JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “By the Grace of God” adalah lagu yang dimiliki oleh penyanyi pop asal Amerika Serikat, Katy Perry.
Lagu tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada 2013 melalui Capitol Records dan muncul di dalam album keempatnya yang bertajuk Prism.
Album tersebut berhasil mendapatkan nominasi Grammy Award untuk Best Pop Vocal Album dan Juno Award untuk International Album of the Year.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “By the Grace of God” dari Katy Perry:
[Intro]
Em C G D Em C D
[Verse 1]
Em C G D
Was twenty-seven surviving my return of Saturn
Em C D
A long vacation, didn't sound so bad
Em C G D
Was full of secrets locked up tight like iron mountain
Em C D
Running on empty so out of gas
[Pre-Chorus 1]
C Em
Thought I wasn't enough
G
Found I wasn't so tough
D
Laying on the bathroom floor
C Em
We were living on a fault line
G
And I felt the fault was all mine
D
Couldn't take it anymore
[Chorus]
C G D
By the grace of God (There was no other way)
C G D
I picked myself back up (I knew I had to say)
C G D C
I put one foot in front of the other and I
G D Em C
Looked in the mirror and decided to stay
G D D Em C G D
Wasn't gonna let love take me out that way
[Verse 2]
Em C G D
I thank my sister for keeping my head above the water
Em C D
When the truth was like swallowin' sand
Em C G D
Now, every morning, oh there is no more mourning Oh I
Em C D
Can finally see myself again
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C Em
I know I am enough,
G
Possible to be loved
D
It was not about me
C Em
Now I have to rise above
G
Let the Universe call the bluff
D
Yeah, the truth'll set you free
[Chorus]
C G D
By the grace of God (There was no other way)
C G D
I picked myself back up (I knew I had to say)
C G D C
I put one foot in front of the other and I
G D Em C
Looked in the mirror and decided to stay
G D Em
Wasn't gonna let love take me out that way
[Bridge]
Em C
Of that way, no
G D
That way, no
Em C
Not in the name (Of love)
D
In the name of love
Em7 C G D
That way (No) that way, no
G D
I am not giving up
[Breakdown]
C G D
By the grace of God
C G D
I picked myself back up
C G D C
I put one foot in front of the other and I
D
Looked in the mirror (Looked in the mirror)
C D
I looked in the mirror (Looked in the mirror)
[Chorus]
C G D
By the grace of God (There was no other way)
C G D
I picked myself back up (I knew I had to say)
C G D C
I put one foot in front of the other and I
G D Em C
Looked in the mirror and decided to stay
G D D Em C G
Wasn't gonna let love take me out that way