Language or the Kiss chords by
Indigo Girls

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

Csus2

Csus2

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C

C

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Csus2

Csus2

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G

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Csus2

Csus2

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C

C

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F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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F

F

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G

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C

C

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Csus2

Csus2

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Em

Em

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C

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F

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G

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Verse 1

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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D

D

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I don't know if it was real or in a dream

Am

Am

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C

C

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Lately wak ing up I'm not sure

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F

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G

G

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where I've been

C

C

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There was a table set for six

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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Dm

Dm

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and five were there

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A

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C

C

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I stood outside and kept my eyes

F

F

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G

G

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upon that empty chair

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C

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F

F

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C

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And there was steam on the windows

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F

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Dm

Dm

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from the kitchen

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C

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Em

Em

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C

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Laughter like a language I

F

F

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once spoke with ease

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C

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But I'm made mute by

Dm

Dm

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the virtue of decision

Em

Em

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C

C

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And I choose most of your life

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F

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G

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goes on without me

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D

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F

F

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Oh the fear I've known

C

C

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That I might reap the praise

A

A

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of strangers

Dm

Dm

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G

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And end up on my own

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D

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F

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All I've sown was a song

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G

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But maybe I was wrong

Interlude 1

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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F

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C

C

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F

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C

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F

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Verse 2

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G

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C

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I said to you the one gift

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Am

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Dm

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which I'd ad ore

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F

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Em

Em

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C

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The package of the nex t

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F

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G

G

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10 years unfolding

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C

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But you told me if I had my way

Am

Am

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Dm

Dm

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F

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I'd be bored

Dm

Dm

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F

F

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C

C

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Right then I knew I loved you

F

F

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best born of your scolding

G

G

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C

C

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When we last talked we were

Dm

Dm

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lying on our backs

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F

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C

C

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F

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Looking at the sky

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G

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through the ceiling

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C

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I used to lie like that alone out

Dm

Dm

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F

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on the driveway

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C

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Trying to read the Greek upon the stars

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F

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G

G

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The alphabet of feeling

D

D

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F#dim

F#dim

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F

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Oh I knew back then

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C

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A

A

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It was a calling that said if

Dm

Dm

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G

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joy then pain

D

D

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The sound of the voice

F

F

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G

G

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these years later

Interlude 2

Is still the same

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

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F

F

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Dm

Dm

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C

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F

F

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G

G

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F#dim

F#dim

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D

D

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F

F

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C

C

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A

A

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Dm

Dm

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G

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D

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F

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G

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C

C

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I am alone

Verse 3

in a hotel room tonight

Dm

Dm

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I squeeze the sky out but

C

C

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Am

Am

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there's not a star appears

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F

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C

C

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Begin my studies with this

F

F

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C

C

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paper and this pencil

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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And I'm working through the

Am

Am

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F

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C

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Dm

Dm

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D

D

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grammar of my fears

F

F

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Oh mercy what I won't give

C

C

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To have the things that

A

A

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mean the most

Dm

Dm

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G

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Not to mean the things I miss

D

D

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F

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Un forgiving the choice still is

G

G

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The language or the kiss

C

C

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Outro 1

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C

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D

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Dm

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C

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Chords

Csus2
C
G
F
Dm
Em
D
Am
A
F#dim

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The original key of Language or the Kiss by Indigo Girls is C major.

The primary chords used in Language or the Kiss are Csus2, C, G, F, Dm, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Csus2, C, G, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Language or the Kiss is approximately 130 beats per minute.

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