Switchfoot – Native Tongue (Guitar)

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Key of F#m [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
[Chorus]
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 song

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
[Chorus]
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 song

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
[Chorus]
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 song

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