JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Speed of Life" adalah lagu Sugarland yang dirilis melalui album Twice the Speed of Life.
Album tersebut merupakan debut dari duo musik beraliran country tersebut.
Album Twice the Speed of Life adalah karya terakhir mereka bersama Kristen Hall yang kemudian keluar untuk meniti karier solo.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Fly Away dari Sugarland
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Speed of Life" dari Sugarland.
(Intro)
D - G - D - Em - D/F# - G
(Verse 1)
D G
We drove all night to get to Corpus Christi
D
My parents slept right through
G
They never missed me
Em7
We were far from sleepin'
G
When the truth began to creep in
Em7 G A
That we weren't goin' home anytime soon
(Verse 2)
D G
The mornin' light sure took us by surprise
D
We grabbed our clothes
G
Watched a beautiful sunrise
Em7
We were one together
G
And we must have talked forever
Em7 G A
And it was then and there I realized that
(Chorus)
D G
I don't want to wait even one more night
D G
It's hard to slow it down when it feels so right
D G
Knees buckled, white knuckled
Em7
We're holdin' on tight (holdin' on tight)
G A D
(We're) travelin' at twice the speed of life
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
D Em D/F# G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah yeah)
(Verse 3)
We worked our way through college waitin' tables
Bought a little white house with a picket fence and cable
I asked if he was ready
To become a Mom and Daddy
And then I found my answer in his eyes