Learn to play "Butchered Tongue" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Butchered Tongue" smoothly on your ukulele.
Bm D As a child it was the place names Gmaj7 Bm Singin' at me as the first thing Bm A F#sus4 How the mouth must be employed in every corner F# of itself G D F# To say "Appalacicola" or "Hushpukena", Gmaj7 like "Gweebarra" Em A D A promise softly sung of somewhere else Chorus: G Bm And as a young man blessed to pass so many road signs G A And have my foreign ear made fresh again on F#m each unlikely sound G D Bm But feel at home, hearin' a music that few F#m still understand Em A A butchered tongue still singin' here D above the ground The ears were chopped from young men if the pitch cap didn't kill them They are buried without scalp in the shattered bedrock of our home You may never know your fortune Until the distance has been shown between what is lost forever And what can still be known Chorus: So far from home to have a stranger call you, "Darling" And have your guarded heart be lifted like a child up by the hand In some town that just means 'Home' to them With no translator left to sound A butchered tongue still singin' here above the ground | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Ukulele Chord DiagramsA Bm D Em F# F#m F#sus4 G Gmaj7 Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Butchered Tongue" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Butchered Tongue" by Hozier.