Lirik dan Chord Lagu Long Promised Road - The Beach Boys

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Long Promised Road” merupakan lagu yang dilantunkan oleh grup musik legendaris, The Beach Boys.

Dirilis pada 1971 melalui Brother Records, lirik lagu ini diciptakan oleh Carl Wilson dan Jack Rieley.

“Long Promised Road” muncul dalam album ke-17 mereka yang diberi nama Surf’s Up.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Long Promised Road” dari The Beach Boys. 

Cmaj7                      Em7
So hard to answer future's riddle
           Fmaj7                    F6         Fmaj7       F6
When ahead is seeming so far behind
Cmaj7                     Em7
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
                Fmaj7               F6             Fmaj7    F6
When the tears start to torture my mind
G                              Dm7
So hard to shed the life of before
     F7           F7/C     F7             F7/C
To let my soul automatically soar

        C                         F                     F7
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C                             F                        F9
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C                            Dm7                    F/Eb            F9     F6/9    F7    F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Cmaj7                              Em7
Sew up the wounds of evolution
              Fmaj7             F6             Fmaj7     F6
And the now starts to get in my way
Cmaj7                      Em7
So what if life's a revelation
          Fmaj7                  F6     Fmaj7     F6
If the mind speaks of only today
     G                           Dm7
So real, the pain of growing in soul
     F7             F7/C    F7         F7/C
Of climbing up to reality's goal

        C                        F                     F7
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C                                F                     F9
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C                           Dm7                      F/Eb           F9    F6/9    F7    F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

F                                 Dm7
Long promised road, trail starts at dawn
             Em7                          Am     Asus   Am   Am9
Carries on to the season's ending
F                                  Dm7
Long promised road, flows to the source,
            Em7              Am         Asus     Am    Em7/B
gentle force, never ending, never ending

     Cmaj7     Em7
So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
               Fmaj7                 F6             Fmaj7     F6
When the weight turns a smile to a frown
      Cmaj7     Em7
So hard to drink of passion nectar
                Fmaj7              F6               Fmaj7     F6
When the taste of life's holding me down
      G                           Dm7
So hard to plant the seed of reform
      F7          F7/C                              F7       F7/C
To set my sights on defeating the storm

       C                        F                       F7
So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C                              F                       F9
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C                          Dm7                      F/Eb            F9    F6/9    F7    F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Am G6 Em7 F (C B)
Am G6 F      F F7 F6

C                         F                      F7
Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C                             F                       F9
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C                          Dm7                     F/Eb            F9    F6/9    F7    F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

C F F7
Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C F F9
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C Dm7 F/Eb F9 F6/9 F7 F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

F7
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you
F
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you
F
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you