JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Why Don't You Write Me" merupakan lagu Simon & Garfunkel yang dirilis pada 1970.
Lagu ini menjadi salah satu bagian dalam album terakhir mereka, Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Hampir seluruh lagu dalam album tersebut ditulis oleh Paul Simon, kecuali lagu "Bye Bye Love" yang sebelumnya telah dibawakan oleh Everly Brothers.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu April Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Why Don't You Write Me" dari Simon & Garfunkel:
Capo di fret 1
D
Why don't you write me,
I'm out in the jungle,
E
I'm hungry to hear you.
A7
Send me a card,
I am waiting so hard
Bm F#m
To be near yo-ou.
D G
(La, la, la)
D
Why don't you write?
Something is wrong
E7
And I know I got to be there.
A7
Maybe I'm lost,
But I can't make the cost
Bm F#m D
Of the airfare, ooh
G
Tell me why, why, why
A
Tell me why, why, why
D
Why don't you write me,
A letter would brighten
E
My loneliest evening.
A7
Mail it today
If it's only to say
Bm F#m
That you're Ieaving me, oo
D G D D7
(La, la, la)
G7
Monday morning, sitting in the sun
Hoping and wishing for the mail to come
D D7
Tuesday, never got a word, mmm.
G7
Wednesday, Thursday, ain't no sign,
Drank a half a bottle of iodine.
D
Friday, woe is me
D7 G
I'm gonna hang my body from the highest tree.
D
Why don't you write me?
G
Why don't you write me?
D
Why don't you write me?