JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Javelin (To Have and To Hold)” adalah sebuah lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat, Sufjan Stevens.
Lagu tersebut dimuat sebagai trek kedelapan dalam album studio kesepuluh miliknya yang diberi nama Javelin.
Album bergenre folk tersebut dirilis pada tahun 2023 melalui label musik Asthmatic Kitty Records.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Javelin (To Have and To Hold)” dari Sufjan Stevens.
[Verse 1]
Dm C
Searching through snow
Gm F
For the javelin I had not
G G7
Meant to throw right at you
Gm A
For if it had hit its mark
Bb F
There’d be blood in the place
Gm
Where you stood
[Chorus]
F
It's a terrible thought
C G
To have and hold
F
It's a terrible thought
C G
To have and hold
[Interlude]
F Bb
[Verse 2]
F C
So here we stand in the dark
Bb F
My eyes travelling to the spot
G
Where you'd thrown yourself
G7 Gm
Over the rocks
A
For if you'd not been so fast
Bb F
There'd be blood in the place
Bb
Where you stood
[Chorus]
F
It's a terrible thought
C G
To have and hold
F
It's a terrible thought
C G
To have and hold
F
It's a terrible thought
C G
To have and hold
[Outro]
Bb F Gm F