JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris, Nick Drake merilis lagu berjudul “Fruit Tree” pada 1969.
Lagu berdurasi 4 menit 50 detik ini dirilis melalui label musik Island Records dan diproduseri oleh Joe Boyd.
“Fruit Tree” bergenre folk dan merupakan bagian dari debut album studio pertama Nick yang bertajuk Five Leaves Left.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Fruit Tree” dari Nick Drake:
[Intro]
G E D E D E Am
[Verse 1]
E C
Fame is but a fruit tree
F#m Am
So very unsound
E C
It can never flourish
D Am
‘til its stock is in the ground
C
So men of fame
Am
Can never find a way
E C
‘til time has flown
D E Em
Far from their dying day
[Verse 2]
Dm G
Forgotten while you’re here
E Em Am
Remembered for a while
Dm
A much updated ruin
G A E Am
From a much outdated style
[Verse 3]
Em Am
Life is but a memory
F#m Am
Happened long ago
E7 C
Theatre full of sadness
F#m D Am
For a long forgotten show
E C
Seems so easy
F#m Am
Just to let it go on by
E C
‘til you stop and wonder
D E
Why you never wondered why
[Verse 4]
F E
Safe in the womb
Em
Of an everlasting night
Am E
You'll find the darkness can
Am
Give the brightest light
F E Em
Safe in your place deep in the earth
Am E Em
That’s when they’ll know what you were really worth
Am C
Forgotten while you’re here
E Em
Remembered for a while
Dm
A much updated ruin
A E D E Am
From a much outdated style
[Verse 5]
Em C
Fame is but a fruit tree
F#m Am
So very unsound
E C
It can never flourish
D Am
‘til its stock is in the ground
C
So men of fame
Am
Can never find a way
E C
‘til time has flown
D E
Far from their dying day
[Interlude]
Am E Gm D Dm E
Am
[Outro]
E C
Fruit tree, fruit tree
C7 D Dm
No-one knows you but the rain and the air
E
Don’t you worry
Am
They’ll stand and stare when you’re gone
E Gm
Fruit tree, fruit tree
D Dm
Open your eyes to another year
E
They’ll all know
Am E
That you were here when you’re gone