JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Peggy-O" adalah salah satu lagu yang dibawakan The National untuk album kompilasi Day of the Dead.
Album kompilasi tersebut dirilis pada 2016 oleh Red Hot Organization dalam rangka menggalang dana bagi orang-orang yang terkena HIV AIDS.
Selain The National, lagu "Peggy-O" juga sudah lebih dulu dilantunkan oleh Grateful Dead dan Simon & Garfunkel.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Daze - The National Parks
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Peggy-O" dari The National:
[Intro]
A
[Verse]
A D A
As we rode on out to Fennario,
A F#m C#m
As we rode on out to Fennario,
D A E F#m
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove
A D A
And called her by her name, pretty Peggy-O.
[Verse]
A D A
Will you marry me pretty Peggy-O,
F#m C#m
will you marry me pretty Peggy-O?
D A E F#m
If you will marry me, oh I'll set your cities free
A D A
And free all the ladies in the area-O.
[Verse]
A D A
Oh, I would marry you, sweet William-O,
A F#m C#m
Oh, I would marry you sweet William-O
D A E F#m
Oh, I would marry you but your guineas are too few
A D A
And I fear my mama would be angry-O.
[Verse]
A D A
What would your mama think pretty Peggy-O,
A F#m C#m
What would your mama think pretty Peggy-O,
D A E F#m
What would your mama think if she heard my guineas clink
A D A
And saw me marching at the head of my soldiers-O?
[Verse]