Speaking A Dead Language Ukulele chords by Joy Williams

Speaking a Dead Language - Joy Williams

 C               G           Am       F
 We built a tall, tall tower

 C               G                  Am     F
 Towards the sun, towards the sun

 C              G                  Am      F
 Took some words and built a wall

 C                 G                 Am      F
 And called it love, called it love

 Dm                        Am     G    Dm                    Am
 Somewhere in all the talking, the meaning faded out

 C       G        Am
Oh, I wonder when did it all stop making sense?

 C         G        Am      F
I don't understand

 C     G         Am
I remember, we were so sure, so innocent

 C         G           Am
Oh, but that was then

                 C   G    Am
Can we ever go back again?

                 C   G   Am    F
Can we ever go back?



You're speaking a dead, dead language
You don't sound like yourself
I hope it's just lost in translation
So why don't you show, don't try to tell

Brick by brick, we started crumbling
Will I find you when it falls?


Oh, I wonder when did it all stop making sense?
I don't understand
I remember, we were so sure, so innocent
Oh, but that was then
                  D      Bm    G   D   Em    A
Can we ever go back?


 B       Em      Bm
Don't hold your breath

 G       D
Look around

        Em        A     B        Em
Try to add it up, pin it down

         C         C   G    F
But you can't



Oh, I wonder when did it all stop making sense?
I don't understand
I remember, we were so sure, so innocent
Oh, but that was then
Can we ever go back again?
                 C   G   Am
Can we ever go back?