JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Iron Maiden adalah grup musik heavy metal rock asal Inggris yang sudah berkarier sejak 1975.
Mereka melantunkan lagu berjudul "Back in the Village" yang dirilis pada 1984 silam dalam album Powerslave.
Album kelima mereka itu masuk dalam daftar 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time yang dikeluarkan oleh Rolling Stone pada 2017.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Can I Play with Madness dari Iron Maiden
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Back in the Village" dari Iron Maiden.
[Verse 1]
Am
Turn the spotlights on the people
F G Am
Switch the dial and eat the worm
Am
Take your chances, kill the engine
F G Am
Drop your bombs and let it burn
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Bb
White flags shot to ribbons
G C A
The truce is black and burned
Dm Bb
Shellshock in the kitchen
G Am
Tables overturned
[Chorus]
Dm
Back in the village again
C G
In the village
Dm C G
I'm back in the village again
[Verse 2]
Am
Throwing dice now, rolling loaded
F G Am
I see sixes all the way
Am
In a black hole, and I'm spinning
F G Am
As my wings get shot away
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Dm Bb
Questions are a burden
G C A
And answers are a prison for oneself
Dm Bb
Shellshock in the kitchen
G Am
Tables start to burn
[Chorus]
Dm
Back in the village again
C G
In the village
Dm C G
I'm back in the village again
[Verse 3]
Am
No breaks on the inside
F G Am
Paper cats and burning barns
Am
There's a fox among the chickens
F G Am
And a killer in the hounds
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Dm Bb
Questions are a burden
G C A
And answers are a prison for oneself
Dm Bb
Shellshock in the kitchen
G Am
Tables start to burn
[Chorus]
Dm
Back in the village again
C G
In the village
Dm C G
I'm back in the village again
[Interlude]
E
But still, we walk into the valley
D A
And others try to kill the inner flame
E
We're burning brighter than before
D A
I don't have a number, I'm a name
[Chorus]
Dm
Back in the village again
C G
In the village
Dm C G
I'm back in the village again, yeah!
Dm
Back in the village again
C G
In the village
Dm C G
I'm back in the village again
[Outro]
Dm
Back in the village
Dm
and I'm back in the village
Dm
and I'm back in the village again