JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Vanity” adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh grup band rock ternama asal Amerika Serikat, The Smashing Pumpkins.
Diciptakan oleh sang vokalis, Billy Corgan, lagu ini muncul dalam album keenam mereka, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music.
Album tersebut dirilis pada 5 September 2000 melalui Constantinople Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Ava Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Vanity” dari The Smashing Pumpkins.
[Intro]
Bb2 F Ebmaj9 Dm7 Bb2 F Eb2 Dm7
[Verse 1]
Bb2 F
You can hear the baby bones
Eb2 Dm7
Crack beneath her wheels
Bb2 F
Tears of avalon
Eb2 Dm7
Streak silent down her shield
C Eb
High crimes and misdemeanors
Bb
Unfortunate attacks
C Eb
Will leave you standing nameless
Bb
While she's turning black
[Chorus]
F Eb Bb
Vanity stands naked at my door
F Eb Bb
Vanity cries, why?
[Verse 2]
Bb2 F
Eleanor, you've lost me
Eb2 Dm7
In a haze of wine and cocaine
Bb2 F
Gone out and cost me
Eb2 Dm7
Everything I blame
C Eb
Broadcast in TV detail
Bb
To call their own stories
C Eb
As I try to recapture
Bb
Our best in former glories
[Chorus 2]
F Eb Bb
Vanity stands naked at my door
F Eb Bb
Vanity cries, why?
F Eb Bb
Vanity wants everything and more
F Eb Bb/D Eb Bb/D
Vanity must die
[Bridge]
Eb Bb/D
She swears she'll turn around
Gm C
Turn around for good
Eb Bb/D
She swears she'll turn around
Gm C
Turn around for sure
Eb Bb/D
You know you'll run around
Gm C
Run around for her
Eb Bb/D F
You know you want to know so pure
[Musical Interlude]
F Eb Bb/D 2x
[Verse 3]
F
Ease on that dirt road
Eb2 Dm7
You've still a ways to go
F
Soak in sights and city lights
Eb2 Dm7
While you still can borrow
Eb2 F
Cursed fall will find you
Eb2 Dm7
And bring a memory
Bb2 F
The ghost of her surrender
Eb2 Dm7
With the kiss of anarchy
Bb
She's naked at my door
[Chorus 3]
F Eb Dm
Vanity cries, why?
F Eb Bb
Vanity wants everything and more
F Eb Bb/D
Vanity must die