Hozier - Butchered Tongue: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Butchered Tongue" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Butchered Tongue Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Hozier
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar 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 guitar.
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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 You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  Bm  D  Em  F#  F#m  F#sus4  G  Gmaj7  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar 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 ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Butchered Tongue" by Hozier.