F Fsus2 Am
But it's something I can't say
C G
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
Gsus4 G F Am
It's something I can't change, no-o-o
C G Gsus4 G
For you can't stop a rising sun
Fadd9 C* Am7* Am D7
And I - I - I wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
F Fsus2
But it's something I can't say
G C Cadd2 C Cadd2 C G6/D
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
[Outro]
Dm G Gadd2 G C Cadd2 C Cadd2 C G6/D
Oh-oh-woah, on the tip of my tongue
Dm G Gadd2 G C Csus2 C G6/D
Hey-ey, yeah, on the tip of my tongue, woah
Dm G C
Oh-oh-oh, on the tip of my tongue
The chords below are an alternate way of playing this song that matches Mike's live performance from the
January 12, 2021 album launch event Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted - LIVE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjBYZIAMQvc
This track starts at 4:41 in the live stream
No capo to play these chords along with the live stream (capo 1 to play along with the album version)
[Chords]
G 3x0003
Gadd2 3x0203
G6 3x2003
G/F# 2x0003
Am x02210
Am7* x02213
Am7 x02010
C x32010
Cadd2 x30010
D7 xx0212
D7sus2 xx0210
Em 022000
Em7 022030
Esus4 022200
[Intro]
G Gadd2 G Em Esus4 Em Am Am7* Am D7 D7sus2 D7 x2
[Verse 1]
G Em
Well, I heard an old man say,
Am D7 D7sus2 D7
Youth's lost on the young
G Em
If I'd have known what I know today
Am D7
I would have lived my life like a smoking gun
[Bridge]
Am D7
But I saved it up for a rainy day
G G/F# Em Em7 Em
And I'm still waiting for that day to come
Am D7 D7sus2 D7
You only know that you had it when it's gone
[Chorus]
C Cadd2 Em
But it's something I can't say
G D
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
Am Am7 Em
It's something I can't change
G D
For you can't stop the setting sun
C G Em A7
And I - I - I wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
C Cadd2
But it's something I can't say
D7 G Gadd2 G Em Esus4 Em Am Am7* D7 D7sus2 D7
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
[Verse 2]
G Em
Well, I heard a young man say,
Am D7 D7sus2 D7
The truth's lost on the old
G Em
All I have is how I feel today
Am D7
No matter what I'm told and what I'm told
[Bridge]
Am D7
So I save it up for a rainy day
G G/F# Em Em7 Em
Even though that day may never come
Am D7 D7sus2 D7
And I won't know that I had it 'til it's gone, no
[Chorus]
C Csus2 Em
But it's something I can't say
G D
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
Am Em
It's something I can't change, ya-a-ay
G D
For you can't stop a rising sun
C G Em A7
And I - I - I wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
C Csus2
But it's something I can't say
D G Gadd2 G Em Esus4 Em
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
[Outro]
Am D G Gadd2 G Em Esus4 Em
Hey-e-ey, on the tip of my tongue
Am D G Em Esus4 Em
Ho-oh-oh, on the tip of my tongue, hey-e-ey
Am D7 G G G G G Gsus4 G Gadd2 G G6 G
Oh-oh-oh, on the tip of my tongue
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Tip Of My Tongue – Passenger
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3 comments
Yes, I thought that was great. I will have to really work on my finger picking to play alot of his stuff but that's all down to practice:-)
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Looks great, thanks for doing the live steam one. I was trying to work it out but you beat me to it
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