Mother Tongue chords by Stephanie Poetri

Verse 1
G                       D
 It's my mother's language
G                      D
 It's my mother tongue
G                     D
 I don't speak it perfect
 A     F#m
And that makes me dumb.


Verse 2
G                        D
 First to lose the accent
G                     D
 Last to get the joke
G D A. F#m
 What's the word for having nowhere to go

Pre-Chorus
 Em7              D
And it's always in the back of my mind
 F#                 G
Or on the tip of my tongue

Chorus
G     Em7
Ooh.
 D
If it's hard to read
 A
It's just poetry
G     Em7
Ooh.
 D
That's just how I speak
 A    G
Ini puisiku
 Em7
Dari dulu
 D
Aku tahu
 A                              G    Em7
That I sound nothing, nothing like you
 D
So they laugh at me
 A
At my poetry

Verse 3
G                      D
 It's my fathers' lessons
G                       D
 From his fathers hurt
G                D                                 A   F#m
 Try to disagree but I can't find the words


Verse 4
G                             D
 It's pain that's in the silence
G                                  D
 The tears that speak for me
G                              D                       A
 What's the word for all that's lost in between


Pre-Chorus
 Em7              D
And it's always in the back of my mind
 F#                 G
Or on the tip of my tongue
 Em7             D
Swear that I was fluent when I was young
 F#                G
Now I can't even write you a song

Chorus
G     Em7
Ooh.
 D
If it's hard to read
 A
It's just poetry
G     Em7
Ooh.
 D
That's just how I speak
 A    G
Ini puisiku
 Em7
Dari dulu
 D
Aku tahu
 A                              G  Em7
That I sound nothing, nothing like you.
 D
So they laugh at me
 A
At my poetry

Outro
G   Em7 D
 Ah
 A
It's just poetry
G   Em7 D
 Ah
 A     G  Em7D A
It's just poetry
G   Em7 D
Ah.
 A     G
It's just poetry