Passenger – Tip Of My Tongue Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C Am Dm G
C Am Dm G

[Verse 1]
C                Am
Well, I heard an old man say,
 Dm                  G
"Youth's lost on the young"
C                       Am
If I had I known what I know today
             Dm
I would have lived my
            G
life like a smoking gun

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[Bridge]
Dm                      G
But I saved it up for a rainy day
              C           C/B
And I'm still waiting for that
       Am
day to come
Dm
You only know that you
                 G
had it when it's gone

[Chorus]
                     F         Am
But it's something I can't say
            C
Though it's there on
              G
the tip of my tongue
                 F            Am
It's something I can't change
        C            G
For you can't stop a sailing sun
    F C       Am
And I   wanna scream it
                 D
at the top of my lungs
                     F
But it's something I can't say
G                            C
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
Am   Dm
G                            C
It's on the tip of my tongue
Am  Dm G

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[Verse 2]
C               Am
Well, I heard a young man say,
    Dm                    G
"The truth's lost on the old"
C                   Am
All I have is how I feel today
          Dm
No matter what I'm told and
        G
what I'm told

[Bridge]
Dm                     G
So I saved it up for a rainy day
     C               C/B
Even though that day may
          Am
never come
Dm
And I won't know that I
                G
had it 'til it's gone, oh

[Chorus]
                     F         Am
But it's something I can't say
            C
Though it's there
                 G
on the tip of my tongue
                 F            Am
It's something I can't change
        C            G
For you can't stop a raising sun
    F C       Am
And I   wanna scream it
                 D
at the top of my lungs
                     F
But it's something I can't say
G
Though it's
                 C      Am
on the tip of my tongue

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[Outro]
Dm       G
Oh, woah, on the tip of my tongue
C  Am
Dm   G
Hey, on the tip of my tongue, woah
C  Am
Dm  G                       C
Oh, on the tip of my tongue

How to play Tip Of My Tongue: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Tip Of My Tongue by Passenger on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Tip Of My Tongue by Passenger is written in C major (no sharps or flats) and moves through 7 chords: C, Am, Dm, G, C/B, F and D.

Most of the song cycles through C – Am – Dm – G (I – vi – ii – V in C major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – reh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, Am, D, C, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A

Tip Of My Tongue chords: questions

What key is Tip Of My Tongue in?

Tip Of My Tongue by Passenger is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Tip Of My Tongue?

Tip Of My Tongue uses 7 chords: C, Am, Dm, G, C/B, F, D.

What is the chord progression of Tip Of My Tongue?

The main progression is C – Am – Dm – G (I – vi – ii – V).

Is Tip Of My Tongue easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, Em, Am, D, C, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 83% without a capo).

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