JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu keturunan Jepang-Inggris, Rina Sawayama, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Send My Love To John”.
Lagu bergenre pop tersebut dirilis pada 2022 melalui label Dirty Hit.
“Send My Love To John” muncul dalam album studio ketiganya yang bertajuk Hold The Girl.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Holy (Til You Let Me Go) - Rina Sawayama
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Send My Love To John” dari Rina Sawayama:
Capo di fret ke-1
[Intro]
| F#m A | E F#m | 2x
[Verse 1]
F#m A E F#m
Cross the border in the summer of '73
A E F#m
Left my mother to go after the American Dream
A E F#m
Ooh, threw away my name
A E F#m
Ooh, it's easier when it sounds the same
[Verse 2]
A E F#m
All I ever wanted was for you to have a better chance
A E F#m
Go to college, find a good girl that you take to a dance
C#m Bm
Ooh
F#m
Pictured you with her
C#m Bm
Ooh
F#m G
But that was never who you were
[Chorus]
D A/C# E F#m
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
D A/C# E F#m
A misguided love to my only son
D A/C# E C#/F F#m
Trying to protect you, but I guess I was wrong
D Dm F#m A E F#m
So send my love, send my love to John
[Instrumental]
| F#m A | E F#m | F#m |
[Verse 3]
F#m A E F#m
Saw the way the kids treated you every day at school
A E F#m
I should've blamed them, but instead I hid behind the Bible's rules
C#m Bm
Ooh
F#m
Prayed to God above
C#m Bm
Ooh
F#m G
But all you needed was my love
[Chorus]
D A/C# E F#m
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
D A/C# E F#m
A misguided love to my only son
D A/C# E C#/F F#m
We had both had to leave our mothers to get the things we want
D Dm C#m Bm F#m
So send my love, send my love to John,
C#m Bm F#m
Ooh, John
[Bridge]
Bm C#m
And I see that he takes care of you from the food he makes
D E
He's there for you in all the ways I never was, ooh
[Chorus]
D A/C# E F#m
And I'm sorry for the things I've done
D A/C# E F#m
A misguided love to my only son
D A/C# E C#/F F#m
But I love to see you happy and right where you belong
D Dm D Dm F#m A E F#m
So send my love, oh, send my love, send my love to John
[Ending]
| F#m A | E F#m |