JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Leonard Cohen, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Take This Waltz”.
Lagu bergenre pop tersebut dirilis pada 1988 melalui label rekaman Columbia Records.
“Take This Waltz” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk I’m Your Man.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Take This Waltz” dari Leonard Cohen:
[Intro]
G Dsus4 D D
[Verse 1]
G G Em Em
Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women
G Bm Em Em
There's a shoulder where death comes to cry
C C D D
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
C C *Bm *Am G B7
There's a tree where the doves go to die
Em Em Em Em
There's a piece that was torn from the morning
Am E7 Am Am *G
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
C C *G *Am G G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 Em Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
D Em D D
[Verse 2]
G Bm Em Em
Oh, I want you, I want you, I want you
G G Em Em
On a chair with a dead magazine
C C D D
In the cave at the tip of the lily
C C *Bm *Am G B7
In some hallways where love's ne-ver been
Em Em Em Em
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
Am E7 Am Am *G
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
C C *G *Am G G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 E7 E7
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
Take its broken waist in your hand
Cdim D#dim Em B7
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
Am Am Em Em
With its very own breath of brandy and death
Am7 Am7 G G
Dragging its tail in the sea
Dsus4 D
[Verse 3]
G G Em Em
There's a concert hall in Vienna
G Bm Em Em
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
C C D D
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
C C *Bm *Am G B7
They've been sentenced to death by the blues
Em Em Em Em
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
Am E7 Am Am *G
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
C C *G *Am G G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 Em Em
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
Take this waltz, it's been dying for years
G G D D
[Verse 4]
G Bm Em Em
There's an attic where children are playing
G G Em Em
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
C C D D
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
C C *Bm *Am G B7
In the mist of some sweet af-ter-noon
Em Em Em Em
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
Am E7 Am Am *G
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
C C *G *Am G G
Ay, ay, ay, ay
B7 B7 E7 E7
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Am7 Am7 C C
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"
Cdim D#dim Em B7
[Chorus]
Dapatkan update berita pilihan dan breaking news setiap hari dari Kompas.com. Mari bergabung di Grup Telegram "Kompas.com News Update", caranya klik link https://t.me/kompascomupdate, kemudian join. Anda harus install aplikasi Telegram terlebih dulu di ponsel.