Mother Tongue Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]The[F] city stays high, [C]all night[G][Am]
[F]Lit up and shivering
Like [C]a pinball table of f[G]ireflies[Am][F]
An echo of [C]home, on the edge of [G]life[Am]
[F]Shot through the veins of an ang[C]el
I'm a devil in exile
[G][Am][G]

[Verse 2]
[Dm]
But if you have for[F]gotten
Your precious mother [Am]tongue
What do you think your [G]mother
Would say of what you've [Dm]done?
And if you can't re[F]member the place
You call a [Am]home,
or having trouble [G]placing
Who's calling on the [Am]phone

[Verse 3]
Who's calling on the [G]phone

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][C]
[G][Am][F]

[Verse 4]
Dip the nose of the [C]car to
the sugar [G]lines[Am]
[F]Out to the desert
Under [C]cinnamon hills and [G]moonshine[Am]
[F]He said 'what can I do [C]to make
[G]you [Am]mine[F]?'
Kiss out the twang from my [C]lips
On the way to big-time

[Verse 5]
[G]But [Am]But [G]if[Dm]
you have for[F]gotten
Your precious mother [Am]tongue
What do you think your [G]mother
Would say of what you've [Dm]done?
And if you can't re[F]member the place
You call a [Am]home,
or having trouble [G]placing
Who's calling on the [Am]phone

[Verse 6]
Who's calling on the [G]phone

[Interlude 2]
[Dm]
[Am][Dm][G]

[Verse 7]
Forgot your [F]mother [Am]tongue
Forgot your [G]mother [Dm]tongue
Forgot [Em]your [F]mother [Am]tongue
Forgot your [G]mother tongue
[Dm][Em]

[Verse 8]
[Dm]
But if you have for[F]gotten
Your precious mother [Am]tongue
What do you think your [G]mother
Would say of what you've [Dm]done?
And if you can't re[F]member the place
You call a [Am]home,
or having trouble [G]placing
Who's calling on the [Dm]phone

[Verse 9]
But if you have for[F]gotten
Your precious mother [Am]tongue
What do you think your [G]mother
Would say of what you've [Dm]done?
And if you can't re[F]member the place
You call a [Am]home,
or having trouble [G]placing
Who's calling on the [D]phone
[Dm][D][Dm]

[Outro 1]
[Am][G]