JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "I Say a Little Prayer" merupakan lagu Aretha Franklin yang diluncurkan pada 1968.
Lagu ini menjadi bagian dalam album Aretha Franklin yang berjudul Aretha Now.
Album yang telah disertifikasi gold tersebut juga sudah bisa dinikmati lewat platform musik digital.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "I Say a Little Prayer" dari Aretha Franklin.
[Intro] (keys accent high A)
F#m D E A D C#
(say a little prayer for you)
(keys line walk down pickup C# B A)
[Verse]
F#m Bm
The moment I wake up
E A
Before I put on my makeup
D C#
I say a little (prayer for you)
F#m Bm
And while combing my hair, now,
E A
And wondering what dress to wear, now,
D C#
I say a little prayer for you
[Chorus]
D E C#m F#m
Forever and ever, you'll stay in my heart
E
and I will love you
D E C#m F#m
Forever, forever, we never will part
(E) D
Oh, how I'll love you
D E C#m F#m
Together, together, that's how it must be
(E) Bm A
To live without you
D C# riff: B A G# F# F D
Would only be heartbreak for me.
[Verse]
F#m Bm
I run for the bus, dear,
E A
While riding I think of us, dear,
D C#
I say a little prayer for you.
F#m D
And at work I just take time
E A
And all through my coffee break-time, (break-time!)
D C#
I say a little prayer for you.
[Chorus]
D E C#m F#m
Forever and ever, you'll stay in my heart
E
and I will love you
D E C#m F#m
Forever, forever, we never will part
E
Oh, how I'll love you
D E C#m F#m
Together, together, that's how it must be
E
To live without you
D C#
Would only be heartbreak for me. (Nobody but me)
D E C#m F#m
Forever and ever, you'll stay in my heart
E
and I will love you
D E C#m F#m
Forever, forever, we never will part
E
Oh, how I'll love you
D E C#m F#m
Together, together, that's how it must be
E
To live without you
D C#
Would only be heartbreak for me. (Ooooh-oo-oo-oooh)
[Bridge]
F#m Bm
My darling, believe me,
E
For me there is no onnnnne
A
But you. Please love, be true. I'm in love with you.
A
(Answer my prayer) Answer my prayer, baby (answer my prayer)
A
Say you love me too (this is my prayer) Answer my prayer, baby (answer my prayer)