Lirik dan Chord Lagu You Take Me Up - Thompson Twins

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “You Take Me Up” adalah salah satu lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh grup band pop asal Inggris, Thompson Twins.

Lagu tersebut dimuat dalam album studio keempat mereka yang bertajuk Into the Gap (1984).

Album tersebut berhasil mencapai peringkat pertama di UK Albums Chart dan ke-10 di US Billboard 200.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu If You Were Here - Thompson Twins

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “You Take Me Up” dari Thompson Twins:

[Intro]

F     F  C (x 2)

[Verse]
    F
I work on the front line
                              C
I work to survive
    F
I sleep in a fever
                              C
So this is my life
   Bb
I cry in my sleep (Cry boy, Cry boy)
                                                             F
Just makes me weep when I try, how I try
    Ab                                                        F
I know what it means to work hard on machines
           F
It's a labour of love so please don't ask me why

[Verse]

F
Working for reasons (Day in, Day out)
                                                    C
Trying too hard (He's trying too hard)
F
Moving in circles (Too hot, Too hot)
                                                     C
Don't get very far (Don't get very far)
               Bb
Should I ask you to dance (Dance Boy, Dance Boy)
                                                                          F
If I promised romance would you come for the ride
    Ab                                                             F
I know what it means to work hard on machines
                F
Will you believe in love, one that lasts for all time

[Chorus]

                      Bb         F/A
You take me up, oh-oh!
                Gm7                             F
You take me up to the higher ground
                      Bb        F/A
You take me up, so high
           Gm7                 Eb               F
Now I never want to come back down

[Verse]

        F
I'm glad in these hard times (Day in, Day out)
                                                               C
There's hope in your eyes (Hope in his eyes)
             F
I don't need a religion (Too hot, Too hot)
                                                            C
Cos' this love never dies (Love never dies)

     Bb
I believe in today (Believe boy, Believe boy)
                                                                         F
It's better that way and you work through the night
          Ab                                                        F
An' I know what it means to work hard on machines
          F
It's a labour of love so please don't ask me why

[Ulangi Chorus]