JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu legendaris asal Inggris, David Bowie, mempopulerkan lagu berjudul “Somebody Up There Likes Me”.
Bergenre soul dan R&B, lagu ini menjadi bagian dari album kesembilannya yang berjudul Young Americans.
Album tersebut dirilis pada 7 Maret 1975 melalui label rekaman RCA Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Miracle Goodnight dari David Bowie
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Somebody Up There Likes Me” dari David Bowie.
INTRO: D E B x6
A
He's everybody's token, on everybody's wall,
blessing all the papers, thanking one and all
E
Hugging all the babies, kissing all the ladies
A
Knowing all that you think about from writing on the wall
Chorus
D C
He's so divine, his soul shines
B A
Breaks the night, sleep tight
D C
His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race
B A
He says I'm somebody
D C
He's got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart
B
He says don't hurry, baby
F
Somebody up there (somebody) likes me
Interlude: D E B x2
A
He's the savage son of the tv tube planets wrote the day was due,
All the wisest men around predicted that a man was found
E
Who looked a lot like you and me, yeah everyone with sense could see
A
Nothing left his eye unmoved, he had the plan, he had to use
Chorus
D C
Somebody so divine, his soul shines
B A
Somebody Breaks the night, sleep tight
D C B A
Somebody His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race
D C
He's got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart
B
He says Don't hurry, baby
F
Somebody up there (somebody)
D C
Somebody plays my song in tune
B A
Makes me, makes me, makes me stronger for you
D C
Was a way when we were young, that any man was judged by what he'd done
B A
But now you pick them on the screen (what they look like) Where they've been
D C
Keep your eye on your soul and your hand on your heart
B
He says don't hurry, baby
F
Somebody up there (somebody)
D C B
Leaders come, they hate all the people know
A
That given time, the leaders go
D C
Tell me, can they hold you under their spell
B
Can they walk and hold you as well as a smile like Valentino?
A
Could he sell you anything?
D C B
Keep your eyes on your soul, keep your hand on your heart he says don't hurry, baby
F
Somebody up there (somebody) likes me