Chords for mother tongue

1, 2, 3, 4
da da da da da da [E] da da da da _
[Am] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] The street beneath my feet is [Gm] paved with rows of gold
[F] or so I'm told
_ [Gm] The sky before my eyes is never color gray
[E] or so they [Gb] say
_ _ [G] I guess I've known the [Ab] truth since I was pretty [A] young
that I never [Bbm] knew my mother's mother tongue
[B] I'll fake all of my words till they [Dbm] point out to me
the crowds of [D] purple, looking flowers
I [Eb] can't see _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ I'll borrow [Dm] chords and play along [E] until they shine
they're [F] still not mine
[A] _ _ [Bb] grieving [Gm] every postcard in until they land
[D] to second. _ _ _
[G] She gave me half my pot [E] and made me one more last.
[Am] But the same cold air is
[E] filling both of them.
[B] Meanwhile, the clock it out, [Dbm] points out what's left behind.
[Am] The
field of yellow [D] daffodils, you tried, [Abm] but couldn't find.
_ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
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