JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Nick Drake merupakan penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris yang memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Day is Done”.
Lagu yang direkam di studio Sound Techniques, London ini dimuat dalam debut album pertamanya yang bertajuk Five Leaves Left.
Album bergenre folk itu diproduseri oleh Joe Boyd dan dirilis pada 1969 melalui label Island Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Day is Done” dari Nick Drake:
[Intro]
Dm A/C# F/C G/B Bb Dm Bb A
[Verse 1]
Dm A/C#
When the day is done
F/C G/B
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Bb Dm
Along with everything that was lost and won
Bb A7
When the day is done
[Verse 2]
Dm A/C#
When the day is done
F/C G/B
Hope so much your race’ll be all run
Bb Dm
Then you find you’ve jumped the gun
Bb Dm
Have to go back where you begun
Bb Dm
When the day is done
[Verse 3]
Dm A/C#
When the night is cold
F/C G/B
Some get by and some get old
Bb Dm
Just to show life’s no made of gold
Bb A7
When the night is cold
[Verse 4]
Dm A/C#
When the bird has flown
F/C G/B
Got no one to call your own
Bb Dm
Got no place to call your home
Bb Dm
When the bird has flown
[Instrumental]
Dm A/C# F/C G/B Bb Dm Bb A
[Verse 5]
Dm A/C#
When the games been fought
F/C G/B
Newspaper blown cross the court
Bb Dm
Lost much sooner than you would’ve thought
Bb A7
Now the game’s been fought
[Verse 6]
Dm A/C#
When the part is through
F/C G/B
Seems so very sad for you
Bb Dm
Didn’t do the things you were meant to do
Bb Dm
Now there’s no time start anew
A/C# Dm
Now the part is through
[Verse 7]
Dm A/C#
When the day is done
F/C G/B
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Bb Dm
Along with everything that was lost and won
[Outro]
Bb Dm
When the day is done