Unknown Tongue Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]The[G]re [F]was[G] no[A] light,
shining [G]through the window
As [F]Margaret lie in [Am]bed[A]
She was wear[Am]ing her
[G]cotton pajamas
[F]A crucifix above her [Am]head[A]

[Verse 2]
[Em]She awoke from[Am] a dream
[Em]Her eyes were open
[G]Her lips were moving in the dar[F]k

[Verse 3]
[Am]Speak to me in m[G]any voic[F]es
Make them all sound like [Am]one
Let [G]me see your sacred mysteries
[F]Reveal to me the Unkno[Am]wn
Tongue
[F][Am]

[Verse 4]
[A]
She [Am]put her [G]hands upon her breasts
[F]And they were small and hard and you[Am]ng
And [A]everywhere she touched,
[G]she felt the fire
[F]Waiting for the answer that
must surely come
[Am][A]

[Verse 5]
[Em]
Is this [Am]the way to love?
[Em]Or is this[G] just the way to die?
[F]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Speak to me in m[G]any voic[F]es
Make them all sound like [Am]one
Let [G]me see your sacred mysteries
[F]Reveal to me the Unk[Am]nown Ton[F]gue

[Verse 7]
[Am]And[G][F][Am][G][F]
[Am][G][F][Am]
[A]then she too[G]k her father's razor
[F]And watched it cut[A] int[Am]o her palm[G]
[Am]She put [A]her hand up to[G] her m[Am]outh
[F]To taste the blo[Am]od so hol[Em]y and[G] warm[Em]

[Verse 8]
She got up [Am]in the mo[A]rning
[Am]Put [Em]on her dress,
[G]and patent leather sho[F]es[Am]
Ate [Em]her cereal, and kissed her [G]mother
And caught the bus, and went to school
[F]

[Verse 9]
[Am]Speak to me in m[G]any voic[F]es
Make them all sound like [Am]one
Let [G]me see your sacred mysteries
[F]Reveal to me the Unknown
[Am]Tong[A]ue
[F][Am][A][Am]

[Verse 10]
[F]Reveal to me,[Am] reveal to me[F]
[Am]Reveal to me, [F]reve[Am]al to me[F]
[Am]Reveal to me! Reve[F]al to me!

[Outro 1]
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