White Lies — Mother Tongue
F G-Am The city stays high, all night F Lit up and shivering C G-Am Like a pinball table of fireflies F C G-Am An echo of home, on the edge of life F C Shot through the veins of an angel G-AM I'm a devil in exile D F But if you have forgotten AM Your precious mother tongue G What do you think your mother D Would say of what you've done? F And if you can't remember the place Am G You call a home, or having trouble placing D Gm Who's calling on the phone... FCG-AM F C G-Am Dip the nose of the car to the sugar lines F Out to the desert C G-Am Under cinnamon hills and moonshine F C G-Am He said 'what can I do to make you mine?' F C Kiss out the twang from my lips G-Am On the way to big-time D F But if you have forgotten AM Your precious mother tongue G What do you think your mother D Would say of what you've done? F And if you can't remember the place Am G You call a home, or having trouble placing D Gm Who's calling on the phone... BRIDGE DFAC F Am Forgot your mother tongue G D Forgot your mother tongue F Am Forgot your mother tongue G D Forgot your mother tongue D F But if you have forgotten AM Your precious mother tongue G What do you think your mother D Would say of what you've done? F And if you can't remember the place Am G You call a home, or having trouble placing D Who's calling on the phone D F But if you have forgotten AM Your precious mother tongue G What do you think your mother D Would say of what you've done? F And if you can't remember the place Am G You call a home, or having trouble placing D Who's calling on the phone...
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