Native Tongue chords by Switchfoot

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: F# minorF#m

Difficulty: Intermediate

SWITCHFOOT - NATIVE TONGUE

Standard Tuning
Key of F# minorF#m
No Capo

Verse 1:
F# minorF#m
Sing to me, baby, in your native tongue

Sing the words of the wise and the young
D MajorD
Show me the place where your words come from
E MajorE
Love's the language, love’s your native tongue

Verse 2:
F# minorF#m
Feel your heartbeat bang the drum
C#C#
Open up your eyes and fill your lungs
A augmentedA
The same word from where the stars are flung
E MajorE
Love's the language, love's your native tongue

Chorus:
F# minorF#m
My heart is a beating drum

My head in oblivion
D MajorD              BB
My soul such a long way from
            C#C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F# minorF#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
A augmentedA
My Lord, we forgot our Psalm
E MajorE              C#C#
My soul such a long way from

My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F# minorF#m
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

Verse 3:
F# minorF#m
Sing it to me, whisper into my ear

Accuser’s voices start to disappear
A augmentedA
In the wind, in the tongues of the flame
E MajorE
In my soul, in my one true name, oh

Verse 4:
F# minorF#m
Back before we learned the words to start a fight

Back before they told us that the haters were right
A augmentedA
He spoke the truth, "Let there be" and there was
E MajorE
Love's the language, love's your native tongue

Chorus:
F# minorF#m
My heart is a beating drum

My head in oblivion
D MajorD              BB
My soul such a long way from
            C#C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F# minorF#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
A augmentedA
My Lord, we forgot our Psalm
E MajorE              C#C#
My soul such a long way from

My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F# minorF#m
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

Bridge:
F# minorF#m
So sing it out, get loud, get
E MajorE
Louder than the voices in the crowd, yeah
BB
Even when they try to drown you out, eh
D MajorD        C#C#
Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
F# minorF#m
So sing it out, get loud, get
E MajorE
Louder than the darkness and the doubts, eh
BB
Louder than the curses and the shouts, yeah
D MajorD        E MajorE
Your lips, your lungs, your native tongue
F# minorF#m
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh

Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh

Chorus:
F# minorF#m
My heart is a beating drum

My head in oblivion
D MajorD              BB
My soul such a long way from
            C#C#
My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F# minorF#m
My friend, where did we go wrong?
A augmentedA
My Lord, we forgot our Psalm
E MajorE              C#C#
My soul such a long way from

My lips, my lungs, my native tongue
F# minorF#m
Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

Outro:
F# minorF#m    A augmentedA          D MajorD
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
           BB
To sing it like when we were young
        A augmentedA      C#C#
Back before the pendulum had swung to the shadows
F# minorF#m    A augmentedA          D MajorD
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
            BB
Maybe we could learn to sing along
         A augmentedA         C#C#
To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows
F# minorF#m    A augmentedA          D MajorD
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
           BB
To sing it like when we were young
        A augmentedA      C#C#
Back before the pendulum had swung to the shadows
F# minorF#m    A augmentedA          D MajorD
I want the world to sing in her native tongue
            BB
Maybe we could learn to sing along
         A augmentedA         C#C#           F# minorF#m
To find a way to use our lungs for love and not the shadows