JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "If 8 Were 9" adalah lagu David Gray yang dirilis pada 2019 dalam mini album berjudul sama.
Lagu ini menjadi pembuka dalam mini album berisi empat lagu tersebut.
Mini album If 8 Were 9 dirilis melalui label AWAL Recordings.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The One I Love - David Gray
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "If 8 Were 9" dari David Gray.
[INTRO]
G# C# G# C#
G# C# G# C#
[VERSE I]
D# C#
If skin should touch and words evaporate
G# C#
Trouble clear out of sight with my whole body listening
D# C#
My heart leans out like these old river trees
G# A#m C#
Closer to be where you glide, moving under me, glistening
[CHORUS]
G# C#
If 8 were 9, I would hold you
G#
Yeah, I would rock you
C#
I would shelter you, darling
G# C#
If 8 were 9, I would lift you
G#
Lift you clear off the ground
C#
Through the gates into morning
[VERSE II]
D#
The time would stretch
C#
Stretch out these magic hours
G#
Into days, into years
C#
Tomorrow lost in the distance
D#
A voice speaks out
Fm C#
Says, "Hey man, let it go"
G# A#m
But when a heart has been true
C#
Well, it don't make any difference
[CHORUS]
G# C#
If 8 were 9, I would hold you
G#
Yeah, I would rock you
C#
I would shelter you, darling
G# C#
If 8 were 9, I would lift you
G#
Lift you clear off the ground
C#
Through the gates into morning
G# C#
If 8 were 9
G# C#
If 8 were 9
G# C#
If 8 were 9
G#
If 8 were 9
C#
Through the gates into morning, yeah
(gtr)
G# C# G# C#
G# C#
[Outro]
G# C#
Yeah, through the gates into morning
G#