JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "I Contain Multitudes" adalah lagu Bob Dylan dalam album terbarunya, Rough and Rowdy Ways.
Album tersebut rilis pada 2020 dengan mengusung 10 lagu keluaran Columbia Records.
Lagu-lagu dalam album tersebut digemari karena kritik-kritik yang terkandung di dalamnya.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "I Contain Multitudes" dari Bob Dylan.
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
Today, tomorrow, and yesterday, too
Am G C
The flowers are dyin' like all things do
Cm Em F
Follow me close, I’m going to Ballinalee
C G
I'll lose my mind if you don't come with me
F D#m
I fuss with my hair, and I fight blood feuds
C F C
I contain multitudes
[Verse 2]
C
Got a tell-tale heart, like Mr. Poe
Am G C
Got skeletons in the walls of people you know
Cm Em F
I’ll drink to the truth and the things we said
C G
I'll drink to the man that shares your bed
F D#m
I paint landscapes, and I paint nudes
C F C
I contain multitudes
[Verse 3]
C
Red Cadillac and a black moustache
Am G C
Rings on my fingers that sparkle and flash
Cm Em F
Tell me, what's next? What shall we do?
C G
Half my soul, baby, belongs to you
F D#m
I rolic and I frolic with all the young dudes
C F C
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
E Am G#
I'm just like Anne Frank, like Indiana Jones
C Am
And them British bad boys, The Rolling Stones
E Am G#
I go right to the edge, I go right to the end
C D
I go right where all things lost are made good again
[Verse 4]
C
I sing the songs of experience like William Blake
Am G C
I have no apologies to make
Cm Em F
Everything's flowing all at the same time
C G
I live on the boulevard of crime
F D#m
I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods
C F C
I contain multitudes
[Verse 5]
C
Pink petal-pushers, red blue jeans
Am G C
All the pretty maids, and all the old queens
Cm Em F
All the old queens from all my past lives
C G
I carry four pistols and two large knives
F D#m
I'm a man of contradictions, I'm a man of many moods
C F C
I contain multitudes
[Bridge]
E Am G#
You greedy old wolf, I'll show you my heart
C Am
But not all of it, only the hateful parts
E Am G#
I’ll sell you down the river, I’ll put a price on your head
C D
What more can I tell you? I sleep with life and death in the same bed
[Verse 6]
C
Get lost, madam, get up off my knee
Am G C
Keep your mouth away from me
Cm Em F
I'll keep the path open, the path in my mind
C G
I’ll see to it that there's no love left behind
F D#m
I'll play Beethoven's sonatas, and Chopin’s preludes
C F C
I contain multitudes