JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Salve” merupakan sebuah lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris, Elton John.
Lagu ini muncul di dalam album studio kelima miliknya yang bertajuk Honky Château, dirilis pada 19 Mei 1972 melalui Uni Records.
Album tersebut diproduseri oleh Gus Dudgeon dan pada tahun 1995 sudah tersertifikasi platinum oleh Recording Industry Association of America.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Slave” dari Elton John.
Key: G
[Intro]
C G
[Verse 1]
G
There's a river running sweat right through our land, through our land
G
Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand, in his hand
G
And I've taken just as much as I can stand, I can stand
C D C G
Oh, we've got to free our brothers from their shackles, yeah, if we can, if we can
[Verse 2]
G C/G
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry, oh, she cries
G C/G
Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh, he smiles
G
His painted ladies riding in from town, in from town
C D C G
Oh, I swear one day I'm gonna burn the whorehouse to the ground, to the ground
[Chorus]
Em C
Slave, slave
G D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C. G
Slave
[Verse 3]
G C/G
There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come, yet to come
G C/G
That may free our families, free our families and our sons, and our sons
G
It may lay green lands to barren waste, all to waste, all to waste
C D C G
Oh, the price of release is a bitter blow to face, oh, to face
[Chorus]
Em C
Slave, slave
G D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C. G
Slave
[Slide Guitar Solo]
G C/G G
C D C G
[Chorus]
Em C
Slave, oh, slave
G D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em C
Slave, slave
G D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C.
Slave
[Outro]
G C/G G C/G G
C D C G C/G G
C/G G