Lirik dan Chord Lagu State of Grace - Billy Joel

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “State of Grace” merupakan salah satu lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat, Billy Joel.

Lagu tersebut dimuat sebagai trek kedelapan dalam album studio ke-11 miliknya yang bertajuk Storm Front.

Album yang berisi 10 trek tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada tahun 1989 melalui label Columbia Records.  

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “State of Grace” dari Billy Joel. 

[Verse 1]

A

There you go

E                    F

Slipping away into a state of grace

Dm                         Bb

I know the look that comes across your face

E                   A

It's so familiar to me

A

Here I am

E                        F

Trying to keep you in my line of sight

Dm                         Bb

I'm never certain that you read me right

E                           A

Sometimes you don't want to see

[Chorus]

F#m

Here we are

E                        F#m

Both of us know we're in love

E                      F#m

But that isn't always enough

E                  Bm            E

I never could rise above it all, down I fall

[Verse 2]

            A

But darling there you go

E                    F

Slipping away into a state of grace

Dm                           Bb

Granted, this world is not a perfect place

E                             A

Still it's the world that I'm in

A

Here I am

E                              F

Talking while you don't hear a word I say

Dm                              Bb

Knowing you're watching me from far away

E                          A

Somewhere that I've never been

[Bridge]

E

Don't you see

Gm                    F#m

You lived a different life than me

Fm                A          E

It don't mean you have to be afraid of how

Bm                  E

We're not the same, don't leave me now

            A

But darling there you go

E             F Dm Bb Dm E A

Slipping away

[Chorus]

F#m

How can I

E                         F#m

Get you to stay where you are?

E                       F#m

Keep you from going too far

E                      Bm          E

Holding you here is so hard to do, I'm losing you

            A

And darling there you go

E                    F

Slipping away into a state of grace

Dm                           Bb

Drifting away into your sacred place

E                         A

Someplace that I've never been

[Ending]

A

There you go

E          F

Slipping away

Dm            E                A

Slipping away into a state of grace

A

There you go

E          F  E               A

Slipping away into a state of grace

Dm              Bb  E                 A

Yeah, drifting away into that sacred place