JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Lou Reed merupakan penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat yang memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Strawman”.
Lagu bergenre rock tersebut diciptakan sendiri oleh Lou dan dirilis pada 1989.
“Strawman” muncul sebagai trek ke-13 dalam album solo ke-15 Lou yang bertajuk New York.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Strawman” dari Lou Reed:
Kunci: A
[Verse 1]
A5 E5
We who have so much to you who have so little
D5 A5
To you who don't have anything at all
E5
We who have so much more than any one man does need
D5 A5
And you who don't have anything at all, ah
E5
Does anybody need another million dollar movie?
D5 A5
Does anybody need another million dollar star?
E5
Does anybody need to be told over and over
D5 A5
Spitting in the wind comes back at you twice as hard?
[Chorus]
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to hell
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
D5
Strawman
A5
Strawman
D5
Strawman
A5
Strawman, yes
[Verse 2]
E5
Does anyone really need a billion dollar rocket?
D5 A5
Does anyone need a $60,000 car?
E5
Does anyone need another president?
D5 A5
Or the sins of Swaggart parts 6, 7, 8 and 9? Ah
E5
Does anyone need yet another politician
D5 A5
Caught with his pants down and money sticking in his hole?
E5
Does anyone need another racist preacher?
D5 A5
Spittin' in the wind can only do you harm, ooohhh
[Chorus]
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to hell
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
D5
Strawman
A5
Strawman
D5
Strawman
A5
Strawman, yes
[Verse 3]
E5
Does anyone need another faulty shuttle
D5 A5
Blasting off to the moon, Venus or Mars?
E5
Does anybody need another self-righteous rock singer
D5 A5
Whose nose he says has led him straight to God?
E5
Does anyone need yet another blank skyscraper?
D5 A5
If you're like me I'm sure a minor miracle will do
E5
A flaming sword or maybe a gold ark floating up the Hudson
D5 A5
When you spit in the wind it comes right back at you
[Chorus]
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
D5 A5
Strawman, going straight to hell
D5 A5
Strawman, going to the devil
D5
Strawman
A5
Strawman