F C 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 G
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 Am G
Who's calling on the phone
( F C G 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 G
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 Am G
Who's calling on the phone
( D F Am C )
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
