JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada 18 Juni 1996 musisi asal Amerika, Patti Smith merilis sebuah lagu yang berjudul "Death to the World".
Lagu tersebut menjadi trek keenam dari 11 lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk Gone Again.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Distant Fingers - Patti Smith
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Death to the World" dari Patti Smith.
[Verse 1]
C F
Dead to the world my body was sleeping’
C F
On my mind was nothin’ at all
C F
Come a mist, an air so appealing
C F C F
I’m here a whisperin', you summoned, I called
[Verse 2]
C F
I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing’
C F
Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all
C F
We sat for a while, he was very engaging’
C F C F
And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and I just slipped away
[Verse 3]
C F
I heard me a music that drew me to dancing’
C F
Lo, I turned under his spell
C F
I opened my coat but he never came closer
C F C F
I bolted the door and whispered, oh well
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and just slipped away
[Instrumental]
C F x 5
[Verse 4]
C F
I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me
C F
Wondering’, well, I just couldn't discern
C F
Will he come back, come back to me?
C F C F
Oh, I whispered will you ever return?
[Verse 5]
C F
I was feeling’ sensations in no dictionary
C F
He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
C F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C F C F
Dead to the world alive I awoke
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
Dm F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C Dm F C
Dead to the world alive I awoke
[Outro]
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive I awoke)
C F
Alive
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
G Am
(Alive)
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
C F
Alive, alive, oh
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