JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Sparks merupakan grup band pop rock asal Amerika Serikat yang membawakan lagu berjudul “Thanks but No Thanks”.
Lagu berdurasi 2 menit 13 detik ini dirilis secara resmi pada 11 November 1974 melalui label Island Records.
“Thanks but No Thanks” dimuat sebagai trek kelima dalam album studio keempat band yang bertajuk Propaganda.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Reinforcements dari Sparks
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Thanks but No Thanks” dari Sparks.
Capo 1
[Intro]
E Am
Just keep right on walking
D C G
Just keep right on walking
[Instrumental]
B
E
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
D A
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
E
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
F# B
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[Verse]
E
Don't dilly-dally, come right home
D A
I don't see why I must go home
E
When in the streets the niceties
F# B
Come pouring out and over me
E
Its three o'clock and here they come
D A
So many that my eyes are numb
E
Familiar faces each and all
F# B
But I've been ordered not to stall
[Chorus]
E C# F#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
E C# F#m
I know that you're all OK, but
A B
My orders come from high above me
Am B
About a foot or two above me
[Verse]
E
The merry band of "How are you's"
D A
In tweedy suits and pointy shoes
E
They offer me a ride in style
F# B
And something sweet to make me smile
E
I hate to hurt their feelings so
D A
But I'm supposed to tell them no
E
My parents say the world is cruel
F# B
I think that they prefer it cruel
[Chorus]
E C# F#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
E C# F#m
I know that you're all OK, but
A B
My orders come from high above me
Am B
About a foot or two above me
[Interlude]
E Am
Just keep right on walking
D C G
Just keep right on walking
E Am
Just keep right on walking
D C G
Just keep right on walking
[Instrumental]
B
E D A E F# B
[Chorus]
E C# F#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
E C# F#m
I know that you're all OK, but
A B
My orders come from high above me
Am B
About a foot or two above me
[Chorus]
E C# F#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
F# D# G#m
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
G# F Bbm
Thanks but no thanks, anyway
Cm C#
Anyway, anyway
[Outro]
E D A E F# B
E D A E F# B
E D A E F# B
E D A E F# B
E D A E F# B
E D A E F# B