JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat, James Taylor melantunkan lagu berjudul “Oh Brother” pada 1991.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio ke-30 miliknya yang bertajuk New Moon Shine.
Album yang dirilis melalui label Columbia Records tersebut diproduseri oleh Don Grolnick dan Danny Kortchmar.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu One Morning in May - James Taylor
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Oh Brother” dari James Taylor:
[Intro]
E C#m7 A+9
I'm not much for making little wishes
Bsus2 B
But I'd like a little wish to come true for you
E C#m7
I'm not talking about loaves and fishes
F#m7 E/G# A+9 F#m7/B B/C#
But I wish that there was something I could do for you
F#m7 B/C#
Here's a little bit of cheap advice
F#m7 B/C#
To be taken in an hour of need
F#m7 B/C#
Don't assume that the life you left
F#m7 Bsus4
Is the life you have to lead
[Verse 1]
G
When you come home what you gonna do
D7
Oh brother, oh brother
D/F# G C
Don't you try to deny what you know to be true
D7
The same mess of misery that you done been through
D/F# G C
Standing in line and it's waiting for you
D7 N.C.
One kiss leads to another
F#7+5 G N.C.
Brother when you come back home
[Verse 2]
G
I'd like to know who's knocking on door
D7
I'd like to know what they come here for
D/F#
You'd like to say no
G C
But the words won't come
D7
"Come in and sit down," seem to roll off your tongue
D/F# G C
You forget to remember, to never die young
D7
One kiss leads to another
F#7+5 G N.C.
Brother when you come back home
[Chorus]
Am7 D/E
Standing in line, all of your friends
Am7 F#7+5 G
Standing in line, party never ends
E/G# Am7 D/E
Standing in line, the river flows, the river bends
Am7 F#7+5 G N.C.
Standing in line, all of your friends
[Verse 3]
G
When you come home what you gonna do
D7
Oh brother, oh brother
D/F# G C
Don't you try to deny what you know to be true
D7
The same mess of misery that you done been through
D/F# G C
Standing in line and it's waiting for you
D7 N.C.
One kiss leads to another
F#7+5 G
Brother when you come back home
[Bridge]
Bm7 Cadd9
And that moon will be
E7
Moon will be shining in the trees, all night long something bound to happen for sure
Bm7 Cadd9
Soon you'll be
E7
Stopping by talking to a friend again
D#7 D7
Swear you ain't never tasted nothing so pure
[Verse 4]
G
Oh when you come home what you gonna do my my
D7
Oh brother, oh brother
D/F# G C
Don't you try to deny what you know to be true
D7
The same mess of misery that you done been through
D/F# G C
Standing in line and it's waiting for you
D7 N.C.
One kiss leads to another
F#7+5 G N.C.
Brother when you come back home
[Bridge]
N.C.
When you come home, your friends are dropping by
N.C.
When you come home, the moon is gonna shine
N.C.
When you come home, I tell you no lie
N.C.
When you come home, they're gonna offer you a line
[Chorus]
Am7 D/E
Standing in line, all of your friends
Am7 F#7+5 G
Standing in line, party never ends now
E/G# Am7 D/E
Standing in line, the river flows, the river bends
Am7 F#7+5 G
Standing in line, all your so called friends
E/G# Am7 D/E
Standing in line, when you come home
Am7 F#7+5 G
Standing in line, oh brother, oh brother now
E/G# Am7 D/E
Standing in line, when you come home
Am7 F#7+5 G
Standing in line, what you're gonna do now
E/G# Am7 D/E
Standing in line la la la la
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