JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Sweet Scarlet" merupakan lagu Yusuf/Cat Stevens yang dimuat dalam albumnya, Catch Bull at Four.
Album yang mengusung sepuluh lagu tersebut sempat menduduki peringkat pertama dalam chart Billboard 200.
Catch Bull at Four dirilis pada 1972 dan kini telah tersedia di platform musik digital.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Sweet Scarlet" dari Yusuf/Cat Stevens.
[Verse 1]
D Em A
Once she came into my room, feathered hat, and all,
Em A D A D
Wearing a warm wool shawl wrapped around her shoulders,
Em A Em
Two eyes like lights, milky marble whites,
A Bm D
Looking up at me,
Em A Em A
Looking for a way, moons in an endless day,
D Em A
And all I knew was with her then, no, couldn't see the time,
Em A D A D
As we drank down the wine to the last sweet scar - let
[Verse 2]
E D F#m B
How was I to wonder why, or even question this?
F#m B E D E
Underneath her kiss, I was so unguarded,
A B E C#m
Every bottle's empty now, and all those dreams are gone,
F#m B Em A D
Ah, but the song carries on so holy
[Link]
Em A Em A
[Verse 3]
D Em A
She was so much younger then, wild like the wind,
Em A D A D
A gypsy with a grin, from an old far away country,
Em A Em
But deep beneath her curls, be - neath this misty pearl,
A Bm D
There was more to see
[Verse 4]
E D F#m B
She could move mountains in the dark, as silent as a knife,
F#m B E D E
She cut loose a life that she never, never really wanted,
A B E C#m
All those days are frozen now, and all those scars are gone,
F#m B Em A Em G Em G
Ah, but the song carries on so holy
[Break]
C Bm Em D Bm F# Bm F#
Bm Em Bm F# Bm Em Bm F# B Em A#79
[Verse 5]
E D F#m B
Come let us drink again, before the second show,
F#m B E D E
I want you so to know, there's no bridge between us,
A B E C#m
Oh, all those gates have opened now, and through the light has shone,
F#m B Em A D
Ah, but the song carries on so holy
[Coda]
Em A Em A D