Native Tongue Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Sing to me, baby, in your native tongue
Sing the words of the wise and the young
[G]Show me the place
where your words come from
[D]Love is the language,
love is your native tongue
[Em]Feel your heartbeat bang the drum
Open up your eyes and fill your lungs
[G]The same word from
where the stars are flung
[D]Love is the language,

[Chorus 1]
love is your native tongue
[Em]My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
[C]My soul, such a long way from
[Am]My lips, my lung[Bm]s, my native tongue
[Em]My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our sound
[D]My soul, such a long way from
[B]My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
[Em](Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue

[Verse 2]
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue
[Em]Sing it to me, whisper into my ear
Accuser's voices start to disappear
[G]In the wind, in the tongues of the flame
[D]In my soul, in my one true name, oh
[Em]Back before we learned
the words to start a fight
Back before they told us
that the haters were right
[G]He spoke the truth,
"let there be" and there was
[D]Love is the language,
love is your native [Em]tongue

[Chorus 2]
[Em]My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
[C]My soul, such a long way from
[Am]My lips, my lung[Bm]s, my native tongue
[Em]My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our sound
[D]My soul, such a long way from
[B]My lips, my lungs, my native tongue

[Bridge 1]
[Em]So sing it loud, get loud, get
[D]Louder than the voices in the crowd, yeah
[Am]Even when they tried
to drown you out, eh
[C]Your lips, your lun[B]gs, your native tongue
[Em]So sing it out, get loud, get
[D]Louder than the darkness
and the doubts, eh
[Am]Louder than the curses
and the shouts, yeah
[C]Your lips, your lun[D]gs, your native tongue
[Em](Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)

[Chorus 3]
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)
[Em]My heart is a beating drum
[G]My head in oblivion
[C]My soul, such a long way from
[Am]My lips, my lung[Bm]s, my native tongue
[Em]My friend, where did we go wrong?
[G]My Lord, we forgot our sound
[D]My soul, such a long way from
[B]My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
[Em](Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)
[Em][Am]

[Outro 1]
[Em]I want the world to sing
in her [G]native tongue
To sing it like when [A]we were young
Back before the [C]pendulum
had [B]swung to the shadows
[Em]I want the world to sing in her na[G]tive tongue
Maybe we could learn to [A]sing along
To find a way to [C]use our lungs
for [B]love and not the shadows
[Em]I want the world to sing in her na[G]tive tongue
To sing it like when [A]we were young
Back before the [C]pendulum
had [B]swung to the shadows
[Em]I want the world to sing in her na[G]tive tongue
Maybe we could learn to [A]sing along
To find a way to [C]use our lungs
for [B]love and not the shadows