JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Lagu "Down in the Valley" adalah karya milik The Head and the Heart.
Lagu ini masuk dlam album perdana eponim mereka, The Head and the Heart.
Rilis pada 2010, The Head and the Heart tak hanya meluncurkan album melainkan juga video klip lagu "Down in the Valley" yang diunggah melalui kanal Youtube Sub Pop.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu People Need A Melody - The Head and the Heart
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Down in the Valley" dari The Head and the Heart:
[Intro]
F C Am C C
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
F C Am C C
Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
F C C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
F C C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
[Intro Again]
[Verse]
F C
Call it one drink too many
Am C C
Call it pride of a man
F C Am C
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
F N.C. C
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
F N.C. C
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
[Pre-Chorus]
F C Am C
We do it over and over and over again
F C Am C
We do it over and over and over again
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (slow) (straight strumming)
F Am C
Oh -oh -oh -oh (build)
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh
F Am
I know there's California, Oklahoma
C G
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
[Chorus]
F
Down in the valley with
Am
Whiskey rivers
C G
These are the places you will find me hidin'
F Am
These are the places I will always go (not slow)
F C
These are the places I will always go (not slow)
F
I am on my way (slow)
Am
I am on my way (slow)
F C
I am on my way back to where I started
[Bridge]
F Am C G (build)
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (straight strumming)
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (build) (continued in the background)
F Am
One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
C G
I hail your face, and then I saw you standing out
F ............................... Am ............ (build)
C G
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
F ................... Am ............ (build)
C G
You saw me crossing the valley and you came in
F Am
There was a sign on the door and it reads to me
C G
Just like the grass and the sign when you walked in
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (straight strumming)
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh
F
I am on my way (slow)
Am
I am on my way (slow)
F C
I am on my way back to where I started
F Am
California, Oklahoma
C G
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
[Chorus]
F
Down in the valley with
Am
Whiskey rivers
C G
These are the places you will find me hidin'
F Am
These are the places I will always go (slow)
F C
These are the places I will always go (slow)
F C
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
F C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways