JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "American Tune" merupakan lagu Paul Simon yang diluncurkan pada 1973.
Lagu ini tergabung dalam album There Goes Rhymin' Simon yang mendapat nominasi Grammy untuk kategori Album of the Year.
Lagu "American Tune" juga dinyanyikan oleh Paul Simon bersama partner duonya, Art Garfunkel.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Peace Like a River - Paul Simon
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "American Tune" dari Paul Simon.
[Verse 1]
C F C G7 C G E7 Am Am
Many's the time I've been mistaken and many times confused
C F C G7 C G C B7 Am E7 Am
Yes and I've often felt forsaken and certainly misused
C9 F G F C F C G G#7 Am A7
Aw, but I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm just weary to my bones
D7 G7 C G7 D G
Still you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant
C F C G E7 Am Dm7 C G13 C
So far away from home, so far away from home
[Verse 2]
C F C G7 C G E7
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
Am E7 Am
I don't have a friend that's feels at ease
C F C G7 C G C B7 Am E7 Am
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to it's knees
C9 F G F C F C G G#7 Am A7
Aw, but it's alright, it's alright for we lived so well so long
D7 G7 C G7 D G
Still when I think of the road we're travelin' on
C F C C G E7 Am Dm7 C G13 C
I wonder what's gone wrong, I can't help but wonder what's gone wrong
[Bridge]
C
And I dreamed I was dying...
G G7 Am Am/F#
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
G7 F C G
And looking back down on me smiled reassuringly
G7 C
And I dreamed I was flying....
G G7 Am D#7
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
G7 C G
The Statue of Liberty - sailing away to sea
C
And I dreamed I was flying.
[Verse 3]
C F C G C G
For we come on the ship they call Mayflower
E7 Am E7 Am
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
C F C G C G C B7 Am E7 Am
We come in the ages most uncertain hours and sing an American Tune
C9 F G F C F C G E7 Am
Aw, but it's alright, it's alright you can't be forever blessed
D7 G C G7 D G
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day
C F C G E7 Am Dm7 C G13 G7 C
And I'm trying to get some rest, that's all I'm trying to get some rest.