Hozier – Butchered Tongue Chords


  • Artist: Hozier
  • Song: Butchered Tongue
  • Album: Unreal Unearth
  • Release Date: 2023-08-18
  • Genre: irish singer-songwriter, modern rock, pov: indie
  • Key: D Major
  • Tempo: 88
  • Time Signature: 1/4
  • Mode: Major Scale
  • Recommended Tuning: EADGBe (Guitar)
  • Recommended Tuning: GCEA (Ukulele)

When did Hozier release Butchered Tongue?

Butchered Tongue was released on 2023-08-18

Capo: 2nd Fret

Am
Em
F
G
Dm
C
E

Butchered Tongue Chords

Hozier’s “Butchered Tongue” contemplates the loss and transformation of cultural identity through language and place. The lyrics depict the importance of native tongues and the intimate relationship between language and identity. References to geographical names and the imagery of mutilated ears represent cultural erasure and the enduring spirit of suppressed voices. The repetitive Am, Em, and F chords construct the song’s contemplative foundation.

Strumming Pattern: D = Down, U = Up, - = pause
Strumming Pattern #1 - D D U D U D
Strumming Pattern #2 - D D D D D D D
Strumming Pattern #3 - D U D D - D U

Butchered Tongue Chords

Hozier’s “Butchered Tongue” contemplates the loss and transformation of cultural identity through language and place. The lyrics depict the importance of native tongues and the intimate relationship between language and identity. References to geographical names and the imagery of mutilated ears represent cultural erasure and the enduring spirit of suppressed voices. The repetitive Am, Em, and F chords construct the song’s contemplative foundation.

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IntroAm.....Em.....F....Am..
Am.....Em.....F....Am..Verse 1As a cAmhild it was the pClace names
Singin' aFt me as the fAmirst thing
How the mAmouth must be emplGoyed in every cForner of itsEelf
To say "AFppalacicGola" or "HushAmpukena", like "GweebFarra"
A pDmromise softly sGung of somewhere eClse

ChorusAnd as a yoFung man blessed to pass so many road sAmigns
And have my fForeign ear made fresh again on eGach unlikely soEmund
But feel at hFome, hearin' a mGusic that fAmew still undersEmtand
A butchered tDmongue still singin' hGere above the groCundVerse 2The eAmars were chopped from yEmoung men if the pFitch cap didn't kAmill them
They are bAmuried without scGalp in the shattered bEedrock of our home
You may neFver know your fortCune
Until the diAmstance has been sFhown between what is lDmost forever
GAnd what can still be knCown
ChorusSo far from hGome to have a stranger call you, "DAmarling"
And have your guFarded heart be lifted like a chiGld up by the haEnd
In some toFwn that just means 'HCome' to them
With no trAmanslator left to sEmound
A butchered tDmongue still singin' hGere above the grCoundInstrumentalAm.....Em.....F....Am..
Am.....Em.....F....Am..


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