JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Solitaire" adalah lagu ballad yang dinyanyikan ulang oleh duo kakak beradik Carpenters.
Lagu ini muncul pertama kali pada 1972, ditulis dan dilantunkan oleh Neil Sedaka.
"Solitaire" menjadi terkenal sejak dibawakan oleh Carpenters pada 1975 sebagai singel ketiga dari album mereka yang bertajuk Horizon.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Sing oleh Carpenters
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Solitaire" oleh Carpenters berikut ini.
C
There was a man
D9
A lonely man
G7 Csus C
Who lost his love through his indiff'rence
C
A heart that cared
D9
That went unshared
G7 C
Until it died within
G7sus G7
His silence
C C Em
And Solitaire's the only game in town
Am
And every road that takes him,
Am Am7
Takes him down
Dm7
While life goes on around him
G7
Everywhere
Csus C
Just playing solitaire
C C Em
And keeping to himself,
Am
Begins to deal
Dm7
And still the king of hearts
G7
Is well-concealed
Csus C
Another losing game comes
C
To an end
Am
And deals them out again
C
A little hope
D9
Goes up in smoke
G7
Just how it goes,
Csus C
Goes without saying
C
There was a man
D9
A lonely man
G7
Who would command the
C G7sus G7
Hand he's playing.