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