Intro D# A# x2
I reach [D#]out my [A#]arms and I [D#]touch you. (touch you)
With [D#]soft words I [A#]whisper your [D#]name. (your name)
[D#]I held you [A#]right on the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers,
but I [D#]let it slip a [A#]right through my [D#]hands.
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My [D#]eyes had a [A#]vision of your [D#]sweet lips. (sweet lips)
[D#]Yielding [A#]beneath my [D#]command (my command).
[D#]I held you [A#]up on the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers,
but I [D#]let it slip a [A#]right through my [D#]hands.
Oh [A#]somebody took you when [G#]I wasn't [D#]looking
And [A#]I should have known, [G#]said I know from the [D#]start
That it's a [D#]long, long [A#]way from the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers
but I [D#]let it slip a [A#]right through my [D#]hands.
Yes [D#]I held your [A#]love on the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers
But I [D#]let you [A#]slip right through my [D#]hands.
I reach [D#]out my [A#]arms and I [D#]touch you. (touch you)
With [D#]soft words I [A#]whisper your [D#]name. (your name)
[D#]I held you [A#]right on the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers,
but I [D#]let it slip a [A#]right through my [D#]hands.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/desmond_dekker/tips_of_my_fingers_crd.html )
My [D#]eyes had a [A#]vision of your [D#]sweet lips. (sweet lips)
[D#]Yielding [A#]beneath my [D#]command (my command).
[D#]I held you [A#]up on the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers,
but I [D#]let it slip a [A#]right through my [D#]hands.
Oh [A#]somebody took you when [G#]I wasn't [D#]looking
And [A#]I should have known, [G#]said I know from the [D#]start
That it's a [D#]long, long [A#]way from the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers
but I [D#]let it slip a [A#]right through my [D#]hands.
Yes [D#]I held your [A#]love on the [G#]tips of my [D#]fingers
But I [D#]let you [A#]slip right through my [D#]hands.
