JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "New Slang" merupakan lagu The Shins yang telah dirilis sejak 2001.
Lagu ini menjadi salah satu karya pertama The Shins sebagai grup band yang berganti nama.
"New Slang" dimuat dalam album Oh, Inverted World yang dirilis oleh Sub Pop Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Eyes dari Rogue Wave
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "New Slang" dari The Shins.
[Intro]
Am C F C G C Am G x4
C
[Verse 1]
Am C F
Gold teeth and a curse for this town
C G
Were all in my mouth
C F Am G
Only I don't know how they got out, dear
Am C F
Turn me back into the pet
C G
I was when we met
C F Am G
I was happier then with no mind set
[Chorus]
G C
And if you'd took to me like
F C G
A gull takes to the wind
G C
Well, I'd jumped from my trees
F C F C
And I'd have danced like the king of the eyesores
F C G
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
[Verse 2]
Am C F
New slang when you notice the stripes
C G
The dirt in your fries
C F
Hope it's right when you die
Am G
Old and bo...ny
Am C F
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall
C G
Never should've called
C F
But my head's to the wall
Am G
And I'm lonely
[Chorus]
G C
And if you'd took to me like
F C G
A gull takes to the wind
G C
Well, I'd jumped from my trees
F C F C
And I'd have danced like the king of the eyesores
F C G
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
[Solo]
G G C F
C F C G
C G C F
F C F C G
C Am G C (hang and walk down to Am)
[Verse 3]
Am C F
Godspeed all the baker's at dawn
C G
May they all cut their thumbs
C F
And bleed into their buns
Am G
'Till they melt away
[Chorus 2]
G C
I'm looking in on the good life
F C G
I might be doomed never to find
G C
Without a trust or flaming fields
F C G
Am I too dumb to refine?
C
And if you'd took to me like
F C F C
Well I'd have danced like the queen of the eyesores
F C G
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
[Solo]
G G C F
C F C G
C G C F
F C F C G
C Am G C
[Outro]
Am C F C G C Am G x2
C