Native Tongue chords by
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Key: F# minorDifficulty: Intermediate

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

Chorus 1
love is your native tongue
Gm Gm 
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My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
Eb Eb 
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My soul, such a long way from
Cm Cm 
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Dm Dm 
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My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
Gm Gm 
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My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our sound
F F 
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My soul, such a long way from
D D 
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My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
Gm Gm 
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(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue

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

Chorus 2
Gm Gm 
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My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
Eb Eb 
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My soul, such a long way from
Cm Cm 
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Dm Dm 
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My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
Gm Gm 
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My friend, where did we go wrong?
My Lord, we forgot our sound
F F 
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My soul, such a long way from
D D 
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My lips, my lungs, my native tongue

Bridge 1
Gm Gm 
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So sing it loud, get loud, get
F F 
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Louder than the voices in the crowd, yeah
Cm Cm 
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Even when they tried
to drown you out, eh
Eb Eb 
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D D 
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Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
Gm Gm 
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So sing it out, get loud, get
F F 
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Louder than the darkness
and the doubts, eh
Cm Cm 
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Louder than the curses
and the shouts, yeah
Eb Eb 
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F F 
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Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
Gm Gm 
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(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)

Chorus 3
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)
Gm Gm 
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My heart is a beating drum
Bb Bb 
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My head in oblivion
Eb Eb 
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My soul, such a long way from
Cm Cm 
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Dm Dm 
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My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
Gm Gm 
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My friend, where did we go wrong?
Bb Bb 
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My Lord, we forgot our sound
F F 
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My soul, such a long way from
D D 
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My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
Gm Gm 
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(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh) My native tongue
(Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh)
Gm Gm 
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Cm7 Cm7 
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Outro 1
Gm Gm 
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I   want the world to sing
Bb/F Bb/F 
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in her native tongue
C7/E C7/E 
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To sing it like when we     were young
Eb Eb 
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Back before the pendulum
D D 
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had swung to the shadows
Gm Gm 
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Bb/F Bb/F 
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I   want the world to sing in her native tongue
C7/E C7/E 
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Maybe we could learn to sing   along
Eb Eb 
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To find a way to use our lungs
D D 
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for love and not the shadows
Gm Gm 
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Bb Bb 
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I   want the world to sing in her native tongue
C7 C7 
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To sing it like when we  were young
Eb Eb 
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Back before the pendulum
D D 
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had swung to the shadows
Gm Gm 
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Bb Bb 
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I   want the world to sing in her native tongue
C7 C7 
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Maybe we could learn to sing along
Eb Eb 
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To find a way to use our lungs
D D 
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for love and not the shadows

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsGm Bb F Eb Cm...

Chords

Gm
Bb
F
Eb
Cm
Dm
D
Cm7
Bb/F
C7/E
C7
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Gm: 3-5-5-3-3-3
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Cm: x-3-5-5-4-x
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
Cm7: x-3-5-3-4-x
Bb/F: 1-x-3-3-3-x
C7/E: 0-3-2-3-1-x
C7: x-3-2-3-1-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 1

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This is the definitive original version of Native Tongue by Switchfoot, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F# minor. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Switchfoot's performance.

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