Hozier - Butchered Tongue: Ukulele Chords

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.

Learn Butchered Tongue ukulele chords and lyrics

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

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

D

Ukulele chord D

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F#

Ukulele chord F#

F#m

Ukulele chord F#m

F#sus4

Ukulele chord F#sus4

G

Ukulele chord G

Gmaj7

Ukulele chord 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.