JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Broken Horses” merupakan salah satu lagu milik penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat, Brandi Carlile.
Lagu tersebut dimuat sebagai trek keempat dalam album studio ketujuhnya yang bertajuk In These Silent Days.
Album yang dirilis pada tahun 2021 melalui label Elektra Records tersebut berhasil menduduki posisi ke-11 di US Billboard 200.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Mother - Brandi Carlile
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Broken Horses” dari Brandi Carlile.
INTRO:
D F G D
VERSE:
D C
I wear my father's leather on the inside of my skin
G F C
I'm a tried and weathered woman, but I won't be tried again
D C
Don't think that you can come for me without your Sunday best
F C
You had better call your priest and hope the devil gets the rest
D
Before I do
F G D
Ohhh, and I will do
VERSE:
D C
I have worn the jester's bells and I have banished with the fools
F C
I have worshiped at the altar of the puppet master's rules
D C
I have held my tongue too many scenes before the final act
F C
With my children in the cheap seats and a zipper on my back
D
Thanks to you
F G D
No thanks to you
CHORUS:
D G
Tethered in wide open spaces
Bb
And fields that lead for miles
Bb Am D D
Right into the barrel of a gun
Bb Am
Mendin' up your fences with my
D C Bb
Horses runnin' wild
Bb Am D F G D
Only broken horses know to run
VERSE:
D C
I have ever so politely treaded softly for your grace
F C
I have whispered through the tears and pleaded sweetly to your face
D C
It is time to spit you out like lukewarm water from my mouth
F C
I will always taste the apathy, but I won't pass it down
D F
It dies with you
G D
You