JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Sweet Jane" adalah lagu The Velvet Underground yang dirilis bersama album Loaded.
Album tersebut diluncurkan pada 1970 setelah salah satu personelnya, Lou Reed mengundurkan diri.
Album Loaded sempat masuk dalam list 500 album terbaik sepanjang masa menurut majalah The Rolling Stone pada 2012.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Black Angels Death Song - The Velvet Underground feat. Nico
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Sweet Jane" dari The Velvet Underground.
[Intro]
D D A A Bm Bm G A A D D A A Bm Bm G A A
D D A A Bm Bm G A A D D A A Bm Bm G A A
[Verse]
(0:17)
D D A G G Bm A D D D A G G Bm A D D
Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand
D A G G Bm A D D
Jack is in his coat, and Jane is in her vest,
D A G G Bm A D D
and me I'm in a rock'n'roll band Hah!
D A G G Bm A D D
Ridin' in a Stutz-Bearcat, Jim
D A G G Bm A D D
Y'know, those were different times!
D A G G Bm A D D
Oh, all the poets they studied rules of verse
D A G G Bm A D D
And those ladies, they rolled their eyes
[Chorus]
D G D G D G
Sweet Jane! Whoa! Sweet Jane, oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane!
[Verse]
(1:07)
D D A G G Bm A D D
I'll tell you something Jack, he is a banker
D A G G Bm A D D
And Jane, she is a clerk
D A G G Bm A D D
And both of them save their monies, ha
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And when, when they come home from work
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Ooooh, sittin' down by the fire, oh!
D A G G Bm A D D
The radio does play the classical music there, Jim
D A G G Bm A D D
"The March of the Wooden Soldiers" all you protest kids
D A G G Bm A D D
You can hear Jack say, get ready, ah
[Chorus]
D G D G D G
Sweet Jane! Come on baby! Sweet Jane! Oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane!
[Verse]
(1:57)
D D A A G G Bm A D D
Some people, they like to go out dancing
D A G G Bm A D D
And other peoples, they have to work, Just watch me now!
D A G G Bm A D D
And there's even some evil mothers
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Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
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Y'know that, women, never really faint
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And that villains always blink their eyes, woo!
D A G G Bm A D D
And that, y'know, children are the only ones who blush!
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And that, life is just to die!
[Bridge]
(2:34)
D G G Bm A D D
And, everyone who ever had a heart
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They wouldn't turn around and break it
D G G Bm A D D
And anyone who ever played a part
D G G Bm A D D
Oh they wouldn't turn around and hate it!
[Chorus]
D G D G D G
Sweet Jane! Whoa-oh-oh! Sweet Jane! Sweet Jane!
(3:06)
D C#m
Heavenly wine and roses
G# A
Seemed to whisper to her
B
when he smiled
D C#m
Heavenly wine and roses
G# A
seemed to whisper to her
B
hey baby she smiled.
(3:33)
E B
La la la la la la
D A
La la la la la la
E B
La la la la la la
D A
La la la la la la
[Outro]
(3:50)
D G
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane
D G
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane
D
Sweet Jane