JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi legendaris asal Amerika Serikat, Bob Dylan, membawakan lagu “In Search of Little Sadie” pada tahun 1970.
Lagu bergenre folk-rock ini muncul di dalam album kesepuluh miliknya yang bertajuk Self Portrait.
Album tersebut diproduseri oleh Bob Johnston dan dirilis melalui label Columbia Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Absolutely Sweet Marie - Bob Dylan
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “In Search of Little Sadie” dari Bob Dylan.
[Verse 1]
G
Went out last night just to take a look around
F#
I met Little Sadie and I brought her down
G#
I ran right home and I went to bed
A
With a forty-four smokeless under my head
[Verse 2]
A
I began to think of what a deed I done
A
I grabbed my hat and I began to run
A
I made a good run but I run too slow
Bb
They overtook me down to Jericho
[Verse 3]
F
Standing on the corner just a-ringing my bell
F#
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
G G#
He says, "Young man is your name Brown?
C#m
Remember you blowed little Sadie down?"
[Verse 4]
C#m
"Oh, yes sir my name is Lee
G#m
I murdered little Sadie in first degree"
F#m
"First degree, second degree
Bm F#
If you've got any papers, will you serve them to me?"
[Verse 5]
D A
Well, they took me down town and they dressed me in black
G D
They put me on a train and they sent me back
A
I had no one for to go my bail
G D
They crammed me back into the county jail
(Oh, yes, they did)
[Verse 6]
C
Now, the judge and the jury, they took their stand
F Fm
The judge had the papers in his right hand
C Am
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
F Fm
Forty-one years with the ball and stripes... oh, no!
[Verse 7]
C Am
Went out last night to take a little round
Em G7
I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down
C Em
I ran right home and I went to bed
F Dm Fm C
A forty-four smokeless under ... my ... head