Verse 1: Gbm 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: Gbm Feel your heartbeat bang the drum Db 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: Gbm My heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion D B My soul such a long way from Db My lips, my lungs, my native tongue Gbm My friend, where did we go wrong? A My Lord, we forgot our song E Db My soul such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue Gbm Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh -My native tongue- Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh -My native tongue- Verse 3: Gbm 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: Gbm 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: Gbm My heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion D B My soul such a long way from Db My lips, my lungs, my native tongue Gbm My friend, where did we go wrong? A My Lord, we forgot our song E Db My soul such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue Gbm Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh -My native tongue- Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh -My native tongue- Bridge: Gbm 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 Db Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue Gbm 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 Gbm Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh Chorus: Gbm My heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion D B My soul such a long way from Db My lips, my lungs, my native tongue Gbm My friend, where did we go wrong? A My Lord, we forgot our song E Db My soul such a long way from My lips, my lungs, my native tongue Gbm Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh -My native tongue- Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh -My native tongue- Outro: Gbm A D I want the world to sing in her native tongue B To sing it like when we were young A Db Back before the pendulum had swung to the shadows Gbm A D I want the world to sing in her native tongue B Maybe we could learn to sing along A Db To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows Gbm A D I want the world to sing in her native tongue B To sing it like when we were young A Db Back before the pendulum had swung to the shadows Gbm A D I want the world to sing in her native tongue B Maybe we could learn to sing along A Db Gbm To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows
