Lirik dan Chord Lagu Posthumous Forgiveness - Tame Impala

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Posthumous Forgiveness" merupakan lagu dari Tame Impala yang menceritakan tentang ayahnya yang telah meninggal.

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"Posthumous Forgiveness" dimuat dalam album studio The Slow Rush (2019) dan dirilis sebagai singel ketiga.

Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Posthumous Forgiveness" dari Tame Impala berikut ini.

[Intro]
Gm D F Cm
Gm D F Ebmaj7

[Verse 1]
Gm             D        F               Cm
Ever since I was a small boy
            Gm                      D          F        Ebmaj7
No one else compared to you, no way
Gm        D                      F               Bb
I always thought heroes stay close
        Gm                F          Bb     Ebmaj7
Whenever troubled times arose

[Chorus]
D             Cm
I didn't know
D                          Dm      Eb
Ain't always how it goes

[Verse 2]
Gm              D             F         Cm
Every single word you told me
        Gm                  D             F           Ebmaj7
I believed without a question, always
     Gm           D          F                      Bb
To save all of us, you told us both to trust
      Gm                    F               Bb            Ebmaj7
But now I know you only saved yourself

[Chorus]
D                                  Cm
Did you think I'd never know?
D                          Dm         Eb
Never wise up as I grow?

[Instrumental]
Gm D F Bb
Gm D F Ebmaj7
Gm D F Cm
Gm F Bb Ebmaj7

[Bridge]
Gm   D        F                            Cm              Gm
           And you could store an ocean in the holes
           D               F                        Ebmaj7
In any of the explanations that you gave
Gm      D                          F              Bb
    And while you still had time, you had a chance
      Gm               F                      Bb                 Ebmaj7
But you decided to take all your sorries to the grave

[Chorus]
D                                  Cm
Did you think I'd never know?
D                          Cm
Never wise up as I grow?
D                                 Cm
Did you hope I'd never doubt?
D                                Cm
Never wonder, work it out?
D Cm F D Cm F
D Cm F D Cm F
D Cm F D Cm F
D Cm F D Dm Eb
Gm

[Part 2]
C Em Bm7 Em
C Em Bm7 Em
C                                        Em
You were runnin' for cover
Bm7                        Em
Doin' like any other
C                                 Em
Fallin' out with a lover
Bm7                                         Em
You didn't know that I suffered
Bm7                                   Em
What a thing to discover
C                                      Em
There was time to recover
C                                          Em
One-on-one with each other
C                                 Em
Just a boy and a father
Bm7                                Em
What I'd give for another
C                                Em
Everything that I have
Bm7                                   Em
Wouldn't need this for long
C                                  Em
Never speak of the time
Bm7                          Em
That you left us alone
Bm7                                Em
Me and Steve on our own
C                                            Em
I wanna tell you 'bout the time
C                                        Em
Wanna tell you 'bout my life
C                                          Em
Wanna play you all my songs
Bm7                                    Em
Learn the words, sing along

[Outro]
C Em Bm7 Em
C Em Bm7 Em
         C                                                    Em
(This time) Wanna tell you 'bout the time
             Bm7                        Em
(I know) I was in Abbey Road
C                              Em
Or the time that I had
Bm7                                Em
Mick Jagger on the phone
Bm7                                          Em
I thought of you when we spoke
C                                          Em
Wanna tell you 'bout the time
C                                        Em
Wanna tell you 'bout my life
C                                          Em
Wanna play you all my songs
Bm7                                  Em
Hear your voice sing along
         C                                              Em
(This time) I wanna say, "It's all right"
             Bm7                                 Em
(I know) You're just a man after all
C                                          Em
And I know you have demons
Bm7                          Em
I got some of my own
Bm7                                       Em
I think you passed them along
C                                           Em
Wanna tell you 'bout the time
C                                        Em
Wanna tell you 'bout my life
C                                          Em
Wanna play you all my songs
Bm7                                         Em
And hear your voice sing along