The Broken Tongue – Daniel Kahn And The Painted Bird · Song Chords

The Broken Tongue

Daniel Kahn And The Painted Bird · E

Real Key

E

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E

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

Intro

[E]

Verse 1

[E] [D] [E]

Now you who gather joyfully beneath the festive lights

[Dm] [E]

And warm each other soulfully with all of your delight

[D] [E]

Take not too much comfort in this song

[E] [D]

Eor what you choose to elevate from what was cast below

[Dm] [E]

Is but the tidal whimsy of the seas you do not know

[D] [E]

& may well turn asunder before long

Chorus

[Am] [E]

A beauteous sound, a diamond I have found

[Dm] [E]

A diamond I have found beneath the snow

[Am] [E]

Buried in the ground, 'neath a ruddy mound

[Dm] [E]

'Neath a ruddy mound where nothing grows

[E] [D] [E]

The guests are almost ready for the dancing to begin

[Dm] [E]

They've come to toast the wedding between Zion & Berlin

[Dm] [E]

So raise a glass up to the bride & groom

[E] [D] [E]

But don't confuse the Deutsch & Yiddish, nor the night & day

[Dm] [E]

& if a Kaddish sounds like Kiddush, bow your head & pray

[Dm] [E]

We never step upon the glass too soon

[Am] [E]

A shayn gesang, an oytser far a klang

[Dm] [E]

An oytser far a klang, vi fun a khupe

[Am] [E] [Dm] [E]

Tsespaltn fun a shverd, bagrobn tif in drerd unter der kupe

Interlude

[E]

[D] [E]

Verse 2

[Dm] [E]

So weigh your fortune carefully when prophesy reveals

[Dm] [E]

That decadence & revelry can undermine your zeal

[Dm] [E]

& turn the prophesy upon its ear

[Dm] [E]

For in the dying embers of a century of blood

[Dm] [E]

Is all we must remember to avoid the coming flood

[Dm] [E]

Of prophesies we all refuse to hear

Interlude

[Dm] [E] x4

Bridge

[E] [Dm]

For singing broken melodies to songs in broken tongues

[E] [Dm]

Cannot erase the memory of bells already rung

[E] [Dm]

Nor can it unring the ones we hear

[Dm] [E]

So let the broken birds return upon their painted wings

[Dm] [E]

& let the broken words be burned unto the songs we sing

[Dm] [E]

Till every note is new unto our ears

Chorus

[Am] [E]

A beauteous sound, a diamond I have found

[Dm] [E]

A diamond I have found beneath the snow

[Am] [E]

Buried in the ground, 'neath a ruddy mound

[Dm] [E]

'Neath a ruddy mound where nothing grows

Chords Used (4)

Guitar

Ukulele

E

1 / 4

D

1 / 4

Dm

1 / 4

Am

1 / 4

Song Info

Real Key

E

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