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Slipping Away by Switchfoot
Slipping Away
Intro:
D G x4
Verse 1:
D G
Remember coming home at four in the morning
D G
Before the sun was up
D G
Back when the east was a fire of gold
D G D
Just waiting for the rest of the sky to fall in love
G
Yeah
D G
Our hope is just a metaphor, of something better
D G
For all of our dreams tonight
D G D
And fear is just a shadow of the things that matter the most
G
And I fear that I'm losing hope tonight
Chorus:
D
Oh oh
I feel like I'm dreaming
Oh oh
Staring up at the ceiling
G
Oh oh
It's four in the morning
I can't sleep and it feels like a warning
D
Oh oh
You wouldn't believe me
If I could say it just the way that I'm feeling
G
Oh oh
The words that I wanted to say
I feel them slipping away
D G x4
Verse 2:
D
Remember that kid with the quivering lip
Whose heart was on his sleeve like a first aid kit
Where are you now? Where are you now?
Remember that kid, didn't know when to quit
I still lose my breath when I think about it
Oh, where'd you go?
G
(Oh where'd you go?)
Chorus:
D
Oh oh
I feel like I'm dreaming
Oh oh
Staring up at the ceiling
G
Oh oh
It's four in the morning
I can't sleep and it feels like a warning
D
Oh oh
You wouldn't believe me
If I could say it just the way that I'm feeling
G
Oh oh
The words that I wanted to say
I feel them slipping away
Bridge:
Bm D
I know this isn't what you wanted
G
Past words in the present are haunting us now
And on and on and on and on
Bm D
My heartbeat could tell you it's urgent
G
I try to shout but the words don't come out
Chorus:
D
Oh oh
I feel like I'm dreaming
Oh oh
Staring up at the ceiling
G
Oh oh
It's four in the morning
I can't sleep and it feels like a warning
D
Oh oh
You wouldn't believe me
If I could say it just the way that I'm feeling
G
Oh oh
The words that I wanted to say
I feel them slipping away
D G x8
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
Album: Fading West
Smooth, Finger picked song. It's pretty fast.
Intro/ Main riff
e|---2---------------0--------------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0--|
G|-------------2-----------------------4--| x4
D|-0---0----0----0-----0----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Verse: Entirely chords.
e|---------------------2----2----2---0--0-0-0--------|
B|--3--3----3-----3----3----3----3---3--3-3-3--------|
G|--0--0----0-----0----2----2----2---2--2-2-2--------|
D|--0--0----0-----0----0----0----0---0--0-0-0--------| x4
A|--2--2----2-----2----------------------------------|
E|--3--3----3-----3----------------------------------|
"remember coming home at four in the morning" (etc.)
That's All there is to the verse. A bar of G and then a bar of D repeated. Pretty simple.
Chorus
e|---2---------------0------------------------2-------------0-----------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0-----------3------------3---2---3---0-|
G|-------------2-----------------------4----------------2-------------------4-|
D|-0---0----0----0-----0----0-----0---------0---0----0-----0--0---0---0-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---2---------------0------------------------2-------------0-----------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0-----------3------------3---2---3---0-|
G|-------------2-----------------------4----------------2-------------------4-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---3----3----3-----3----3-----3---------3----3----3---3---3---3---3-------|
Play the chorus twice
Interlude
e|---2---------------0--------------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0--|
G|-------------2-----------------------4--| x4
D|-0---0----0----0-----0----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Verse
e|---------------------2----2----2---0--0-0-0--------|
B|--3--3----3-----3----3----3----3---3--3-3-3--------|
G|--0--0----0-----0----2----2----2---2--2-2-2--------|
D|--0--0----0-----0----0----0----0---0--0-0-0--------| x4
A|--2--2----2-----2----------------------------------|
E|--3--3----3-----3----------------------------------|
Chorus
e|---2---------------0------------------------2-------------0-----------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0-----------3------------3---2---3---0-|
G|-------------2-----------------------4----------------2-------------------4-|
D|-0---0----0----0-----0----0-----0---------0---0----0-----0--0---0---0-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---2---------------0------------------------2-------------0-----------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0-----------3------------3---2---3---0-|
G|-------------2-----------------------4----------------2-------------------4-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---3----3----3-----3----3-----3---------3----3----3---3---3---3---3-------|
Play twice
Bridge
e|-2----2----2--2----2--2--2--2--3----3----3----3-----|
B|-3----3----3--3----3--3--3--3--3----3----3----3-----|
G|-4----4----4--4----2--2--2--2--0----0----0----0-----|
D|-4----4----4--4----0--0--0--0--0----0----0----0-----| x2
A|-2----2----2--2----------------2----2----2----2-----|
E|-------------------------------3----3----3----3-----|
Chorus
e|---2---------------0------------------------2-------------0-----------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0-----------3------------3---2---3---0-|
G|-------------2-----------------------4----------------2-------------------4-|
D|-0---0----0----0-----0----0-----0---------0---0----0-----0--0---0---0-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---2---------------0------------------------2-------------0-----------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0-----------3------------3---2---3---0-|
G|-------------2-----------------------4----------------2-------------------4-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---3----3----3-----3----3-----3---------3----3----3---3---3---3---3-------|
Play the chorus twice
Outro
e|---2---------------0--------------------|
B|--------3----------------3---2----3--0--|
G|-------------2-----------------------4--| x8
D|-0---0----0----0-----0----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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