Switchfoot - Native tongue

^F#mSing to me, baby, in your native tongue Sing the words of the wise and the young ^DShow me the place where your words come from ^ELove's the language, love’s your native tongue

^F#mFeel your heartbeat bang the drum ^C#Open up your eyes and fill your lungs ^AThe same word from where the stars are flung ^ELove's the language, love's your native tongue

^F#mMy heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion ^DMy soul such a long way from^B My lips, my lungs, my na^C#tive tongue ^F#mMy friend, where did we go wrong? ^AMy Lord, we forgot our song ^EMy soul such a long way from^C#

^F#mOh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue) Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

^F#mSing it to me, whisper into my ear Accuser’s voices start to disappear ^AIn the wind, in the tongues of the flame ^EIn my soul, in my one true name, oh

^F#mBack before we learned the words to start a fight Back before they told us that the haters were right ^AHe spoke the truth, "Let there be" and there was ^ELove's the language, love's your native tongue

^F#mMy heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion ^DMy soul such a long way from^B My lips, my lungs, my na^C#tive tongue ^F#mMy friend, where did we go wrong? ^AMy Lord, we forgot our song ^EMy soul such a long way from^C#

^F#mOh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue) Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

^F#mSo sing it out, get loud, get ^ELouder than the voices in the crowd, yeah ^BEven when they try to drown you out, eh ^DYour lips, your ^C#lungs, your native tongue ^F#mSo sing it out, get loud, get ^ELouder than the darkness and the doubts, eh ^BLouder than the curses and the shouts, yeah ^DYour lips, your ^Elungs, your native tongue ^F#mOh-woah-oh-woah-oh

^F#mMy heart is a beating drum My head in oblivion ^DMy soul such a long way from^B My lips, my lungs, my na^C#tive tongue ^F#mMy friend, where did we go wrong? ^AMy Lord, we forgot our song ^EMy soul such a long way from^C#

^F#mOh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue) Oh-woah-oh-woah-oh (My native tongue)

^F#mI want the ^Aworld to sing in her ^Dnative tongue To sing it like when ^Bwe were young Back before the ^Apendulum had ^C#swung to the shadows ^F#mI want the ^Aworld to sing in her ^Dnative tongue Maybe we could learn to ^Bsing along To find a way to ^Ause our lungs for ^C#love and not the shadows ^F#mI want the ^Aworld to sing in her ^Dnative tongue To sing it like when ^Bwe were young Back before the ^Apendulum had ^C#swung to the shadows ^F#mI want the ^Aworld to sing in her ^Dnative tongue Maybe we could learn to ^Bsing along To find a way to ^Ause our lungs for ^C#love and not the shadows^F#m