No Language In Our Lungs chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
BB B/C# B/D#B/D#

Verse 1:
 BB
There is no language in our lungs
                F#F#
To tell the world just how we feel
F#F#
No, no, no, no, no, no bridge of thought,
F#F#
No mental link
C# minorC#m              F#F# F#augF#aug
No letting out just what you think

Chorus:
BB              Bm7Bm7
There is no language in our lungs
C#7C#7  G+G   Bsus2Bsus2
Lungs, lungs, lungs

Verse 2:
BB
There is no muscle in our tongues
                 F#F#
To tell the world what's in our hearts
F#F#
No, no, no, no, no, we're leaving nothing behind
F#F#
Just chiseled stones
C# minorC#m               F#F#  F#augF#aug
No chance to speak before we're bones

Chorus:
BB             Bm7Bm7
There is no muscle in our tongues
C#7C#7   G+G     Bsus2Bsus2
Tongues, tongues, tongues

Instrumental break:
BB   F#F#
C# minorC#m  F#F# F#susF#sus

Bridge:
C# minorC#m
I thought I had the whole world in my mouth
C# minorC#m
I thought I could say what I wanted to say
C# minorC#m
For a second, that thought became a sword in my hand
C# minorC#m
I could slay any problem that would stand in my way
A augmentedA
I felt just like a crusader
A augmentedA
Lionheart, a Holy Land invader
BB
But nobody can say what they really mean to say
BB
And the impotency of speech came up and hit me that day
BB
And I would have made this instrumental
BB             F#F#  F#/G#  F#/A#
But the words got in the way

Instrumental break:
F#F#  F#/G#  F#/A#

BB              Bm7Bm7  C#7C#7  G+G  Bsus2Bsus2
There is no language in our...

Verse 3:
BB
There is no language in our lungs
                  F#F#
To tell the world what's in our hearts
F#F#
No, no, no, no, no, we're leaving nothing behind
F#F#
Just chiseled stones
C# minorC#m                F#F#  F#augF#aug
No chance to speak before we're bones

Outro:
BB             Bm7Bm7  C#7C#7  G+G  Bsus2Bsus2
There is no language in our   lungs
BB Bm7Bm7 C#7C#7 G+G Bsus2Bsus2
    Lungs,
BB Bm7Bm7 C#7C#7 G+G Bsus2Bsus2
    lungs