Native Tongue Ukulele tab

	  Verse: 1 

F#m 
Sing to me, baby, in your native tongue 

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

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

 
F#m 
My heart is a beating drum 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


F#m 
My heart is a beating drum 

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

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

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

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

Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh 


F#m 
My heart is a beating drum 

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

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

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

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