Lirik dan Chord Lagu I've Never Been to Be Me - Charlene

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "I've Never Been to Be Me" merupakan lagu pembuka dalam album berjudul sama milik Charlene.

Lagu ini menjadi singel hitnya yang berasal dari album keluaran 1976 tersebut.

Album I've Never Been to Be Me rilis di bawah naungan label Motown Records.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu You are My Sunshine - Anne Murray

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "I've Never Been to Be Me" dari Charlene:

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D             C              G                    Em
Hey lady, you, lady, cursin' at your life
               Am                D                  Em
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
C                              D                     G                          Em
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
           A                                                 G                             D
But I wish someone had a talked to me like I wanna talk to you

[Chorus]
         G                                     D                    Em                      Bm
Ooh I've been to Georgia and California, oh, anywhere I could run
C                               G                               Am                     D
Took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
               G                          D                  Em                          Bm
But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free
C                     G                     Am       D         G
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

[Verse 2]
D                 C                   G                        Em
Please lady, please, lady, don't just walk away
             Am                      D                      Em
Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
C                    D                      G                 Em
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
                   A                                                      G                    D
Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived a million lies

[Chorus]
      G                                               D
Oh I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
               Em                             Bm
While I sipped champagne on a yacht
C                                   G                        Am                            D
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
               G                                           D
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things
             Em                               Bm
That a woman ain't s'posed to see
C                 G                           Am    D         G
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

[Bridge Spoken]
G
Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie. A fantasy we create about
G
People and places as we'd like them to be. But you know what truth is?
G
It's that little baby you're holding, and it's that man you fought with
G
This morning, the same one you're going to make love with tonight.
C                   D
That's truth, that's love

[Chorus]
         D       G                               D
Sometimes I've been to cryin' for unborn children
        Em                               Bm
That might have made me complete
         C                                      G                         Am                  D
But I, I took the sweet life and never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
   G                                        D                             Em                            Bm
I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that cost too much to be free
                C                  G                       Am         D      G
Hey lady, I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

[Link]
G D Em Bm

[Outro]
C                  G            Am     D          G
I've been to paradise, never been to me
G                                      D                     Em                       Bm
(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
C                 G              Am    D          G
I've been to paradise, never been to me
G                                                 D                      Em                                Bm
(I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece While I sipped champagne on a yacht)
C                  G            Am    D           G
I've been to paradise, never been to me
G                                 D                      Em Bm
(I've been to cryin' for unborn children)

C G Am D