JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup band asal Amerika Serikat, Kansas, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Closet Chronicles”.
Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1977 melalui label rekaman Epic Records.
“Closet Chronicles” muncul dalam album studio kelima mereka yang bertajuk Point Of Know Return.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Wall – Kansas
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Closet Chronicles” dari Kansas.
[Verse 1]
Csus4 C Csus4
Once carried through the current and being
C
swept away
Csus4 C Bb/F
The king is in the closet, he's hiding from
F
today
Csus4 C Csus4
And though he owns all fortunes, this room
C
is where he'll stay
Bb A
And his world is filled with darkness,
Dm
turning grey
Esus4 E Esus4
Gazing out the window of the forty second
E
second floor
Esus4 E
He is separate from all others, no one
F C G
knocks upon his door
Dm A
And it might as well be raining cause the
C G
sunlight hurts his eyes
Dm Eb
And his ears will never hear the children's
F
cries
[Verse 2]
Csus4 C Csus4
Once proud and full of passion, he fought
C
the cause of man
Csus4 C Bb/F
Many people loved his courage, many followed
F
his command
Csus4 C
He changed the old into the new and the
Csus4 C
course of things to come
Bb A Dm
And then one day they noticed he was gone
Esus4 E Esus4
At first it didn't matter, nobody seemed to
E
care
Esus4 E F
They all became too busy to find him
C G
anywhere
Dm A C
So no one knew, not even him, the problems
G
he would find
Dm Eb F
On the day he journeyed deep into his mind
[Bridge]
C/F Bb/F
I close my eyes I go far away, away from
this battlefield
Absus2 Ebm/Gb
In my dreams, well, here I will enjoy it
Fsus4 F
Where innocence plays with all the laughing
Db/F
children
Eb7/Gb GbM7
The kind who are crying right now
C/F
A taste of freedom from the pain of
Bb/F
everything here I see
Absus2 Ebm/Gb
Life is sweet but I took it all for granted
Fsus4 F Db/F
And now I don't know if I can ever tell you
Eb7/Gb GbM7
Just what we permit, we allow
Fm Db Ab
Allow me to forget the life I've made my own
Cm Db
I've held this nation in my hand and yet
Ab
it's not my home
Fm Db Ab
Allow me just one answer and one reason why
Cm Db Eb
Why this refugee of the family of man must
Eb
die, tell me why
[Instrumental Break]
Eb F Gb Ab Gsus4
[Verse 3]
Csus4 C Csus4
Daydreams filled his nighttimes and night
C
dreams filled his days
Csus4 C Bb/F
Confusion and uncertainty, a puzzled mind of
F
haze
Csus4 C Csus4
You thought he was so powerful and set upon
C
his ways
Bb A
Well, he left us all to follow through this
Dm
maze
Esus4 E Esus4
I heard the king was dying, I heard the king
E
was dead
Esus4 E F
And with him died the chronicles that no one
C G
ever read
Dm A C
The closet's fully empty now, it's occupied
G
by none
Dm Eb F
I'll draw the drapes, now destiny is done
[Outro]
Csus4 C Csus4 F/C C