JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Sting merupakan penyanyi asal Inggris yang memopulerkan lagu berjudul “We Work the Black Seam”.
Lagu ini terdapat dalam debut album solo pertamanya yang bertajuk The Dream of the Blue Turtles.
Album tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada 17 Juni 1985 melalui label musik A&M Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Consider Me Gone - Sting
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “We Work the Black Seam” dari Sting.
[Verse 1]
Am
This place has changed for good
Am G Am
Your economic theory said it would
Am G
It's hard for us to understand
Am G Am
We can't give up our jobs the way we should
[Verse 2]
Am
Our blood has stained the coal
Am G Am
We tunneled deep inside the nations soul
Am G
We matter more than pounds and pence
Am G Am
Your economic theory makes no sense
[Chorus]
F C
One day in a nuclear age
G Am
They may understand our rage
F C
They build machines that they can't control
G Fmaj7
And bury the waste in a great big hole
F C
Power was to be cheap and clean
G Am
Grimy faces were never seen
F C
But deadly for twelve thousand years
G Am
Is carbon fourteen
G Am
We work the black seam together
G Am
We work the black seam together
[Verse 3]
Am
The seam lies underground
Am G Am
Three million years of pressure packed it down
Am G
We walk through ancient forest lands
Am G Am
And light a thousand cities with our hands
[Verse 4]
Am
Your dark satanic mills
Am G Am
Have made redundant all our mining skills
Am G
You can't exchange a six inch band
Am G Am
For all the poisoned streams in Cumberland
[Chorus]
F C
One day in a nuclear age
G Am
They may understand our rage
F C
They build machines that they can't control
G Fmaj7
And bury the waste in a great big hole
F C
Power was to be cheap and clean
G Am
Grimy faces were never seen
F C
But deadly for twelve thousand years
G Am
Is carbon fourteen
G Am
We work the black seam together
G Am
We work the black seam together
[Verse 5]
Am
And should the children weep
Am G Am
The turning world will sing their souls to sleep
Am G
When you have sunk without a trace
Am G Am
The universe will suck me into place
[Chorus]
F C
One day in a nuclear age
G Am
They may understand our rage
F C
They build machines that they can't control
G Fmaj7
And bury the waste in a great big hole
F C
Power was to be cheap and clean
G Am
Grimy faces were never seen
F C
But deadly for twelve thousand years
G Am
Is carbon fourteen
G Am
We work the black seam together
G Am
We work the black seam together