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Language Or The Kiss by Indigo Girls
Language Or The Kiss
[drop C/D tuning, no capo]
[Firstly, the high e string needs to be tuned down to c.(should be the same when
you put your finger on the first frett of the B string, so use that to tune)
Then tune the low E string to D.]
Into: [x2]
c|----------4--------------------------------0---------------0--------
b|--------1---------3-------1------------1-----1---------1-----1------
g|------0---------0-------0---0---0----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----
d|----2---------2-------2-------2-------------------------------------
a|---3---------3-------3----------------------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------3--------------3-----------------
c|--------------------------------------------------0-----------------
b|------3---1---3---3/5--3--1---------------------0---0---------------
g|----0---0---0---0-----------------------------0-------0-------------
d|---------------------------------0h2-0------0-----------0-----------
a|---------------------------------------0----------------------------
d|--2---------------------------3----------5--------------------------
Verse:
...if it was real or in a dream
c|----------4--------------------------------0---------------0--------
b|--------1---------3-------1------------1-----1---------1-----1------
g|------0---------0-------0---0---0----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----
d|----2---------2-------2-------2-------------------------------------
a|--3---------3-------3-----------------------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------3--------------3-----------------
...waking up im not sure where i've been
c|--------------------------------------------------0-----------------
b|------3---1---3---3/5--3--1---------------------0---0---------------
g|----0---0---0---0-----------------------------0-------0-------------
d|---------------------------------0h2-0------0-----------0-----------
a|---------------------------------------0----------------------------
d|--2---------------------------3----------5--------------------------
i don’t know if it was real or in a dream
lately waking up i’m not sure where i’ve been
there was a table set for six and five were there
i stood outside and kept my eyes upon that empty chair
and there was steam on the windows from the kitchen
laughter like a 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
D9 F6(9) Gsus
oh the fear i’ve known
C A7
that i might reap the praise of strangers
D9 Gsus
and end up on my own
D9 F6(9)
all i’ve sown was a song
Gsus
but maybe i was wrong
i said to you the one gift which i’d adore
unwrap a package of the next 10 years unfolding
but you told me if i had my way i’d be bored
right then i knew i loved you best born of your scolding
when we last talked we were lying on our backs
looking up at the sky through the ceiling
i used to lie like that alone out on the driveway
trying to read the greek upon the stars the alphabet of feeling
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
Instrumental Solo:
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|-----13-----------------------------------------------------------
g|--12----12--9--9--10/12--12/14--5--5/7--7-------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|--------5-6-5- 6/8-6p5-4p5-3p1-0h1-0--------3---------------------
g|---5h7------------------------------------------------------------
d|--------------------------------------5-4-3-----------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------6-7h8p7p6--------14----14-----12-11-9-9-7-------------------
b|--5h6-----------10h11-----10----8h9-------------------------------
g|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|------------------------------------------------------------------
g|--10p9h10p9--7/5--10p9h10p9-8h9-10p9-8h9-7/5-4h5-4----------------
d|----------------------------------------------------5/7-5---------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|-----------------8--7-8-10-10--12h13-10/12------------------------
g|------5-7-5--7/9----7-9-11-11--------------12--12/14--10-----5----
d|--5h7----------------------------------------------------5h7------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
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
mercy what i won’t give
to have the things that mean the most
not to mean the things i miss
unforgiving the choice still is
the language or the kiss
Chords Used:
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D9: x00232
Gsus: 5x0030
F6(9): 3x0010
C: x32010
C#sus9: x02020
*Note*
- p means pull off
- h means hammer on
- / means slide
- the hammer on and pull off technique is kind of like rocking your
finger back and forth. Just hammer on and pull off. (10p9h10p9)
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version 2
played in standard tuning, no capo.
Chords
Dm: x00231
G: 320033
F: x33211
C: x32010
Am: x02210
"this is a song by emily, this 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 accapello
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
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