JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu, Paul Simon merilis lagu berjudul “Train in the Distance” pada 1983.
Lagu bergenre pop rock ini merupakan bagian dari album solo keenam miliknya yang diberi nama Hearts and Bones.
“Train in the Distance” diciptakan sendiri oleh Paul dan dirilis secara resmi melalui label Warner Records.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Train in the Distance” dari Paul Simon:
[Verse 1]
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db
She was beautiful as Southern skies
C7
The night he met her
Fm7 Bb9
She was married to someone
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db C
He was doggedly determined that he would get her
Fm7 Ab/Eb Eb
He was old, he was young
Db/Eb
From time to time he'd tip his heart
Ab/Eb Ab Ebmaj7/G
But each time she withdrew
[Chorus]
Eb Db/Eb
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Ab/Eb Ebm7
Everybody thinks it's true
Eb Db/Eb
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Ab/Eb Ebm7 Eb Db/Eb Ab/Eb Ebm7
Everybody thinks it's true
[Verse 2]
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db C7
Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
Fm7 Bb9
Sure enough they have a son
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db C
And though they both were occupied with the child she carried
Fm7 Ab/Eb Eb
Disagreements had begun
Db/Eb
And in a while they fell apart
Ab/Eb Ab Ebmaj7/G
It wasn't hard to do
[Chorus]
Eb Db/Eb
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Ab/Eb Ebm7
Everybody thinks it's true
Eb Db/Eb
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Ab/Eb Eb
Everybody thinks it's true
[Bridge]
Dbmaj9 Cm7
Two disappointed believers
Bdim Cm7/Bb
Two people playing the game
Ab Eb/G
Negotiations and love songs
Gb Db/F Cb Bb11
Are often mistaken for one and the same
[Verse 3]
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db C7
Now the man and the woman remain in contact
Fm7 Bb9
Let us say it's for the child
Eb Bb/D Bbm/Db
With disagreements about the meaning
C
Of a marriage contract
Fm7 Ab/Eb Eb
Conversations hard and wild
But from time to time
Db/Eb
He makes her laugh
Ab/Eb Ab Ebmaj7/G
She cooks a meal or two
[Chorus]
Eb Db/Eb
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Ab/Eb Ebm7
Everybody thinks it's true
Eb Db/Eb
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Ab/Eb Eb
Everybody thinks it's true
[Verse 4]
Dbmaj9 Cm7
What is the point of this story
Bdim Cm7/Bb
What information pertains
Ab Eb/G
The thought that life could be better
Gb Db/F
Is woven indelibly
Cb Bb11 Bb11 Eb Db/Eb
Into our hearts and our brains
Ab/Eb Ebm7
(Like a train in the distance)
Repeat & fade:
Eb Db/Eb Ab/Eb Ebm7
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