JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Life in the Fast Lane" adalah lagu dari grup band rock Amerika, Eagles.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album Hotel California yang menjadi album dengan penjualan terlaris.
Dirilis pada 1977, lagu-lagu dalam album tersebut kemudian di-remaster dan dirilis secara digital.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Take It Easy - Eagles
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Life in the Fast Lane" dari Eagles:
[Intro]
E - D E - D ….
[Verse]
E D D
He was a hard headed man, he was brutally handsome,
E D E - D
and she was terminally pretty.
E D E D
She held him up, and he held her for ransom
E D E - D
in the heart of the cold, cold city.
A
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude,
E
they said he was ruthless, they said he was crude,
B7
they had one thing in common, they were good in bed.
A
She'd say, "Faster, faster, the lights are turnin' red!"
E D E D
Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
E D E - D
E - D (4x)
Life in the fast lane, mm.
[Verse 2]
E D E D
Eager for action and hot for the game,
E D E D
the coming attraction, the drop of a name.
E D D
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills,
E D D
they threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.
A
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face,
E
she pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race.
B7
Out every evening until it was light,
A
he was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it.
[Chorus]
E D E D
Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
E D E - D
Life in the fast lane, mm.
E D E D
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time.
E D E - D
Life in the fast lane, uh huh.
B7 D B7 D E
[Verse 3]
E D E D
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst,
E D E D
they didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worst.
E D D
She said, "Listen, baby, you can hear the engine ring,
E D
We've been up and down this highway,
E D
haven't seen a goddam thing."
A
He said, "Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash.”
E
The doctor says he's coming, but you gotta pay him cash."
B7
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost,
A
they didn't care they were just dying to get off.
[Chorus]
E D
Life in the fast lane.
C A E
Life in the fast lane.