Mother Tongue chords by White Lies

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Verse 1
C 
F 
C 
G 
Am 
The city stays high, all night
F 
Lit up and shivering
C 
G 
Am 
F 
Like a pinball table of fireflies
C 
G 
Am 
An echo of home, on the edge of life
F 
C 
Shot through the veins of an angel
I'm a devil in exile
G 
Am 
G 

Verse 2
Dm 
F 
But if you have forgotten
Am 
Your precious mother tongue
G 
What do you think your mother
Dm 
Would say of what you've done?
F 
And if you can't remember the place
Am 
You call a home,
G 
or having trouble placing
Am 
Who's calling on the phone

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Verse 3

Who's calling on the phone

Interlude 1

Verse 4
C 
Dip the nose of the car to
G 
Am 
the sugar lines
F 
Out to the desert
C 
G 
Am 
Under cinnamon hills and moonshine
F 
C 
He said 'what can I do to make
G 
Am 
F 
you mine?'
C 
Kiss out the twang from my lips
On the way to big-time

Verse 5
G 
Am 
G 
Dm 
But But if
F 
you have forgotten
Am 
Your precious mother tongue
G 
What do you think your mother
Dm 
Would say of what you've done?
F 
And if you can't remember the place
Am 
You call a home,
G 
or having trouble placing
Am 
Who's calling on the phone

Verse 6

Who's calling on the phone

Interlude 2

Verse 7
F 
Am 
Forgot your mother tongue
G 
Dm 
Forgot your mother tongue
Em 
F 
Am 
Forgot your mother tongue
G 
Forgot your mother tongue
Dm 
Em 

Verse 8
Dm 
F 
But if you have forgotten
Am 
Your precious mother tongue
G 
What do you think your mother
Dm 
Would say of what you've done?
F 
And if you can't remember the place
Am 
You call a home,
G 
or having trouble placing
Dm 
Who's calling on the phone

Verse 9
F 
But if you have forgotten
Am 
Your precious mother tongue
G 
What do you think your mother
Dm 
Would say of what you've done?
F 
And if you can't remember the place
Am 
You call a home,
G 
or having trouble placing
D 
Who's calling on the phone
Dm 
D 
Dm 