JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat, James Taylor melantunkan lagu berjudul “Oh Brother” pada 1991.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio ke-30 miliknya yang bertajuk New Moon Shine.
Album yang dirilis melalui label Columbia Records tersebut diproduseri oleh Don Grolnick dan Danny Kortchmar.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Oh Brother” dari James Taylor:
[Intro]
E C#m7 A+9
I'm not much for making little wishes
Bsus2 B
But I'd like a little wish to come true for you
E C#m7
I'm not talking about loaves and fishes
F#m7 E/G# A+9 F#m7/B B/C#
But I wish that there was something I could do for you
F#m7 B/C#
Here's a little bit of cheap advice
F#m7 B/C#
To be taken in an hour of need
F#m7 B/C#
Don't assume that the life you left
F#m7 Bsus4
Is the life you have to lead
[Verse 1]
G
When you come home what you gonna do
D7
D/F# G C
Don't you try to deny what you know to be true
D7
The same mess of misery that you done been through
D/F# G C
Standing in line and it's waiting for you
D7 N.C.
One kiss leads to another
F#7+5 G N.C.
Brother when you come back home
[Verse 2]
G
I'd like to know who's knocking on door
D7
I'd like to know what they come here for
D/F#
You'd like to say no
G C