JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Cardigan” merupakan lagu yang dirilis pada Juli 2020 dalam album studio kedelapan Taylor Swift, Folklore.
Dalam lagu ini, Swift bernyanyi dari sudut pandang seorang karakter fiktif bernama Betty.
Betty diceritakan sedang mengenang perpisahan sekaligus mencoba bersikap positif atas hubungannya dengan seseorang bernama James.
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Berikut lirik dan chord lagu “Cardigan” dari Taylor Swift.
[Verse 1]
Em A
Vintage tee, brand new phone
G
High heels on cobblestones
A
When you are young?they?assume you know nothing
Em A G
Sequined smile, black lipstick, sensual politics
A
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
[Pre-Chorus]
D A
But I knew you, dancin' in your Levi's
G
Drunk under a streetlight, I
A
I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt
Baby, kiss it better, I
[Chorus 1]
Em A
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
G
Under someone's bed
A
You put me on and said I was your favorite
[Verse 2]
Em A
A friend to all is a friend to none
G
Chase two girls, lose the one
A
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
[Pre-Chorus]
D
But I knew you
A
Playing hide-and-seek and
G
Giving me your weekends, I
I knew you
A
Your heartbeat on the High Line
Once in twenty lifetimes, I
[Chorus 2]
G Bm
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
D
Under someone's bed
G
You put me on and said I was your favorite
[Break]
G Bm
A G
[Verse 3]
G
To kiss in cars, in downtown bars
Bm
Was all I needed
A
You drew stars around my scars
G
But now I'm bleedin'
D
'Cause I knew you
A
Steppin' on the last train
G
Marked me like a bloodstain, I
I knew you
A
Tried to change the ending
Peter losin' Wendy, I
D
I knew you
A G
Leavin' like a father, runnin' like water, I
A
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
[Bridge]
D
But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss
A
I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs
G
The smell of smoke would hang around this long
A
'Cause I knew everything when I was young
D
I knew I'd curse you for the longest time
A
Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
G
I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired
A
And you'd be standin' in my front porch light
Em
And I knew you'd come back to me
A
And you'd come back to me
G
And you'd come back to me
A
And you'd come back
[Chorus 3]
G Bm
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
D
Under someone's bed
G
You put me on and said I was your favorite