Language Or The Kiss Chords

by Indigo Girls
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author pagehopper [a] 41.
1 contributor total, last edit on Feb 12, 2022

Chords

C
Am
Dm
F
G

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This was figured from the live version on 1200 Curfews. I've tabbed out the intro of the
guitar, but unfortunately I haven't figured the solo. Lyrics in "quotations" are Amy's
vocals when they are different from Emily's.
 
Chords
Dm:  x00231
G:   320033
F:   x33211
C:   x32010
Am:  x02210
 
 
"This is a song by Emily, this is called Language or the Kiss"
 
Intro
         *C*                            *Am*
e|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
B|-------1---1-----3-----1-----0---|-------1---1-----3-----1-----0---|
G|-----0-------0-----0-----0-----0-|-----2-------2-----2-----2-----2-|
D|---2-----------2-----2-----2-----|---2-----------2-----2-----2-----|
A|-3-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
         *Dm*                            *F*              *G*
e|---------1-----0-----1---1h3-1p0-|---------1-------|---------3-------|
B|-------3---3-----3-----3---------|-------1---1-----|-----------3-----|
G|-----2-------2-----2-------------|-----2-------2---|-------0-----0---|
D|---0-----------------------------|---3-----------3-|-----0---------0-|
A|-0-------------------------------|-3---------------|---2-------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
 
Verse 1
             C                     Am
i don’t know if it was real or in a dream
       Dm                                F       G
lately waking up i’m not sure where i’ve been
            C                               Am
there was a table set for six and five were there
           Dm                               F         G
i stood outside and kept my eyes upon that empty chair
 
there was steam on the windows from the kitchen
laughter like the language i once spoke with ease
but i’m made mute by the virtue of decision
i choose most of your life goes on without me
 
Chorus
 
Dm               F    G
oh the fear i’ve known
              C                 Am
that i might reap the praise of strangers
     F            G
and end up on my own
    Dm                  F
and all i’ve sown was a song
     G                (Dm)
but maybe i was wrong
 
Verse 2
 
i said to you the one gift i'd adore
is a package of the next 10 years as they're unfolding
                    "package of the next 10 years unfolding"
but you told me if i had my way i’d be bored
and i knew enough to bless one of your scoldings
 
when we last talked we were lying on our backs
                                         "lying on our backs"
looking up at the sky we were looking through the ceiling
        "looking at the sky"  "looking through the ceiling"
i used to lie like that alone out on the driveway
i was trying to read the greek upon the stars the alphabet of feeling
 
Chorus 2
 
oh i knew back then
it was a calling that said if joy then pain
the sound of the voice these years later
is still the same
 
Solo
 
Verse 3 accapella
 
i am alone in a hotel room tonight
i squeeze the sky out but there’s not a star appears
begin my studies with this paper and this pencil
and i’m working through the grammar of my fears
 
Chorus 3
   oh mercy me what i won't give
"oh mercy save me"
to have the things that mean the most
not to be the things i'd miss
   the unforgiving choice still is
"unforgiving
the language or the kiss
yes it is
 
thanks yall (obligatory)
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Language Or The Kiss – Indigo Girls
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