JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Tidak hanya dikenal sebagai pemain gitar andal, John Mayer juga merupakan pencipta lagu berbakat.
Dalam lagu-lagunya, ia sering kali menggunakan metafora untuk menggambarkan sebuah situasi.
Salah satunya dalam lagu “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room”, Mayer mengumpamakan hubungan pasangan yang memburuk dengan berdansa di ruangan penuh kobaran api.
“Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” sendiri merupakan lagu dari album ketiga Mayer, Continuum, yang dirilis pada 2006 di bawah naungan label Aware dan Columbia.
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Berikut lirik dan chord lagu “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” dari John Mayer.
[Verse]
Am
It's not a silly little moment
F C
It's not the storm before the calm
Am
This is the deep and dying breath of
F C
This love we've been working on
Am
Can't seem to hold you like I want to
F C
So I can feel you in my arms
Am
Nobody's gonna come and save you
F C
We pulled too many false alarms
[Chorus]
G
We're going down
Am F
And you can see it too
G
We're going down
Am F
And you know that we're doomed
Am F C
My dear we're slow dancing in a burning room
[Verse]
Am
I was the one you always dreamed of
F C
You were the one I tried to draw
Am
How dare you say it's nothing to me
F C
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw
Am
I'll make the most of all the sadness
F C
You'll be a bitch because you can
Am
You try to hit me just to hurt me
Am
So you leave me feeling dirty
F C
Cause you can't understand
[Chorus]
G
We're going down
Am F
And you can see it too
G
We're going down
Am F
And you know that we're doomed
Am F C
My dear we're slow dancing in a burning room
[Instrumental]
Am F C
Am F C
Am F C
Am F C
[Bridge]
Dm11 Am G Dm11
Go Cry about it why don't you
Dm11 Am G Dm11
Go Cry about it why don't you
Dm11 Am G Dm11 G
Go Cry about it why don't you
Am F C
My dear we're slow dancing in a burning room
[Solo]
Am F C
Am F C
Am F C
Am F C
[Outro]
Am
Don't you think we oughta know by now
F C
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow
Am
Don't you think we oughta know by now
F C
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow
Am
Don't you think we oughta know by now
F C
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow
Am
Don't you think we oughta know by now
F C
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow