English Tongue Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays537

English Tongue by Palma Violets is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: G C G C x2 
        
      G 
              "Yeah" 

       G Em C G x4 

    G           Em          C          G 
You can't judge life if you can't understand 
                Em           C          G 
The way that we work we're a close knit plan 
               Em         C         G 
Don't speak to me in that judgement tone  
            Em        C 
You go with me or you go it alone 

G C G C G 

C 

G        Em           C           G 
Full headlights shoot one for the other 
                  Em          C         G 
The stretch in my eye your my four-four brother 
              Em         C     G 
And everybody knows just who I am 
               Em            C       G             D 
My name's Hugh Diver I'm the starlit strand 

      G       D               Em             G                          C         G 
There must be someone with an English tongue marking your words for the miles you lost 
             D              G 
It's gonna be a cruel cruel winter 

G             Em         C     G 
The go zone girls in the club don't agree  
G             Em         C     G 
They called me in but there was nothing to see 
G             Em         C     G 
All the folk poke their eyes at me 
G             Em         C     D 
is it just my fame or infamy? 

G             Em         C     G 
Up jumped the devil and the cavalry 
G             Em           C         G 
Everyone's excited they're watching me 
G             Em         C     G 
And everybody knows just who I am 
G             Em             C       G          D 
My name's Hugh Diver I'm the starlit strand 

      G       D               Em             G                          C         G 
There must be someone with an English tongue marking your words for the miles you lost 
             D              G 
It's gonna be a cruel cruel winter 

Em          D 
Let him go 
Em          D 
Let him go 

G             Em         C     G 
And everybody knows just who I am 
G             Em         C     G 
And everybody knows just who I am 
G             Em         C     G 
And everybody knows just who I am 
G             Em             C       G 
My name's Hugh Diver I'm the starlit strand 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante