JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Earth Song" adalah lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh mendiang penyanyi kenamaan dunia, Michael Jackson.
Dirilis pada 1995, lagu ini merupakan singel ketiga dari album kesembilannya, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I.
Michael Jackson terkenal akan lagu-lagunya yang mengangkat isu sosial, dengan "Earth Song" menjadi lagu pertamanya yang membahas isu lingkungan.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Earth Song" dari Michael Jackson berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
Em A
What about sunrise
Em A
What about rain
Em A B
What about all the things, that you said we were to gain
Em A
What about killing fields
Em A
Is there a time
Em A B
What about all the things that you said was yours and mine
C D
Did you ever stop to notice
G D/F# Em
All the blood we've shed before
Am
Did you ever stop to notice
B
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
[Chorus 1]
Em A Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
Em A Em A
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
Em A Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
Em A B
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
[Verse 2]
Em A
What have we done to the world
Em A
Look what we've done
Em A B
What about all the peace that you pledge your only son
Em A
What about flowering fields
Em A
Is there a time
Em A B
What about all the dreams that you said was yours and mine
C D
Did you ever stop to notice
G D/F# Em
All the children dead from war
Am
Did you ever stop to notice
B
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
[Chorus 2]
Em A Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
Em A Em A
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
Em A Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
Em A B
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
[Verse 3]
Am D
I used to dream
G D/F# Em
I used to glance beyond the stars
Am
Now I don't know where we are
B
Although I know we've drifted far
[Chorus 3]
Em A Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
Em A Em A
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
Em A Em A
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
Em A B
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
F#m B F#m B
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
F#m B F#m B
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
F#m B F#m B
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
F#m B F#m C#
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
[Bridge]
F#m B F#m B F#m
Hey, what about yesterday (What about us), what about the seas (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
The heavens are falling down (What about us) I can't even breathe (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about everything (What about us), I didn't do (What about us)
B C# F#m
What about nature's worth (ooo,ooo), it's our planet's womb (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about animals (What about it), we've turned kingdoms to dust (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about elephants (What about us), have we lost their trust (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about crying whales (What about us), we're ravaging the seas (What about us)
B C# F#m
What about forest trails (ooo, ooo), burnt despite our pleas (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about the holy land (What about it), torn apart by creed (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about the common man (What about us), can't we set him free (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about children dying (What about us), can't you hear them cry (What about us)
B C# F#m
Where did we go wrong (ooo, ooo), someone tell me why (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about baby boy (What about it), what about the days (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about all their joy (What about us), what about the man (What about us)
B F#m B F#m
What about the crying man (What about us), what about Abraham (What was us)
B C# A E/G#
What about death again (ooo, ooo), do we give a damn
[Chorus 4]
F#m B F#m B
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
F#m B F#m B
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh
F#m B F#m B
Aah aah aah, aah aah aah aah aah aah, aah
F#m B C#
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh