Lirik dan Chord Lagu I Had a King – Joni Mitchell

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Joni Mitchell, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “I Had a King”.

Lagu bergenre folk tersebut dirilis pada 1966 melalui label rekaman Warner Records.

“I Had a King” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk Clouds.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “I Had a King” dari Joni Mitchell:

[Intro]
A A7sus2

[Verse]
A
I had a king in a tenement castle
A7sus2                                                        Asus2
Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown
                         Fmaj7
He's taken the curtains down
         A7sus2                              Em7add4/A
He's swept with the broom of contempt
                                     Am7        A6sus2/E
And the rooms have an empty ring
           A7sus2
He's cleaned with the tears
           Em7/A                        Am7                   A6sus2/E
Of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting-

[Chorus]
Aadd4                         A
I can't go back there anymore
Aadd4                                A
You know my keys won't fit the door
Aadd4                               A
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
A7sus2                                   A
They never can, they never can

[Verse]
A
I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley
A7sus2                                                 Asus2
Lately he's taken to saying I'm crazy and blind
                  Fmaj7
He lives in another time
A7sus2                        Em7add4/A
Ladies in gingham still blush
                                     A7sus2       A6sus2/E
While he sings them of wars and wine
A7sus2                      Em7add4/A
But I in my leather and lace
                      Am7             A6sus2/E
I can never become that kind

[Chorus]

[Verse]
A
I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage
       A7sus2                                                           Asus2
Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon
                          Fmaj7
Beware of the power of moons
               A7sus2
There's no one to blame
                        Em7add4/A           A7sus2       A6sus2/E
No there's no one to name as a traitor here
      A7sus2
The king's on the road
             Em7add4/A                          Am7            A6sus2/E
And the queen's in the grove till the end of the year

[Chorus]