JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Freedom! '90" merupakan lagu yang dibawakan secara solo oleh mantan personel Wham!, George Michael.
Judul lagu ini hampir mirip dengan tembang hit Wham! yang juga berjudul "Freedom", maka George Michael menambahkan "'90" untuk membedakannya.
Lagu "Freedom! '90" ditulis dan diproduseri sendiri oleh George Michael.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - George Michael feat. Aretha Franklin
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Freedom! '90" dari George Michael.
[Chorus 0]
A G
I won't let you down
D
I will not give you up
A
Gotta have some faith in the sound
A
It's the one good thing that I've got
G
I won't let you down
D
So please don't give me up
A
Because I would really, really love to stick around, oh yeah!
[Interlude]
A G D A
[Verse 1]
E D
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
A
Didn't know what I wanted to be (Didn't know what I wanted to be)
E D
I was every little hungry schoolgirls pride and joy
A
And I guess it was enough for me (And I guess it was enough for me)
E D
To win the race? A prettier face! Brand new clothes and a big fat place
A
On your rock and roll tv (rock and roll tv)
E D
But today the way I play the game is not the same. No way!
A
Think I'm gonna get me some happy
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
I think there's something you should know
Am
I think it's time I told you so
Am
There's something deep inside of me
D
There's someone else I've got to be
Am
Take back your picture in a frame
Am
Take back your singing in the rain
Am
I just hope you understand
D
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus 1]
A G
All we have to do now
D A
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
A G
All we have to see
D
Is that I don't belong to you
A
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
A
(Freedom) I won't let you down
G
(Freedom) I will not give you up
D
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
A
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got
A
(Freedom) I won't let you down
G
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
D
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
A
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
[verse 2]
E D
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
A
What a kick, just a buddy and me (What a kick, just a buddy and me)
E D
We had every big-shot goodtime band on the run boy
A
We were living in a fantasy (We were living in a fantasy)
E D
We won the race. Got out of the place. I went back home, got a brand new face
A
For the boys on MTV (boys on MTV)
E D
But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh yeah (oh yeah)
A
Now I'm gonna get myself happy
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
I think there's something you should know
Am
I think it's time I told you so
Am
There's something deep inside of me
D
There's someone else I've got to be
Am
Take back your picture in a frame
Am
Take back your singing in the rain
Am
I just hope you understand
D
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus 1]
A G
All we have to do now
D A
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
A G
All we have to see
D
Is that I don't belong to you
A
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
A
(Freedom) I won't let you down
G
(Freedom) I will not give you up
D
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
A
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got
A
(Freedom) I won't let you down
G
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
D
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
A
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
[Interlude]
Am D
(x2)
[Pre-chorus]
Am
Well it looks like the road to heaven
Am
But it feels like the road to hell
Am
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
D
I took the knife as well
Am
Posing for another picture
Am
Everybody's got to sell
Am
But when you shake your ass
Am
They notice fast
D
And some mistakes were build to last
Am
(That's what you get) That's what you get
Am
(That's what you get) I say that's what you get
Am
(That's what you get for changing your mind)
D
That's what you get for changing your mind
Am
(That's what you get)
Am
(That's what you get) And after all this time
Am
(I just hope you understand)
D
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus 3]
A G
(All we have to do now) oh hey and
D A
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
A G
All we have to see
D
Is that I don't belong to you
A
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
A
Freedom
G
Oh freedom
D
My freedom
A
You've gotta give for what you take
A
Freedom
G
Hold on to my freedom
D
My freedom
A
(You've gotta give for what you take) Give it a what you give it a what
A
you take yeah
G D
yeah
A
Yeah you gotta give it a what you give it a what you give
A
May not be what you want from me
G
Just the way it's got to be
D
Lose the face now
A
I've got to live I've got to live I've got to live