Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Obvious Child - Paul Simon

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu kenamaan, Paul Simon melantunkan lagu berjudul “The Obvious Child” pada tahun 1990.

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album solo kedelapan miliknya yang bertajuk The Rhythm of the Saints.

Saat debut perilisannya, album tersebut berhasil menduduki posisi pertama di UK Albums Chart dan ke-4 di US Billboard 200.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Obvious Child” dari Paul Simon.

[Intro]
       G                G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh
       G                G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh

[Verse]
                                 G
I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
      D          C      G              D          G
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
             D             C    G C                           F    C
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
            G               D                          G
I don't expect to sleep through the night
           D          C      G       D        G
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
       D C   G C
But I say why
                       F             C
Why deny the obvious child?
                       F             C     G
Why deny the obvious child?

[Verse]
             D     C                G             D C G
And in remembering a road sign
             D C               G             D C    G           C      F C
I am remembering a girl when I was you-ou-oung
             G                D              G
And we said these songs are true
           D             G
These days are ours
           D              G
These tears are free and hey
C                              F   C
The cross is in the ballpark
C                              F   C     G
The cross is in the ballpark

[Bridge]
      G
We had a lot of fun
      G                             G G D* C
We had a lot of money
      G                                                                               G G D* C
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
C                 D                   G
Sonny gets married and moves away
C                  D               G
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
C                 D            G                   C         D    G
Sonny gets sunnier day by day by day by day

[Interlude]
       G                 G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh
       G                 G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh

[Ulangi Verse]

[Interlude]
| G | G D7sus4/G | G | G D7sus4/G |
| G | G D7sus4/G | G | G D7sus4/G |
| G | G D7sus4/G |

[Middle 8]
[C/G]    G     C/G G   D                C
Sonny sits by the window and thinks to himself
               G           C/G   G      D                     C
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
             G    C/G     G      D                     C
Sonny's yearbook from high school is down from the shelf
C      D G C/G G D                               C
And he id-l - y thumbs through the pages
                   Am
Some have died
                   G                              C G
Some have fled from themselves
      C   D         C       G         C     D
Or struggled from here to get there
C         G   C/G    G  D             C
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
               G          C/G      G     D                      C
Runs his hands through his thinning brown hair

[Ulangi Verse]

[Outro x2]
G        D      C      G      D    C      G      C       C     C*   D      C*
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh, ooh)