JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris, Sting, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying”.
Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1996 melalui label A&M Records.
“I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying” muncul dalam album studio kelimanya yang bertajuk Mercury Falling.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu You Still Touch Me – Sting
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying” dari Sting:
Capo di fret ke-1
[Verse 1]
F
Seven weeks have passed now
C
since she left me,
Dm A#
And she shows her face to ask me how I am
F
She says the kids are fine
C
and that they miss me
Dm A#
Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime
[Bridge 1]
C
She says, 'are you OK?
Dm A#
I was worried about you,
C
can you forgive me? I
Dm A#
hope that you'll be happy.' I said
[Chorus]
F C
"I'm so happy that I can't stop crying,
Dm A#
I'm so happy, I'm laughing through my tears."
[Bridge 2]
C
I saw a friend of mine. He said
Dm A#
"I was worried about you,
C
I heard she had another man,
Dm A#
I wondered how you felt about it"
[Chorus]
F C
"I'm so happy that I can't stop crying,
Dm A#
I'm so happy, I'm laughing through my tears."
[Bridge 3]
C
Saw my lawyer,
Dm A#
Mr. good news, he got me
C
Joint custody and
Dm A#
legal separation
[Chorus]
F F/D#
"I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
C#maj7
I'm laughing through my tears,
C#maj7 E
I'm laughing through my tears"
[Verse 2]
F
I took a walk alone last
Am7
night. I looked up at the stars
Dm A#
To try to find an answer in my life
F
I chose a star for me,
Am7
I chose a star for him
Dm A#
I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife
[Bridge 4]
C
something made me smile.
Dm A#
something seemed to ease the pain,
C
something about the universe and
Dm A# G# D#
how it's all connected
[Verse 5]
F#
The park is full of Sunday fathers,
C#
and melted ice cream
D#m B
We try to do the best within the given time
F#
A kid should be with his mother,
C#
everybody knows that,
D#m B
What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes.
[Bridge 5]
C#
I saw that friend of mine, he said,
D#m B
"you look different somehow."
C#
I said,"everybody's got to
D# B B/C#
leave this darkness sometimes." I said,
[Chorus]
F# F#/E
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying,
Dmaj7
I'm laughing through my tears,
Dmaj7 E
I'm laughing through my tears
F# F#/E
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying,
Dmaj7
I'm laughing through my tears,
Dmaj7 E F#
I'm laughing through my tears