JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Elliott Smith merupakan penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat yang memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Bled White”.
Lagu tersebut diciptakan sendiri olehnya dan muncul sebagai trek ketujuh dalam album studio keempat miliknya yang bertajuk XO.
Album yang diproduseri oleh Rob Schnapf dan Tom Rothrock itu dirilis pada 25 Agustus 1998 melalui label DreamWorks Records.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Bled White” dari Elliott Smith:
[Intro]
G D Em C G C Am
{Verse 1]
G
I'm a color reporter
Em C
(Rose City on the 409)
G Em
But the city's been bled white
C
(White city on the yellow line)
G
And the doctor orders
Em C
(Drinking to distraction's just a waste of time)
G Em C
Drinks all night to take away this curse
Em C D
But it makes me feel much worse
Am C
Bled white
[Verse 2]
G
So I wait for the F-Train
Em C
(White city on the yellow line)
G Em
And connect through a friend of mine
C
(White city to a friend of mine)
G
To a yesterday dream
Em C
(Yesterday a dream was just a waste of time)
G Em C
Cause I'd have to be high to track the sunset down
Em C D
And paint this paling town
Am C G
Bled white
[Bridge]
A
So here it comes with a blank expression
Am C
'Specially for me, cause he knows I feel the same
A
Cause happy and sad come in quick succession
Am C D G Bm F Em C
I'm never going to become what you became
[Verse 3]
G
Don't you dare disturb me
Em C
(Don't complicate my peace of mind)
G
While I'm balancing my past
Em C
(Don't complicate my peace of mind)
G
Cause you can't help or hurt me
Em C
(The anger, being mean was just a waste of time)
G Em C
Like it already has, I may not seem quite right
Em C D
But I'm not fucked, not quite
Am C
Bled white
Am D
Bled white
[Outro]
G Em C G Bb D G