Verse: 1
F#m
Sing to me, baby, in your native tongue
Sing the words of the wise and the young
D
Show me the place where your words come from
E
Love's the language, love’s your native tongue
Verse: 2
F#m
Feel your heartbeat bang the drum
C#
Open up your eyes and fill your lungs
A
The same word from where the stars are flung
E
Love's the language, love's your native tongue
F#m
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
D B
My soul such a long way from
C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
A
My Lord, we forgot our Psalm
E C#
My soul such a long way from
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: 3
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
Verse: 4
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's the language, love's your native tongue
F#m
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
D B
My soul such a long way from
C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
A
My Lord, we forgot our Psalm
E C#
My soul such a long way from
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)
Bridge
F#m
So sing it out, get loud, get
E
Louder than the voices in the crowd, yeah
B
Even when they try 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
B
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
F#m
My heart is a beating drum
My head in oblivion
D B
My soul such a long way from
C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
A
My Lord, we forgot our Psalm
E C#
My soul such a long way from
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)
Outro
F#m A D
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
B
To sing it like when we were young
A C#
Back before the pendulum had swung to the shadows
F#m A D
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
B
Maybe we could learn to sing along
A C#
To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows
F#m A D
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
B
To sing it like when we were young
A C#
Back before the pendulum had swung to the shadows
F#m A D
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
B
Maybe we could learn to sing along
A C# F#m
To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows