Language Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays448

Language by Scott Matthew is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, Fm, C, A, Dm and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			      Artist: Scott Matthew 
  Song Title: Language 
       Album: Shortbus Soundtrack (2007) 
   Tabbed By: Cinthia G 



Intro 
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|---3-----------------|---3------------------| 
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Memory's a secret handshake, shakes you with 
It speaks my language 


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|-----0---0---0---0---|-----2---0---|-----0---0---| 
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|---------------------|-------------|---3---------| 
It ceases, I cease to believe you're gonna leave 


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And acting out a fight when you're not around 


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With ease, I cease to exist. I slip through the leaves, we once had a wish 


Oh we wished for... 


 F                Fm                C                  A     Dm    G7 
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|---1-1-1-1------|---1-1-1-1------|---1-1-1-1------|---2-----3-----0---| 
|---2-2-2-2------|---1-1-1-1------|---0-0-0-0------|---2-----2-----0---| 
|---3-3-3-3------|---3-3-3-3------|---2-2-2-2------|---2-----0-----0---| 
|---3-3-3-3------|---3-3-3-3------|---3-3-3-3------|---0-----------2---| 
|---1-1-1-1--x2--|---1-1-1-1--x2--|---0-0-0-0--x2--|---------------3---| 
Heaven. It only seems like torture 



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Oh this ghost will win my host it's lingering 


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In me and around my neck it taps on my head while I'm asleep 



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Memory's a secret handshake, shakes you with speaks my language 


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|---0-------0---------|-----------------------|---3-----------------|---3-----------------| 
|---------------------|------------3----------|---------------------|---------------------| 
Cease, I cease to believe you're gonna leave 



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Metronome

100 BPM Andante