Speaking of Tongues chords by Michael Franti
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Verse 1
(E minor) You don't (A major) have to (D sharp major) be so scared
to (Dsus4) share (G major) your sunshine (A major)
Cause (E minor) you're (A major) this (Baug) little su (D sharp major) perstar
(G major) In your mama's (A major) little butterfly
Strange, (E minor) strange,
litany (D sharp major) of verses and reverses,
ad -libs and rehears (G major) als,
clouds burst (E minor) and words curse,
(C sharpdim) an argument breaks (A major) out,
(G major) it's one we've (E minor) all heard before,
it's boring, it's had (D sharp major) us all snoring
from the first line,
one after another,
(E minor) chimed in perfect time,
(A major) tired rehashes and petty
caches and mismatches, (E minor)
you shoulda coulda's
and why didn't you (D sharp major) did da's,
crippling snippets aimed at the (G major) heart
to inflame and impart blame.
(E minor) A (A major) frame like bohemia,
verbal diarrhea,
spasms (E minor) creating chasms
between the souls of (D sharp major) two or two billion.
Nation is (D major) torn apart,
(G major) station to station (E minor) damnation
(C sharpdim) with (A major) much deliberation
and very little (E minor) consideration
to the return of the damage
(D sharp major) from the altercation,
collateral condemnation.
(G major) Then denying,
like (E minor) colorization (A major) of an old (C sharpdim) black and white,
(A major) create a revision (E minor) of
the recent last night,
The fight that (D sharp major) started with two words
(G major) I'm (E minor) right (C sharpdim) (A major)
(E minor) You don't have to be so scared
(Baug) to do (G major) the shit
you're (E minor) supposed to (C sharpdim) cause (A major) (E minor) your
daddy's a little su (Baug) perstar
an (G major) d your (E minor) momma's a little (A major) butterfly, fly.
(E minor) Of the fight ends with no resolution.
(D sharp major) Merely evolved for retribution,
(G major) substitution, execution,
(D sharp major) electrocu (C sharpdim) tion,
(A major) ruthless, toothless and fruitless,
mum (E minor) bling through page after
page (D sharp major) of excuses.
Abuses of the gift (D major) of gab, (G major)
Gabriel, the trumpeter,
(A major) bestowed upon us a voice, a choice,
(E minor) and a tongue kept moist
by years of salivating for oysters,
(D major) pearls and aphrodisiacs.
(G major) Locked (E minor) in an ugly shell,
always (A major) too chewy and gooey,
so they (E minor) get swallowed whole.
(G major) But a tongue is so much more
than a vehicle for greed,
or the de (D major) cipherer of (G major) feed.
A tongue (E minor) is for washing fur,
or for licking wounds,
or welcoming newcomers into a room,
or (Baug) cleansing those (D sharp major) fresh
from the womb.
Without (G major) a tongue
there'd be no prunes, swoons, dunes (A major) under the rooms,
(C sharpdim) no (D sharp major) bees pollin (G major) ating,
no flowers to bloom,
(E minor) no recitation of words
at the foot of a (A major) tongue,
Or (E minor) Will's (D major) Red Aloud, (G major) the family (E minor) heirloom
You probably (F sharp minor) could n't
even blow (A major) up a balloon
And I would be ashamed
(E minor) Because the exhale is (Baug)
the name (D sharp major) of the game
Exhale (G major) from the heart,
not (E minor) from the lungs
Speak (A major) from (C sharpdim) the heart,
(A major) not from the tongue
(E minor) You don't have to be so (Baug) scared
To (G major) share (E minor) a (A major) suicide (C sharpdim) (A major)
Cause (E minor) your daddy's (D sharp major) little superstar
(Baug) An (G major) d your (E minor) mama's a
little (A major) butterfly (E minor)
Listening is under (D minor) standing
And (E minor) (D sharp major) finding compassion
Love (D major) (G major) is the action of (D major) soul satisfaction
The (G major) (E minor) tongue can make wishes
and also find kisses
Taste (G major) the sweet cake and also cast disses
But (D major) (G major) nothing compares (D major) to the
voice from within
Without (A major) it we might just (E minor) be mannequins
Up to no darn good shenanigans
(D sharp major) Learn (Baug) to be skilful
in the moves (E minor) of the stones
That block the heart
and turn (A major) hu mans to clones
Learn to forgive and set (E minor) free the bones
Touch (D sharp major) with your flesh,
take off (Baug) the rubber gloves
(G major) Love (E minor) like your (D sharp major) life depend (A major) s on it
Be (E minor) cause it does
You don't have to (D sharp major) be so (Baug) scared
to (G major) share (E minor) what's inside (C sharpdim) (A major)
Cause (E minor) your (A major) daddy's (D sharp major) little super (Baug) star (G major)
An (E minor) d your mama's (A major) little butterfly
Fly high (E minor)
You don't have to (Baug) be so scared
to (Dsus4) share (G major) (D major) what's (G major) inside
(A major) (E minor) Cause you (A major) did this (D sharp major) to
me, so this time (Baug) (G major)
Ain't no (E minor) mama's (A major) little girl (E minor) (Baug)
Fly, (C minor) fly, (Baug) (G major) (E minor) (C sharpdim) fly
Speaking of Tongues
Michael Franti
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