Mother Tongue Chords

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