Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
This is based on the official acoustic version. Chords and everything are the same in the
non-acoustic version also. So you can use this on both of them
C/BC/B = x-2-0-0-1-0
Intro:
C majorC A minorAm DmDm G+G
C majorC A minorAm DmDm G+G
Verse 1:
C majorC A minorAm DmDm G+G
Well, I heard an old man say, "Youth's lost on the young"
C majorC A minorAm
If I had I known what I know today
DmDm G+G
I would have lived my life like a smoking gun
Bridge:
DmDm G+G
But I saved it up for a rainy day
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
And I'm still waiting for that day to come
DmDm G+G
You only know that you had it when it's gone
Chorus:
FF A minorAm
But it's something I can't say
C majorC G+G
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
FF A minorAm
It's something I can't change
C majorC G+G
For you can't stop a sailing sun
FF C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
And I wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
FF
But it's something I can't say
G+G C majorC A minorAm DmDm
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
G+G C majorC A minorAm DmDm G+G
It's on the tip of my tongue
Verse 2:
C majorC A minorAm DmDm G+G
Well, I heard a young man say, "The truth's lost on the old"
C majorC A minorAm
All I have is how I feel today
DmDm G+G
No matter what I'm told and what I'm told
Bridge:
DmDm G+G
So I saved it up for a rainy day
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Even though that day may never come
DmDm G+G
And I won't know that I had it 'til it's gone, oh
Chorus:
FF A minorAm
But it's something I can't say
C majorC G+G
Though it's there on the tip of my tongue
FF A minorAm
It's something I can't change
C majorC G+G
For you can't stop a raising sun
FF C majorC A minorAm D MajorD
And I wanna scream it at the top of my lungs
FF
But it's something I can't say
G+G C majorC A minorAm
Though it's on the tip of my tongue
Outro:
DmDm G+G C majorC A minorAm
Oh, woah, on the tip of my tongue
DmDm G+G C majorC A minorAm
Hey, on the tip of my tongue, woah
DmDm G+G C majorC
Oh, on the tip of my tongue