JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Matthew & Son" adalah lagu Yusuf/Cat Stevens yang dimuat dalam album berjudul sama.
Lagu ini diluncurkan pada 1967 untuk album debutnya tersebut.
Lagu yang ditulis dan dikomposisi sendiri oleh Cat Stevens ini berhasil menduduki peringkat nomor dua di UK.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Last Love Song - Yusuf/Cat Stevens
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Matthew & Son" dari Yusuf/Cat Stevens.
[Intro Riff]
A4 A A4 A A4 A
G4 G G4 G G4 G
A4 A A4 A A4 A
G4 G G4 G G4 G
[Verse 1]
Dm
Dm C Dm
Up at 8, you can't be late for Matthew and son, he won't wait!
[Brass riff]
Dm G7 Dm (C) Dm
Dm
Watch them run down to Platform 1,
C Dm
And the 8:30 train to Matthew and Son!
[Brass riff]
Dm G7 Dm (C) Dm
[Chorus]
A4 A A4 A
Matthew and son, the work's never done,
A4 A G4 G G4 G G4 G
There's always something new,
A4 A A4 A
The files in your head, you take them to bed,
A4 A G4 G G4 G G4 G
You're never ever through,
D G A D
And they've been working all day, all day, all day
D G A D Dm
[Verse 2]
Dm
There’s a five minute break, and that’s all you take,
C Dm
For a cup of cold coffee, and a piece of cake
[Brass riff]
Dm G7 Dm (C) Dm