JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Paul Simon merupakan penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat yang memopulerkan lagu “Mother and Child Reunion”.
Lagu yang dirilis pada tahun 1972 melalui Columbia Records ini dimuat dalam album album solo keduanya yang bertajuk Paul Simon.
“Mother and Child Reunion” berhasil mencapai peringkat ke-4 di tangga lagu US Billboard Adult Contemporary dan US Billboard Hot 100.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Mother and Child Reunion” dari Paul Simon.
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
D E A
No I would not give you false hope
D E A
On this strange and mournful day
D E A F#m
But the mother and child reunion
Bm A E
Is only a motion away
[Verse 1]
F#m
Oh oh, little darling of mine
E
I can't for the life of me
F#m
Remember a sadder day
E
I know they say let it be
F#m
But it just don't work out that way
D
And the course of a lifetime runs
E E7
Over and over again
[Chorus]
D E A
No I would not give you false hope
D E A
On this strange and mournful day
D E A F#m
But the mother and child reunion
Bm A E
Is only a motion away
[Verse 2]
F#m
Oh oh, little darling of mine
E
I just can't believe it’s so
F#m
Though it seems strange to say
E
I never been laid so low
F#m
In such a mysterious way
D
And the course of a lifetime runs
E E7
Over and over again
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Outro 2x]
D E A
Oh the mother and child reunion
D E A
Is only a motion away
D E A F#m
Oh the mother and child reunion
Bm A E
Is only a moment away, hey, hey, hey
D E A
Oh the mother and child reunion
D E A
Is only a motion away
D E A F#m
Oh the mother and child reunion
Bm A E
Is only a moment away, away, away, away