Paramore - Native Tongue: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Native Tongue" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

              E
How can they say
there is one way when
         B
it's the opposite?
                   A
And how can they know
                  E
the end of the story
          B
before I tell it?
cause when I
 E
walk your feet
they fall to
     B
the same beat
                 A
Or maybe we're from
               E
two different worlds
                    B
But we got our own language

A
We talk to people but
they never understand
B
They think we're crazy
cause it sounds like laws

Chorus:
             A
When We're speaking
in our native
  B
Speaking in our
native tongue
        A
We're speaking
in our native
  B
Speaking in our
native tongue

We used to live
Like we were strangers
We didn’t know any better
We didn’t fit
In with the out crowd
So we gave in
And we shut our mouths

But oh, I love your history
And I can take it
And when you talk in code to me
I can translate it

A
We talk to people but
they never understand
B
They think we're crazy
cause it sounds like laws
A
Ain't it strange all the
things you hear when
    F#m G#m  A  B
you sit and listen?

Chorus:
When we’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue
We’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue

And all this time I've been wasting my breath
Just wasting my words on everyone else
Now speaking in my native
Speaking in my native tongue

        A
So come on
        B
talk it out
        A
So come on
        B
talk it out
        A
So come on
talk talk
talk talk
talk
        B
talk it out
your voice that
brought me
back from the dead
        A
So come on
talk talk
talk talk
talk
        B
talk it out
out out out

Chorus:
Speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue
We’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue

And all this time I've been wasting my breath
Just wasting my words on everyone else
I'm speaking in my native
Speaking in my native tongue


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

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 "Native Tongue" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Native Tongue" by Paramore.