JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “In the Mouth a Desert” merupakan lagu yang dibawakan oleh band kenamaan asal Amerika Serikat, Pavement.
Lagu tersebut muncul sebagai trek keempat dalam debut album mereka, Slanted and Enchanted (1992).
Album tersebut mendapat pujian dari para kritikus musik maupun fans.
Rolling Stone menempatkan album ini di peringkat 199 dalam 500 Album Terbaik Sepanjang Masa edisi 2020.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu It’s All Over but the Crying - Garbage
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “In the Mouth a Desert” dari Pavement.
VERSE 1
C Em G
Can you treat it like an oil well
B C
When its underground, out of sight?
Em G
And if the sight is just a whore sign
B
Can it make enough sense to me?
C Em G
Pretend the table is a trust knot
B C
Well put our labels down, faith is down
Em G
Ill watch some yards of twine unravel
B
And youll never get it back
CHORUS
C Em
Its what I want (its what I want)
G B
Its what I want (twine comes down)
C Em
Its what I want (its what I want)
G B
Dont you know, I could make you try
C Em G B
Make you try [3x]
VERSE 2
C Em G B
Ive been crowned the king of it, and it is all we have
C Bm G
So wait to hear my words and theyre diamond sharp
B
I can open it up and its up and down
[SOLO] - use main chords i.E. C-Em-G-B
CHORUS 2
C
Its what I want (its what I want)
Em
I see your bag like a little dog [? ](ball of twine)
G
Dont you know that its what I want (its what I want)
B
Ill see your bag and it makes you try
Makes you try [3x]
VERSE 3
C Bm G B
Ive been down, the king of it, is all we have
C BM G
Ive been down and I could wait to hear the words
B
Theyre diamond sharp today