JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Priest" merupakan lagu Joni Mitchell yang dirilis pada 1970.
Lagu ini disertakan dalam album Joni Mitchell yang bertajuk Ladies of the Canyon.
Album bermuatan 12 buah lagu tersebut rilis di bawah naungan label Warner Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Blonde in the Bleachers - Joni Mitchell
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Priest" dari Joni Mitchell.
[Intro]
Gm Gm7
Dm D7
Gm Gm7
[Verse 1]
Gm Gm7
The priest sat in the airport bar
Dm Gm
He was wearing his father's tie
Gm Gm7
And his eyes looked into my eyes so far
Dm Gm
Whenever the words ran dry
Gm Gm7
Behind the lash and the circles blue
Dm9 D D7
He looked as only a priest can, thru
Gm Gm7
And his eyes said me and his eyes said you
Dm D Gm
And my eyes said let us try
[Interlude]
Gm Gm7
Dm D7
Gm Gm7
[Verse 2]
Gm Gm7
He said, "You wouldn't like it here
Dm Gm
No, it's no place you should share
Gm Gm7
The roof is ripped with hurricanes
Dm Gm
And the room is always bare
Gm Gm7
I need the wind and I seek the cold"
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He reached past the wine for my hand to hold
Gm Gm7
And he saw me young and he saw me old
Dm D Gm
And he saw me sitting there
[Interlude]
Gm Gm7
Dm D7
Gm Gm7
[Verse 3]
Gm Gm7
Then he took his contradictions out
Dm Gm
And he splashed them on my brow
Gm Gm7
So which words was I then to doubt
Dm Gm
When choosing what to vow
Gm Gm7
Should I choose them all-should I make them mine
Dm D D7
The sermons the hymns and the valentines
Gm Gm7
And he asked for truth and he asked for time
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And he asked for only now
[Interlude]
Gm Gm7
Dm D7
Gm Gm7
[Verse 4]
Gm Gm7
Now the trials are trumpet scored
Dm Gm
Oh will we pass the test
Gm Gm7
Or just as one loves more and more
Dm Gm
Will one love less and less
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Oh come let's run from this ring we're in
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Where the Christians clap and the Germans grin
Gm Gm7
Saying let them lose, crying let them win
Dm D Gm
Oh make them both confess
[Outro]
Gm Gm7
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