Lagu tersebut muncul dalam album studio kelima mereka yang bertajuk Lovers Rock (2000).
Album yang dirilis melalui Epic Records itu sukses memenangkan Grammy Awards untuk kategori Best Pop Vocal Album.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Every Word” dari Sade.
[Intro]
A F G F
A F G F
(Love is what the world want)
[Verse 1]
A F
I saw a picture
G F
How could you be so careless?
A F G F
How could you have done that to us?
A F
And I write this letter
G F
I send it all back to you
A F G F
And every word you said
[Chorus 1]
F G Am
In there every word, oh oh oh oh
F G Am
How could you have done that to us?
[Verse 2]
A F
You treated me like a stranger
G F
And all the time I was loving you
A F
All your slick moves
F G F
They were once innocent moves
A F
I wanted to look up to you
G F
I really trusted you
A F G F
And every word you said
[Chorus 1]
F G Am
In there every word, oh oh oh oh
F G Am
How could you have done that to us?
[Chorus 2]
A F
(Love is what the world want)
G F
I was loving you like a child
A F
All the time you were smiling the same smile
G
I was loving you like a child
F
I really trusted you
[Bridge]
A
Every word you said
F
Every word you said
G F
(Love is what the world want)
A
Every word you said
F
Every word you said
G
(Love is what the world want)
F
(Love is what the world want)
A
Every word you said
F
Every word you said
[Chorus 2]
G F
I was loving you like a child
A F
All the time you were smiling the same smile
G
I was loving you like a child
F
I really trusted you
[Outro]
A
Every word you said
F
Every word you said
G F
I send it back to you, yeah
A
Every word you said
F
Every word you said
G F
I send it all back to you, yeah
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