JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band pop Belle and Sebastian melantunkan lagu berjudul “The State I Am In” pada 1996.
Lagu yang direkam di CaVa Studios (Glasgow) ini merupakan bagian dari debut album pertama mereka yang bertajuk Tigermilk.
Album tersebut berisikan 10 trek dan diproduseri oleh semua member band bersama Belle Gregor Reid.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu A World Without You - Belle and Sebastian
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The State I Am In” dari Belle and Sebastian.
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[Verse 1]
A G D G A G
I was surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
F#m Em D G A G
I was puzzled by a dream, stayed with me all day in 1995
F#m Em D
My brother had confessed he was gay
G A G
It took the heat off me for a while
F#m Em
He stood up with a sailor friend
D G A G
Made it known upon my sister's wedding day
[Instrumental]
F#m Em A
[Verse 2]
A G D G
I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported
A G
Now she's in love
F#m Em D G
I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches
A G
From my crippled friend
F#m Em D G
She was not impressed that I cured her on the Sabbath
A G
So I went to confess
D D/B D/F# D/G
When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride
A G F#m Em A
To whisky and gin, to whisky and gin
[Verse 3]
A G D G
The priest in the booth had a photographic memory
A G
For all he had heard
F#m Em D G
He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called
A G
"The State I Am In"
F#m Em D G
So I gave myself to God, there was a pregnant pause
A G
before he said ok
F#m Em D G
Now I spend my day turning tables round in Marks & Spencer's
A G F#m G
They don't seem to mind
[Chorus]
D
I gave myself to sin
F#m
I gave myself to Providence
C
And I've been there and back again
Em
The state that I am in
D
I gave myself to sin
F#m
I gave myself to Providence
C
And I've been there and back again
Em A
The state that I am in
[Verse 4]
A G D G
Oh, love of mine, would you condescend to help me
A G
I am stupid and blind
F#m Em D G
Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly
A G
of a boys empty mind
A Em D G
Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a
A G
hobby is sad
D Em D G
Lead me to a living end, I promised that I'd entertain
A G
my crippled friend
F#m Em
My crippled friend
[Chorus]
D
I gave myself to sin
F#m
I gave myself to Providence
C
And I've been there and back again
Em
The state that I am in
D
I gave myself to sin
F#m
I gave myself to Providence
C
And I've been there and back again
Em A
The state that I am in
D
I gave myself to sin
F#m
I gave myself to Providence
C
And I've been there and back again
Em
The state that I am in
D
I gave myself to sin
F#m
I gave myself to Providence
C
And I've been there and back again
Bm A
The state that I am in
[Outro]
G
I gave myself to sin
D
And I've been there and back again oh yeah