JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Cross" merupakan lagu rock ballad dari penyanyi lawas ternama, Prince Rogers Nelson.
Lagu ini ia rilis dalam album kesembilan miliknya yang bertajuk Sign o' the Times pada 1987 silam.
Album tersebut meraih peringkat ke-45 dalam daftar The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time yang dibuat oleh majalah Rolling Stones pada 2020.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Pop Life dari Prince
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "The Cross" dari Prince berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
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Black day, stormy night
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No love, no hope in sight
E A
Don't cry, He is coming
E A E A
Don't die without knowing the cross
[Verse 2]
E A
Ghettos to the left of us
E A
Flowers to the right
E A
There'll be bread for all of us
E A E A
If we can just bear the cross
[Verse 3]
E A
Sweet song of salvation
E A
A pregnant mother sings
E A
She lives in starvation
E A E A
Her children need all that she brings
[Verse 4]
E A
We all have our problems
E A
Some big, some are small
E A
Soon all of our problems
E A E A
Will be taken by the cross
[Kembali ke Verse 1, 2 dan 4]
[Outro]
E A
The cross
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The cross