JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat, Natalie Merchant melantunkan lagu berjudul “The Letter” pada tahun 1995.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari debut album studio pertama miliknya yang bertajuk Tigerlily.
Album yang dirilis melalui label Elektra Records itu berhasil menduduki posisi ke-13 di US Billboard 200.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Letter” dari Natalie Merchant.
Capo 2
Intro:
A D A A
Verse:
A D A
If I ever write this letter
A D A
Oh, the pages I could write
F#m B E
But I don't know where to send it
D A B E
You have vanished, heaven knows where you live
D A
Heaven only knows
Verse:
A D A
If I ever write this letter
A D A
Bitter words it would contain
F#m B E
Just an unrequited lover
D A B E
Wishing she had never spoken your name
D A
Had never known your name
Verse:
A D A
But if I ever write this letter
A D A
The truth it would reveal
F#m B E
Knowing you brought me pleasure
D A B E
How I'll often treasure moments that we knew
D A
The precious, the few