Intro
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[Verse]
F
They called me Margaretha the day that I was born
Gm F C
The day I died the soldiers called me H21
Dm A#
In the circuses and palaces, a hundred names I've borne
F C
From the Belle of the Epoque to the eye of the storm
Dm C F
But if anybody asks, I named myself after the sun
F
I was a teacher when I was young
C F
But I ran away from home
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To the East Indies and warm, warm sun
C F
To wed a man I did not know
C F
He called me Lady MacLeod
C F
But the times did not allow
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My complaints as drinking dragged him down
C F
So in dancing peace I found
[Verse 2]
F
They called me a tourist when I began to dance
Dm F C
An amateur and courtesan when I came to France
Dm A#
On the stages, in the salons, I held my tongue
F C
I was never owned by any man nor known by anyone
Dm C F
And if anybody asks, I named myself after the sun
Dm C F
I never cared much for their war
C F
I had seen men fight before
C Am A#
Seen the sickness in their esprit de corps
C F
I would dance for them no more
C F
They came to take me away
C F
From the Hotel Champs ElyseÌe
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Told the soldiers I've nothing to say
G7
They wouldn't have listened anyway
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Too many men had died, and somebody had to pay
C F
They set a date for my dying day
[Bridge]
Gm F
But as I stood in that killing field, refusing a blindfold
A# Dm G
Staring down the soldiers and the hatred of the world
Gm Dm F
I felt the warmth of the Malay sun and I smiled for them all
Dm
They all thought they had the best of me
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But not one of them could say what I was called
[Verse 3]
Just before the darkness came
I whispered my real name
A#
I am Mata Hari, eye of the day
C F
In the cells my body lay unclaimed
F C Dm A# F C7
Dm C A#
If anybody asks, I named myself after the sun
Dm C F
If anybody asks, I named myself after the sun
- 1. Chord Gitar Frank Turner - Eye Of The Day Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Frank Turner - Eye Of The Day Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan