JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band asal Inggris, Sade, melantunkan lagu berjudul “Tar Baby” pada tahun 1985.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio kedua mereka yang bertajuk Promise.
Album yang dirilis melalui Epic Records itu sukses menempati peringkat pertama di tangga lagu US Billboard 200 dan UK Albums Chart.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Haunt Me - Sade
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Tar Baby” dari Sade.
[Verse 1]
C#m7 G#aug
Granma came to see
C#m7 G#aug
Something she could not believe
C#m7 G#aug
How could her girl be
C#m7 G#aug
So naive
[Chorus]
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B
Tar baby, tar baby told
N.C.
The secret she conceived
[Verse 2]
C#m7 G#aug
That big old smile of yours
C#m7 G#aug
Could turn the wind into a song
C#m7 G#aug
How could I have doubted
C#m7 G#aug
Honey it's with me that you belong
[Chorus]
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B
Tar baby, tar baby
B C#m7
I love you so
[Bridge]
Emaj7 Amaj7
Like a brand new blade
Emaj7 Amaj7
You cut into my life
Emaj7 Amaj7
Cut through two decades
Emaj7 Amaj7
Like a hot coal on ice
[Chorus]
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B
Tar baby, my tar baby
Bsus4 B B
It ma----ybe was meant to be
[Verse 3]
C#m7 G#aug
When I look at you
C#m7 G#aug
I can't believe my eyes
C#m7
And with your magic
G#aug C#m7 G#aug
I think you just might charm the birds out of the sky
[Chorus]
Bsus4 B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B
Tar baby, tar baby, tar baby
N.C.
Came good out of grief
[Bridge]
Emaj7 Amaj7
A golden thread inside of the web
Emaj7 Amaj7
That I got caught in
Emaj7 Amaj7
Oh, it's a lover's revenge, but out of the pain
Emaj7 Amaj7
Come the best things
[Outro]
Emaj7 Amaj7
You cut into my life
Emaj7 Amaj7
You cut into my life (baby baby baby baby don't you know that)
Emaj7 Amaj7
You cut into my life (I love you)
Emaj7 Amaj7
You cut into my life
Emaj7 Amaj7
La la la la la ooh
Emaj7 Amaj7
You can turn the wind into a song
Emaj7 Amaj7
La la la la la baby baby baby
Emaj7
It's with me you belong
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