JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu kenamaan, Elton John, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “On Dark Street”.
Lagu ini direkam di studio Guillaume Tell, Paris, Perancis, dan dirilis secara resmi pada tahun 1992.
“On Dark Street” merupakan bagian dari album ke-23 miliknya yang bertajuk The One. album tersebut berhasil mendapat nominasi Brit Award untuk MasterCard British Album of the Year.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “On Dark Street” dari Elton John.
[Intro]
A F#m D Bm E G G# A
[Verse 1]
A E
I'm staring down a mile of disappearing track.
D A E
Is this the best that we could do?
A E
I'm leaning through the rain but you ain't looking back.
D A E
What did I ever have to prove?
F#m D E
Because it feels like electricity hitting an open field.
F#m
When am I ever gonna learn:
D Bm C#m
Married life's two people trying to grab the wheel.
[Chorus]
A
Oh, and we must have got lost
D
Living on Dark Street,
Bm
Looking for an exit,
E
Sleeping on the concrete.
A
You can't see it with your eyes.
D
You can't find it with your feet.
Bm
All I know is that we're lost, baby,
E G G# (A)
And we're living on Dark Street.
[Interlude]
A F#m A D A Bm E G G# A
[Verse 2]
A C#m
All the layoffs and the pay cuts cripple me inside.
D A E
I pay the price for living everyday,
A C#m
Trying to keep us all together along with a little pride.
D A E
What'll it take to make you stay?
F#m
But I've dreamed about an island,
D E
And all I got's a bucket of sand.
F#m
I'd give my eyes to give you all your dreams.
D Bm C#m
Now I get to see my family slipping through my hands.
[Chorus]
A
Oh, and we must have got lost
D
Oh, livin’ on Dark Street,
Bm
Looking for an exit,
F#m E
Sleeping on the concrete.
A
You can't see it with your eyes.
E D
You can't find it with your feet.
Bm
All I know is that we're lost, baby,
E G G# A
And we're living on Dark Street.
A
You can't see it with your eyes.
D
You can't find it with your feet.
Bm
All I know is that we're lost, baby,
E G G# A F#m
And we're living on Dark Street.
D Bm
All I know is that we're lost, baby,
E G A F#m
And we're living on Dark Street.
D Bm
All I know is that we're lost, baby,
E G A F#m
And we're living on Dark Street.
D Bm
All I know is that we're lost, baby,
E G A
And we're living on Dark Street.
[Outro]
F#m A D Bm E G G# A F#m A