JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “American Soul” merupakan sebuah lagu milik grup band rock kenamaan dari Irlandia, U2.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album studio ke-14 mereka yang bertajuk Songs of Experience (2017).
Album tersebut berhasil mendapatkan nominasi Billboard Music Award untuk kategori Top Rock Album.
Baca juga: Lirik Lagu Your Song Saved My Life - U2, OST Sing 2
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “American Soul” dari U2.
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
Em
Blessed are the bullies
For one day they will have to stand up to themselves
Em
Blessed are the liars
For the truth can be awkward
Em A
[Verse 1: Bono]
Em
It's not a place
A
This country is to me a sound
Em
Of drum and bass
A Em
You close your eyes to look around
[Bridge 1: Bono]
Em
Look around, look around
Em A Em
Look around, it's a sound
Em
Look around, look around
A
It's a sound
[Verse 2: Bono]
Em
It's not a place
A
This country is to me a thought
G D
That offers grace
A Em
For every welcome that is sought
[Chorus: Bono]
Em Bm
You are rock and roll
Em A
You and I are rock and roll
Em
You are rock and roll
Em
Came here looking for American soul
[Verse 3: Bono]
Em
It's not a place
Em A
This is a dream the whole world owns
Em
The pilgrim's face
Em A Em
It had your heart to call her home
[Refrain]
Em G
Dream on
G A
dreams get me sleepin'
Bm D
[Chorus: Bono]
Em Bm
You are rock and roll
Em A
You and I are rock and roll
Em
You are rock and roll
Em
Came here looking for American soul
Em Bm
Em
[Bridge 2: Bono]
Em
Put your hands in the air
G Em
Hold on the sky
Em D Em
Could be too late, but we still gotta try
Em G Em
There's a moment in our life where a soul can die
Em Am
And the person in a country when you believe the lie
Em Am
The lie (the lie, the lie)
Em G
There's a promise in the heart of every good dream
Em D
It's a call to action, not to fantasy
Em G
The end of a dream, the start of what's real
Em Em
Let it be unity, let it be community
G
For refugees like you and me
Am
A country to receive us
Em
Will you be our sanctuary
Em Bm
Refu-Jesus
[Chorus: Bono]
Em Bm
You are rock and roll
Em A
You and I are rock and roll
Em
You are rock and roll
Em C Em
Came here looking for American soul
Em Bm
You are rock and roll
Em A
You and I are rock and roll
Em
You are rock and roll
Em
Came here looking for American soul