Native Tongue chords by Switchfoot
Verse 1
F#m
Sing to me, baby, in your native tongue
Sing the words of the wise and the young
A
Show me the place
where your words come from
E
Love is the language,
love is your native tongue
F#m
Feel your heartbeat bang the drum
Open up your eyes and fill your lungs
A
The same word from
where the stars are flung
E
Love is the language,
love is your native tongue
Chorus 1
F#m
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
D
My soul, such a long way from
Bm
C#m
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our sound
E
My soul, such a long way from
C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue
Verse 2
F#m
Sing it to me, whisper into my ear
Accuser's voices start to disappear
A
In the wind, in the tongues of the flame
E
In my soul, in my one true name, oh
F#m
Back before we learned
the words to start a fight
Back before they told us
that the haters were right
A
He spoke the truth,
"let there be" and there was
E
Love is the language,
F#m
love is your native tongue
Chorus 2
F#m
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
D
My soul, such a long way from
Bm
C#m
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our sound
E
My soul, such a long way from
C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
Bridge 1
F#m
So sing it loud, get loud, get
E
Louder than the voices in the crowd, yeah
Bm
Even when they tried
to drown you out, eh
D
C#
Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
F#m
So sing it out, get loud, get
E
Louder than the darkness
and the doubts, eh
Bm
Louder than the curses
and the shouts, yeah
D
E
Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
F#m
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)
Chorus 3
F#m
My heart is a beating drum
A
My head in oblivion
D
My soul, such a long way from
Bm
C#m
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
A
My Lord, we forgot our sound
E
My soul, such a long way from
C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)
F#m
Bm
Outro 1
F#m
I want the world to sing
A
in her native tongue
B
To sing it like when we were young
D
Back before the pendulum
C#
had swung to the shadows
F#m
A
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
B
Maybe we could learn to sing along
D
To find a way to use our lungs
C#
for love and not the shadows
F#m
A
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
B
To sing it like when we were young
D
Back before the pendulum
C#
had swung to the shadows
F#m
A
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
B
Maybe we could learn to sing along
D
To find a way to use our lungs
C#
for love and not the shadows
Native Tongue
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