• Song:

    Give Me Back My Name

  • Artist:

    Talking Heads

C#m                    Dm                                              
There's a word for it

And words don't mean a thing
C#m                     Dm
There's name for it

And names make all the difference in the world
Gm
Some things can never be spoken
Eb
Some things cannot be pronounced
G                            A
That word does not exist in any language
D                                    F
It will never be uttered by a human mouth

C#m
Let X make a statement
Dm
Let breath pass through those cracked lips
C#m
That man was my hero
Dm
And now that word has been taken from us

(1)
Gm                    Eb                  
Some things can never be spoken                              
                                                      
Some things cannot be pronounced                              
G                            A                                    
That word does not exist in any language                        
D                                  F                        
It will never be uttered by a human mouth                  
                                                      
G        B       A                                    
Give me back my name                                          
G        B       A                                          
Give me back my name                                          
G                                  D                        
Something has been changed in my life                        
G                                  D                        
Something has been changed in my life                        
G                                  D                        
Something must be returned to us                              
G                                  D                        
Something must me returned to us         

first time:  back to (1)
second time:  C#m Dm C#m Dm A

(chords identified by Buck S.)
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