'Language Or The Kiss' by Indigo Girls - Guitar Tutorial
Gtp chords: Language Or The Kiss
Song lyrics:
Language or the Kiss -- Emily Sailers
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[drop C/D tuning, no capo]
[Firstly, the high e string needs to be tuned down to c.(should be the same when
you put your finger on the first frett of the B string, so use that to tune)
Then tune the low E string to D.]
Into: [x2]
c|----------4--------------------------------0---------------0--------
b|--------1---------3-------1------------1-----1---------1-----1------
g|------0---------0-------0---0---0----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----
d|----2---------2-------2-------2-------------------------------------
a|---3---------3-------3----------------------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------3--------------3-----------------
c|--------------------------------------------------0-----------------
b|------3---1---3---3/5--3--1---------------------0---0---------------
g|----0---0---0---0-----------------------------0-------0-------------
d|---------------------------------0h2-0------0-----------0-----------
a|---------------------------------------0----------------------------
d|--2---------------------------3----------5--------------------------
Verse:
...if it was real or in a dream
c|----------4--------------------------------0---------------0--------
b|--------1---------3-------1------------1-----1---------1-----1------
g|------0---------0-------0---0---0----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----
d|----2---------2-------2-------2-------------------------------------
a|--3---------3-------3-----------------------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------3--------------3-----------------
...waking up im not sure where i've been
c|--------------------------------------------------0-----------------
b|------3---1---3---3/5--3--1---------------------0---0---------------
g|----0---0---0---0-----------------------------0-------0-------------
d|---------------------------------0h2-0------0-----------0-----------
a|---------------------------------------0----------------------------
d|--2---------------------------3----------5--------------------------
i don’t know if it was real or in a dream
lately waking up i’m not sure where i’ve been
there was a table set for six and five were there
i stood outside and kept my eyes upon that empty chair
and there was steam on the windows from the kitchen
laughter like a language i once spoke with ease
but i’m made mute by the virtue of decision
i choose most of your life goes on without me
D9 F6(9) Gsus
oh the fear i’ve known
C A7
that i might reap the praise of strangers
D9 Gsus
and end up on my own
D9 F6(9)
all i’ve sown was a song
Gsus
but maybe i was wrong
i said to you the one gift which i’d adore
unwrap a package of the next 10 years unfolding
but you told me if i had my way i’d be bored
right then i knew i loved you best born of your scolding
when we last talked we were lying on our backs
looking up at the sky through the ceiling
i used to lie like that alone out on the driveway
trying to read the greek upon the stars the alphabet of feeling
oh i knew back then
it was a calling that said if joy then pain
the sound of the voice these years later
is still the same
Instrumental Solo:
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|-----13-----------------------------------------------------------
g|--12----12--9--9--10/12--12/14--5--5/7--7-------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|--------5-6-5- 6/8-6p5-4p5-3p1-0h1-0--------3---------------------
g|---5h7------------------------------------------------------------
d|--------------------------------------5-4-3-----------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------6-7h8p7p6--------14----14-----12-11-9-9-7-------------------
b|--5h6-----------10h11-----10----8h9-------------------------------
g|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|------------------------------------------------------------------
g|--10p9h10p9--7/5--10p9h10p9-8h9-10p9-8h9-7/5-4h5-4----------------
d|----------------------------------------------------5/7-5---------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
c|------------------------------------------------------------------
b|-----------------8--7-8-10-10--12h13-10/12------------------------
g|------5-7-5--7/9----7-9-11-11--------------12--12/14--10-----5----
d|--5h7----------------------------------------------------5h7------
a|------------------------------------------------------------------
d|------------------------------------------------------------------
i am alone in a hotel room tonight
i squeeze the sky out but there’s not a star appears
begin my studies with this paper and this pencil
and i’m working through the grammar of my fears
mercy what i won’t give
to have the things that mean the most
not to mean the things i miss
unforgiving the choice still is
the language or the kiss
Chords Used:
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D9: x00232
Gsus: 5x0030
F6(9): 3x0010
C: x32010
C#sus9: x02020
*Note*
- p means pull off
- h means hammer on
- / means slide
- the hammer on and pull off technique is kind of like rocking your
finger back and forth. Just hammer on and pull off. (10p9h10p9)
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