JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Killing of Georgie" merupakan lagu dari rockstar, Rod Stewart.
Lagu ini dihadirkan ke publik sejak 1976 lewat album berjudul A Night on the Town.
Album tersebut telah di-remaster pada 2009 dan kini telah tersedia di platform musik digital.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Oh! No Not My Baby - Rod Stewart
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Killing of Georgie" dari Rod Stewart.
INTRO:
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Oh yeah
VERSE:
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In these days of changing ways
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So called liberated days
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A story comes to mind of a friend of mine
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Georgie boy was gay I guess
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Nothing more or nothing less
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The kindest guy I ever knew
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His mother's tears fell in vain
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The afternoon george tried to explain
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That he needed love like all the rest
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Pa said there must be a mistake
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How can my son not be straight
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After all I've said and done for him
INSTRUMENTAL:
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VERSE:
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Leaving home on a greyhound bus
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Cast out by the ones he loves
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A victim of these gay days it seems
INSTRUMENTAL:
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VERSE:
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Georgie went to new york town
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Where he quickly settled down
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And soon became the toast of the great white way
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Accepted by manhattan's elite
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In all the places that were chic
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No party was complete without George
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Along the boulevards he'd cruise
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And all the old queens blew a fuse
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Everybody loved Georgie boy
INSTRUMENTAL & WHISTLING:
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VERSE:
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The last time I saw George alive
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Was in the summer of seventy-five
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He said he was in love I said I'm pleased
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George attended the opening night
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Of another broadway hype
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But split before the final curtain fell
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Deciding to take a short cut home
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Arm in arm they meant no wrong
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A gentle breeze blew down fifth avenue
INSTRUMENTAL:
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VERSE:
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Out of a darkened side street came
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A New Jersey gang with just one aim
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To roll some innocent passer-by
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There ensued a fearful fight
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Screams rang out in the night
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Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone
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A leather kid, a switchblade knife
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He did not intend to take his life
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He just pushed his luck a little too far that night
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The sight of blood dispersed the gang
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A crowd gathered, the police came
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An ambulance screamed to a halt on fifty-third and third
INSTRUMENTAL:
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Georgie's life ended there
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But I ask who really cares
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George once said to me and I quote
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He said never wait or hesitate
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Get in kid, before it's too late
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You may never get another chance
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'Cos youth a mask but it don't last
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Live it long and live it fast
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Georgie was a friend of mine
INSTRUMENTAL & WHISTLE -
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BREAK:
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Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
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Georgie please stay you take our breath away
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Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Eb Fm Bb Eb
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
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Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
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Georgie please stay you take our breath away