JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Touch Me in the Morning" adalah lagu yang dilantunkan oleh penyanyi lawas ternama, Diana Ross.
Rilis pada 1973, lagu ini menjadi singel utama dari album yang juga berjudul Touch Me in the Morning.
Pada saat dirilis, lagu ini berhasil meraih posisi pertama pada tangga lagu Billboard Hot 100 dan bertahan menjadi sepuluh besar sepanjang 1973.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Touch Me in the Morning" dari Diana Ross.
[Chorus]
C#/F# Badd9 Bmaj7 Eadd9
Touch me in the morning,
C# Badd9 Bmaj7
Then just walk away.
C# Badd9 Bmaj7 E
We don't have tomorrow,
Eadd9 E A C#/F#
But we had yesterday.
[Verse 1]
B Bmaj7 B7
Hey... wasn't it me who said,
Emaj7 C# C#m/F#
That nothing good's gonna last forever?
B Bmaj7 B7
And wasn't it me who said,
Emaj7 E6
Let's just be glad for the time together?
[Bridge 1]
F#/A#
It must've been hard to tell me,
A
That you've given all you had to give.
F#/A# A
I can understand you're feeling that way;
Everybody's got their life to live.
Emaj7 F#/A# D# G# F#
Well, I can say goodbye, in the cold morning light.
Emaj7 F#/A# D# G# F#
But I can't watch love die, in the warmth of the night.
E D#7 G#m
If I've got to be strong,
G#m/F# E D#7 G#m
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?
G#m/F# E D#
'Till you're gone, I need to lie here,
F#/E C#
And think about the last time that you'll...
[Chorus]
C#/F# Badd9 Bmaj7 Eadd9
Touch me in the morning,
C# Badd9 Bmaj7
Then just close the door.
C# Badd9 Bmaj7
Leave me as you found me,
E Eadd9 E A C#/F#
Empty like before
[Verse 2]
B Bmaj7 B7
Hey... wasn't it yesterday,
E C# C#/F#
We used to laugh at the wind behind us?
B Bmaj7 B7
Didn't we run away,
Emaj7 E6
And hope that time wouldn't try to find us?
[Bridge 1]
F#/A#
Didn't we take each other,
A
To a place where no one's ever been?
F#/A# A
Yeah, I really need you near me tonight,
'Cos you'll never take me there again.
Emaj7 F#/A# D# G# F#
Let me watch you go, with the sun in my eyes.
Emaj7 F#/A# D# G# F#
We've seen how love can grow, now we'll see how it dies.
E D#7 G#m
If I've got to be strong,
G#m/F# E D#7 G#m
Don't you know I need to have tonight when you're gone?
E
'Till you're gone, I need to hold you,
F#/E C# F#7
Until the time your hands reach out, and
[Chorus]
C# Badd9 Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
Touch me in the morning,
C# C#m/F# Badd9 Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
Then just walk away.
C# C#m/F# Badd9 Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
We don't have tomorrow,
A C#/F#
But we had yesterday