Mother Tongue Demo
View chords used in this chart
Verse:
D A E F#m
The city stays hight all night
D A E F#m
Lit up and shivering like a pinball table of fireflies
D A E F#m
An echo of home, on the edge of life
D A E F#m
Shot through the veins of an angel I'm a devil in exile
[Refrão]
Bm D F#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E Bm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
Bm D F#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E
Or having trouble placing
B
Who's calling on the phone?
Dbm
Who's calling on the phone?
Verse:
D A E F#m
Dip the nose in the car to the sugar lines
D A E F#m
Out to the desert under cinnamon hills and moonshine
D A E F#m
He said: "what can I do to make you mine?"
D A E F#m
Kiss out the twang from my lips on the way to big-time
[Refrão]
Bm D F#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E Bm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
Bm D F#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E
Or having trouble placing
B
Who's calling on the phone?
Dbm
Who's calling on the phone?
Bridge:
D A E F#m
D A E F#m
Bm D
Forgot your mother tongue
F#m E
Forgot your mother tongue
Bm D
Forgot your mother tongue
F#m E
Forgot your mother tongue
[Refrão]
Bm D F#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E Bm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
Bm D F#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E
Or having trouble placing
B
Who's calling on the phone?
Dbm
Who's calling on the phone?
Bm D F#m
But if you have forgotten your precious mother tongue
E Bm
What do you think your mother would say of what you've done?
Bm D F#m
And if you can't remember the place you call a home
E
Or having trouble placing
B
Who's calling on the phone?
Dbm
Who's calling on the phone?
How to play Mother Tongue Demo
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.