On the 18th of August 2023, the track was released. The track was written & sung by Hozier.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: D
- Chords: Bm, D, Gmaj7, A, F#m, G, Em
- BPM: 88
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Track Info
- Song: Butchered Tongue
- Artist: Hozier
- Written by Hozier
- Produced by Jennifer Decilveo & Hozier
- Album: Unreal Unearth
- Released Date: 18 August 2023
[Intro]
Bm D Gmaj7 [Verse]
Bm D As a child it was the place names Gmaj7 Singin' at me as the first thing Bm A How the mouth must be employed in
F#m
every corner of itself G D To say "Appalacicola" or
Gmaj7
"Hushpukena", like "Gweebarra" Em A D A promise softly sung of somewhere else [Chorus]
G And as a young man blessed to pass
Bm
so many road signs G And have my foreign ear made fresh again
A F#m
on each unlikely sound G But feel at home, hearin'
D Bm F#m
a music that few still understand Em A butchered tongue still singin'
A D
here above the ground [Verse]
Bm D The ears were chopped from young men
G
if the pitch cap didn't kill them Bm A They are buried without scalp in
F#m
the shattered bedrock of our home G D You may never know your fortune G Em Until the distance has been shown between
A
what is lost forever D And what can still be known [Chorus]
G So far from home to have
Bm
a stranger call you, "Darling" G And have your guarded heart
be lifted like
A F#m
a child up by the hand G In some town that just means
D
'Home' to them Bm F#m With no translator left to sound Em A butchered tongue still singin'
A D
here above the ground Bm D Gmaj7 F#m Bm D Gmaj7 Bm
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