JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "King of the Mountain" adalah lagu rock alternatif dari grup musik asal Australia, Midnight Oil.
Lagu ini menjadi singel ketiga dari album mereka yang dinamakan Blue Sky Mining.
Singel yang rilis pada 1990 silam itu berhasil menempati peringkat ketiga dalam daftar Billboard Alternative Airplay.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu One Country dari Midnight Oil
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "King of the Mountain" dari Midnight Oil berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
E A E D
Walking through the high dry grass
E A D A
Pushing my way though slow
E A E D
Yellow belly black snake sleeping on a red rock
E A D A
waiting for the stranger to go
E A E D
Sugar train stops at the crossing
E A D A
Cane cockies cursing below
E A
Bad storm coming
E D E A D A
Better run to the top of the mountain
[Chorus]
E A F#m D A
Mountain in the shadow of light
E A F#m D A E A F#m D A
Rain In the valley below mountain in the shadow of light
E A F#m D E A F#m D A
Rain well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul
E A F#m D A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall
E A F#m D A E A E D E A
Call me King of the mountain
[Verse 2]
E A E D
Blacksmith fires up the bellows
E A D A
Cane cutters burning to load
E A E D E A D A
Workers of the world run to the top of the mountain
[Chorus]
E A F#m D A
Mountain in the shadow of light
E A F#m D A E A F#m D A
Rain In the valley below mountain in the shadow of light
E A F#m D E A F#m D A
Rain well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul
E A F#m D A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall
E A F#m D A E A E D E A
Call me King of the mountain
[Bridge]
C#m E
I can't take the hands from my face
F#sus F# F#m D7
There are some things we can't replace yeah
[Chorus]
E A F#m D A
Mountain in the shadow of light
E A F#m D A E A F#m D A
Rain In the valley below mountain in the shadow of light
E A F#m D A E A F#m D A
Rain well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul
E A F#m D A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall
E A F#m D A E A F#m D
Call me King of the mountain
A E A F#m D A
Well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul
E A F#m D A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall
E A F#m D A E A E D E A
Call me King of the mountain
[Verse 3]
E A F#m D A
Over liquid tarmac wastelands of cactus and heat
E A F#m D A
Down cobblestone alleyways of washing day sheets
E A F#m D A
Up ghost prairie mountains of sunset and space
E A F#m D A
Down the road at a familiar place
E A F#m D A E A F#m
Across the wilderness Out further than the bush
D A E A F#m
I will follow you
D A E A F#m
I will follow you
D A C#m
I will follow you