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  Song   : "Language of the Heart"
  Artist : David Wilcox
  Album  : How Did You Find Me Here (1989)
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(Transcribed by Brian Scholl)
scholl@ruccs.rutgers.edu

Full lyrics at end of file.

Tuning : D A D G A D


INTRO (16 bars)
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FIRST VERSE (32 bars)
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  "made"                                "blankets"
  
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  "high"
  
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  "took"                                "moonlight"

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  "sky"

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  "touch"                               "potion"

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  "kiss"                                "fly"

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  "deep"                                "smiled"

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  "eyes"


CHORUS (16 bars)
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  "say"                                 "honest"

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  "words"                               "start"

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  "more"                                "spoken"

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  "heart"


SECOND VERSE: Repeat first 28 bars of First Verse, then 4 more bars: 
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BRIDGE (12 bars)
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  "eyes"                                "clear"
  
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  "eyes"                                "washing"

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THIRD VERSE: Repeat first 28 bars of First Verse, then 12 more bars: 
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  "one"                                 "heart"

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  "true"


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Coda (4 bars)
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  "heart"



FIRST VERSE
We made our warm bed out of blankets in the meadow way up high
You took off your dress in the moonlight, to sleep beneath the sky
Your touch was a warm summer potion, your kiss made the whole mountain fly
And you looked deep within me and smiled at the tears in my eyes

CHORUS
(And you / And you / But you can) say that you always were honest
And your words were clear from the start
But it's more than just words that got spoken
There was (a) language of the heart

SECOND VERSE
I won't keep on calling your number if you never have the time
I don't want to claim you, or blame you, but you're always on my mind
You had no idea I would love you, it comes as a total surprise
And you shake your head slowly and smile at the tears in my eyes

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Your eyes like an ocean of clear sunlit green
My eyes with the saltwater washing me clean ... again

THIRD VERSE
Now just imagine you whispered a secret that could take away my blues
And you let me believe it, to please me, but it just wasn't true
You just meant to share with me pleasure, and you're gifted at what you do
But you're speaking an unspoken language ... I thought that you knew
It's one that we all learn by heart, and our hearts think it's true

CHORUS