JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "For the Love of a Daughter" merupakan lagu dari Demi Lovato yang dimuat dalam album studio ketiganya, Unbroken (2011).
Awalnya, lagu ini akan dimuat dalam album Here We Go Again yang rilis lebih dulu pada 2009.
Namun, hal tersebut dibatalkan karena Demi Lovato merasa bahwa pembahasan pada lagu "For the Love of a Daughter" akan terlalu berat bagi audiensnya yang masih muda.
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Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "For the Love of a Daughter" dari Demi Lovato.
Intro: Bm G
Verse 1:
Bm
Four years old with my
G
back to the door
Bm
All I could hear
G
was the family war
Bm
Your selfish hands
A G
always expecting more
Bm
Am I your child or
A G
just a charity award?
Refrain:
Bm
You have a hollowed out heart
G
But it’s heavy in your chest
Em
I try so hard to fight it
D
But it’s hopeless
Bm G Em
hopeless You’re hopeless
Chorus 1:
G Bm
Oh father please father
D
I’d love to leave you alone
G
but I can’t let you go
G Bm
Oh father please father
D G
Put the bottle down for
the love of a daughter
Post Chorus: Bm D G
Verse 2:
Bm
It’s been 5 years since
G
we’ve spoken last
Bm
And you can’t take back
G
what we never had oh
Bm
I can be manipulated
A G
only so many times
Bm
Before even “I love you”
G
starts to sound like a lie
Refrain:
Bm
You have a hollowed out heart
G
But it’s heavy in your chest
Em
I try so hard to fight it
D
But it’s hopeless
Bm G Em
hopeless You’re hopeless
Chorus 2:
G Bm
Oh father please father
D
I’d love to leave you alone
G
but I can’t let you go
G Bm
Oh father please father
D G
Put the bottle down for
G A
the love of a daughter
Bridge:
Bm
Don’t you remember
D
I’m your baby girl?
F#/Bb
How could you push me
D
out of your world?
A
Lied to your flesh
and your blood
E/G#
Put your hands on the ones
that you swore you loved
Bm
Don’t you remember
I’m your baby girl?
F#/Bb
How could you throw me
right out of your world?
A
So young when the pain had begun
E/G#
Now forever afraid of being loved
Chorus 3:
G Bm
Oh father please father
D
I’d love to leave you alone
G
but I can’t let you go
G Bm D G
Oh father please father!!!
G Bm
Oh father please father
D G
Put the bottle down for
G Bm D G
the love of a daughter
G Bm D
for the love of a daughter