JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Strange Currencies” merupakan salah satu lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh grup band rock dari Amerika Serikat, R.E.M.
Lagu bergenre rock alternatif ini muncul sebagai trek keenam di dalam album kesembilan mereka yang bertajuk Monster.
“Strange Currencies” dirilis pada 3 April 1995 dan berhasil menduduki peringkat ke-9 tangga lagu UK Singles Chart.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us - R.E.M
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Strange Currencies” dari R.E.M:
[Intro]
C F C F
[Verse 1]
C F C F
I don't know why you're mean to me
C F C Dm G
When I call on the telephone
C F C F
And I don't know what you mean to me
C F C F
But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out,
Dm G
I want to take you on
[Chorus]
C G F C F G
These words, "You will be mine"
C G F C Dm G
These words, "You will be mine" all the time
[Verse 2]
C F C F
The fool might be my middle name
C F C Dm G
But I'd be foolish not to say
C F
I'm going to make whatever it takes,
C F
Ring you up, call you down, sign your name, secret love,
C F C m G
Make it rhyme, take you in, and make you mine
[Chorus]
C G F C F G
These words, "You will be mine"
C G F C Dm G
These words, "You will be mine" all the time
[Bridge]
Am G Am G
I tripped and fell. Did I fall?
Am F C Dm G
What I want to feel, I want to feel it now
[Verse 3]
C F C F
You know with love come strange currencies
C F C Dm G C
And here is my appeal:
F C
I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance,
F
A word, a signal, a nod, a little breath
C F C Dm G
Just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real
[Chorus]
C G F C F G
These words, "You will be mine"
C G F C Dm G
These words, "You will be mine" all the time oh
C G F C F G
These words, "You will be mine"
C G F C Dm
These words, they haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat, make me pray,
G
Say, love's confined, oh
[Outro]
|C G F C| F G
|C G F C| Dm | G | C