Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Obvious Child - Paul Simon

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Obvious Child" merupakan lagu keluaran 1990 dari Paul Simon.

Lagu ini dimuat dalam album The Rhythm of the Saints bersama 13 buah lagu lainnya.

Paul Simon sempat membentuk grup duo Simon & Garfunkel bersama Art Garfunkel.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Slip Slidin Away - Paul Simon

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Obvious Child" dari Paul Simon:

[Intro]
        G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh
        G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh

[Verse]
                                  G
I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
        D      C       G               D         G
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
                D    C       G  C                            F    C
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
               G            D                       G
I don't expect to sleep through the night
           D         C      G       D       G
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
     D C    G C
But I say why
                       F           C
Why deny the obvious child?
                       F           C         G
Why deny the obvious child?

[Verse]
                 D       C        G              D C G
And in remembering a road sign
                 D    C        G           D C      G         C      F C
I am remembering a girl when I was you-ou-oung
             G              D              G
And we said these songs are true
            D             G
These days are ours
            D            G
These tears are free and hey
C                            F    C
The cross is in the ballpark
C                            F    C     G
The cross is in the ballpark

[Bridge]
        G
We had a lot of fun
        G                                D* C
We had a lot of money
        G                                                                             D* C
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
C                    D                  G
Sonny gets married and moves away
C                  D              G
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
C                D           G                    C        D    G
Sonny gets sunnier day by day by day by day

[Interlude]
        G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh
        G
Bo, boh ... bo, boh

[Verse]
                 D         C G
I've been waking up at sunrise
                D    C            G        D            G
I've been following the light across my room
    D         C  G C                    F             C    G   D G
I watch the night receive the room of my day
           D        C          G        D            G
Some people say the sky is just the sky
      D C   G C
But I say why
                       F           C
Why deny the obvious child?
                       F           C      G
Why deny the obvious child?

[Interlude]
| G | D | G | D |
| G | D | G | D |
| G | D |

[Middle 8]
[C ]      G    C   G     D               C
Sonny sits by the window and thinks to himself
               G         C     G        D                    C
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
             G     C       G     D                      C
Sonny's yearbook from high school is down from the shelf
C      D  G C   G D                              C
And he id-l - y thumbs through the pages
                  Am
Some have died
                  G                               C G
Some have fled from themselves
      C    D        C      G         C      D
Or struggled from here to get there
C         G    C     G    D             C
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
               G        C           G      D                   C
Runs his hands through his thinning brown hair

[Verse]
                                     G
I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
        D       C       G             D         G
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
             D       C        G  C                              F C
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
            G              D                          G
I don't expect to sleep through the night
          D          C      G         D      G
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
      D C G
But I say
C                            F    C
The cross is in the ballpark
C                    F C      G 
Why deny the obvious child?

[percussion break]

[Outro]
G       D     C      G     D      C      G      C             D              C*
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh, ooh)
G       D     C      G     D      C      G      C             D
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh, ooh)