JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Luckiest" adalah lagu ballad yang dilantunkan oleh Ben Folds.
Lagu ini dirilis dalam album solo debutnya yang bertajuk Rockin' the Suburbs pada September 2001.
"The Luckiest" pernah digunakan dalam sebuah film yang diperankan oleh Rachel McAdams berjudul About Time pada 2013 lalu.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu You Dont Know Me - Ben Folds & Regina Spektor
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Luckiest" oleh Ben Folds.
[Verse 1]
D A D G
I don't get many things right the first time
D Bm C
In fact, I am told that a lot
A
Now I know all the wrong turns,
D G D Bm F#m A
The stumbles and falls brought me here
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm G Bm
And where was I before the day
E A
That I first saw your lovely face
F#m G
Now I see it every day
D A
And I know
[Chorus]
D A
That I am
Bm F#m
I am
G D A D A
I am the luckiest
[Verse 2]
D A
What if I'd been born
D G
Fifty years before you
D
In a house
Bm C
On the street where you live
A
Maybe I'd be outside
D G
As you passed on your bike
D Bm F#m A
Would I know?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm G Bm
And in a wide sea of eyes
E A F#m G
I see one pair that I recognize
D A
And I know
[Chorus]
D A
That I am
Bm F#m
I am
G D A D A
I am the luckiest
[Bridge]
Em Bm
I love you more than I have
Bm D G D A
Ever found a way to say to you
[Verse 3]
D
Next door
A
There's an old man
D G
Who lived to his nineties
D Bm C
And one day, passed away in his sleep
A
And his wife, she stayed
D G D Bm F#m A
For a couple of days and passed away
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Bm G
I'm sorry, I know that's a
Bm E A
Strange way to tell you that I know
F#m G
We belong
D A
That I know
[Outro/Chorus]
D A
That I am
Bm F#m
I am
G D A Bm F#m G D A D
I am the luckiest