Passenger - Tip Of My Tongue: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Tip Of My Tongue" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Tip Of My Tongue Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Passenger

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Tip Of My Tongue" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

G#               Fm
Well, I heard an old man say,
 A#m                  D#
"Youth's lost on the young"
G#                        Fm
If I'd have known what I know today
              A#m                   D#
I would have lived my life like a smoking gun

A#m                      D#
But I saved it up for a rainy day
              G#                       Fm
And I'm still waiting for that day to come
A#m                                      D#
You only know that you had it when it's gone

Chorus:
                      C#      Fm
But it's something I can't say
              G#                    D#
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
                  C#         Fm
It's something I can't change
         G#                   D#
For you can't stop a setting sun
    C# G#       Fm                        A#
And I   wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
                      A#m
But it's something I can't say
D#                            G#   Fm A#m
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
D#                     G#   Fm A#m D#
It's on the tip of my tongue

Well, I heard a young man say
"The truth's lost on the old"
All I have is how I feel today
No matter what I'm told and what I'm told

So I save it up for a rainy day
Even though that day may never come
And I won't know that I had it till it's gone, oh

Chorus:
But it's something I can't say
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
It's something I can't change
For you can't stop the rising sun
And I wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
It's something I can't say
Though it's on the tip of my tongue

A#m       D#                G#   Fm
Oh, woah, on the tip of my tongue
A#m  D#                G#      Fm
Hey, on the tip of my tongue, woah
A#m D#                     G#
Oh, on the tip of my tongue


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Tip Of My Tongue" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Tip Of My Tongue" by Passenger.

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