JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "I'll Be Good" merupakan singel pertama dari EP kedua milik penyanyi Jaymes Young bertajuk Habits of My Heart, rilis pada September 2014.
Lagu ini kemudian dimuat juga sebagai track ke-11 dari debut album studionya bertajuk Feel Something.
"I'll Be Good" merepresentasikan tentang bahaya yang kita timbulkan untuk diri sendiri ketika kita melukai orang lain.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Happiest Year - Jaymes Young
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "I'll Be Good" dari Jaymes Young.
[Intro]
Em C G
Em C G
[Verse 1] (picked)
Em C G
I thought I saw the devil, this morning
Em C G
Looking in the mirror, drop of rum on my tongue
Em C G Em C G
With the warning to help me see myself clearer
Am G
I never meant to start a fire,
Am G Em ~
I never meant to make you bleed,
I'll be a better man today
[Chorus 1] (strummed)
Em C G
I'll be good, I'll be good
Em C G
And I'll love the world, like I should
Em C G
Yeah, I'll be good, I'll be good
Am Em C G
For all of the times that I never could.
[Verse 2] (picked)
Em C G
My past has tasted bitter for years now,
Em C G
So I wield an iron fist
Em C G
Grace is just weakness
Em C G
Or so I've been told.
Em C G
I've been cold, I've been merciless
Am G
But the blood on my hands scares me to death
Am G Em ~
Maybe I'm waking up today
[Chorus 2] (strummed)
Em C G
I'll be good, I'll be good
Em C G
And I'll love the world, like I should
Em C G
Yeah, I'll be good, I'll be good
[Bridge] (strummed)
Am G
For all of the light that I shut out
Am G
For all of the innocent things that I've doubt
D Am G
For all of the bruises that I've caused and the tears
G C D Am G C
For all of the things that I've done all these years
D Am
Yeah, for all of the sparks that I've stomped out
G C
For all of the perfect things that I doubt
[Chorus 3] (strummed)
Em C G
I'll be good, I'll be good
Em C G
And I'll love the world, like I should
Em C G
Yeah, I'll be good, I'll be good
Am Em C G
For all of the times that I never could.