Intro
Verse:
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The city stays hight all night
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Lit up and shivering like a pinball table of fireflies
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An echo of home, on the edge of life
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Shot through the veins of an angel I'm a devil in exile
Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E MajorE B minorBm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E MajorE
Or having trouble placing
BB
Who's calling on the phone?
DbmDbm
Who's calling on the phone?
Verse:
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Dip the nose in the car to the sugar lines
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Out to the desert under cinnamon hills and moonshine
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He said: "what can I do to make you mine?"
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Kiss out the twang from my lips on the way to big-time
Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E MajorE B minorBm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E MajorE
Or having trouble placing
BB
Who's calling on the phone?
DbmDbm
Who's calling on the phone?
Bridge:
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
B minorBm D MajorD
Forgot your mother tongue
F# minorF#m E MajorE
Forgot your mother tongue
B minorBm D MajorD
Forgot your mother tongue
F# minorF#m E MajorE
Forgot your mother tongue
Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E MajorE B minorBm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E MajorE
Or having trouble placing
BB
Who's calling on the phone?
DbmDbm
Who's calling on the phone?
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E MajorE B minorBm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E MajorE
Or having trouble placing
BB
Who's calling on the phone?
DbmDbm
Who's calling on the phone?