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Bm D Gmaj7
[Verse 1]
Bm DAs a child it was the place names
Gmaj7Singin' at me as the first thing
Bm A F#mHow the mouth must be employed in every corner of itself
G D Gmaj7To say "Appalacicola" or "Hushpukena", like "Gweebarra"
Em A DA promise softly sung of somewhere else
[Chorus]
G BmAnd as a young man blessed to pass so many road signs
G A F#mAnd have my foreign ear made fresh again on each unlikely sound
G D Bm F#mBut feel at home, hearin' a music that few still understand
Em A DA butchered tongue still singin' here above the ground
[Verse 2]
Bm D GThe ears were chopped from young men if the pitch cap didn't kill them
Bm A F#mThey are buried without scalp in the shattered bedrock of our home
G DYou may never know your fortune
G Em AUntil the distance has been shown between what is lost forever
DAnd what can still be known
[Chorus]
G BmSo far from home to have a stranger call you, "Darling"
G A F#mAnd have your guarded heart be lifted like a child up by the hand
G DIn some town that just means 'Home' to them
Bm F#mWith no translator left to sound
Em A DA butchered tongue still singin' here above the ground
Bm D Gmaj7 F#m
Bm D Gmaj7 Bm
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