Lirik dan Chord Lagu A Thousand Years – Toto

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup band asal Amerika Serikat, Toto, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “A Thousand Years”.

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1988 melalui label Columbia Records.

“A Thousand Years” muncul dalam album studio ketujuh mereka yang bertajuk The Seventh One.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Somewhere Tonight – Toto

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “A Thousand Years” dari Toto.

[Intro]
Gm G5/F Ebmaj7 Cm7 Bb/Eb
Fsus4 F Bbsus4 Bb Bb/Ab Gsus2sus4

[Verse]
Gsus2sus4
Day after day
F6       Ebmaj7            Cm7
I feel myself slowing down
Ebmaj7         Fadd9
What does it mean?
        Gsus2sus4
The air has changed
G5/F          Ebmaj7         Cm7
It's getting harder to breath
Ebmaj7            F
Or so it would seem

[Pre-Chorus]
Bbsus4  Bb           Bb/Ab
Sail me away to a distant shore
            Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine

[Chorus]
   Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9
A thousand years
Cm7       Ebmaj7          Fadd9
Lost in the blink of an eye
          Fm7       Eb/Ab
If the sky keeps fallin'
        Bbsus4 Bbadd9            Cm7
The world will come tumblin' down
Ebmaj7              Fadd9
In a thousand years

[Verse]
Gsus2sus4
Tell me my friend
F6            Ebmaj7      Cm7
Can you imagine a place
       Ebmaj7                  Fadd9
Free of boundaries and lies
            Gsus2sus4
There's blood on the wind
G5/F            Ebmaj7         Cm7     Ebmaj7   F
And it's come all of the way from faraway skies

[Pre-Chorus]
Bbsus4 Bb              Bb/Ab
Take me away to a different world
            Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine

[Chorus]
     Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9
A thousand years
Cm7      Ebmaj7          Fadd9
Lost in the blink of an eye
         Fm7         Eb/Ab
If the sky keeps fallin'
        Bbsus4 Bbadd9                Cm7
The world will come tumblin' down
Ebmaj7         Fadd9
In a thousand years
    Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9
A thousand years
Cm7        Ebmaj7     Fadd9
One day for every life
        Fm7       Eb/Ab
Just keep on going
           Bbsus4 Bbadd9        Cm7
We'll find you a home underground
Ebmaj7         Fadd9
In a thousand years

[Instrumental break]
Gsus2sus4 F6 Ebmaj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7
Fadd9
Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bbsus2/Ab Bbsus2sus4/Ab
Gsus2 F6 Ebmaj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7
F
Gsus2 G5/F Ebmaj7 Cm7 Ebmaj7
F

[Pre-Chorus]
Bbsus4 Bb            Bb/Ab
Sail me away to a distant shore
             Gsus2sus4
Where everything's fine

[Chorus]
    Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9
A thousand years
Cm7        Ebmaj7         Fadd9
Lost in the blink of an eye
          Fm7      Eb/Ab
If the sky keeps fallin'
        Bbsus4 Bbadd9              Cm7
The world will come tumblin' down
Ebmaj7            Fadd9
In a thousand years
    Cm7 Ebmaj7 Fadd9
A thousand years
Cm7     Ebmaj7     Fadd9
One day for every life
        Fm7 Eb/Ab
Just keep on going
          Bbsus4 Bbadd9              Cm7
We'll find you a home underground
Ebmaj7        Fadd9
In a thousand years

Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bbsus2/Ab Bbsus2sus4/Ab
Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bbsus2/Ab Bbsus2sus4/Ab
(Sail me away to a distant shore
where everything's fine)