JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup musik pop asal Inggris, Simply Red merilis lagu berjudul “Jericho” pada tahun 1985.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari debut album pertama mereka yang bertajuk Picture Book.
Album yang dirilis melalui Elektra Records itu berhasil mendapatkan nominasi BRIT Award untuk British Album of the Year.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu It’s Only Love - Simply Red
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Jericho” dari Simply Red.
[Intro]
Am7 - D9/F# - Fmaj7 - Em7 - Dm7/E - Am7
[Verse 1]
Am7 D9/F#
Listen boy, I’ll tell you a thing
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
I’ll make you a career in the business I’m in
Am7 D9/F#
I’ll make you rich, I’ll make you a toy
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
I’ll make you turn over into my little boy
Am7 D9/F#
Y’see I’m going somewhere
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I get there
Am7 D9/F# Fmaj7
I know money’s a thing - your only inspiration
Em7 Dm7/E
And your only meaning
Am7 D9/E
You must think that all I do
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
Is spend my time making pretty pictures of you
Am7 D9/E
You can fall when I will climb
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
But I’ll be falling over just by having you in my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7 Gm11
Mend that fight – oh listen to them
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
Kickin’ up a ball inside a jericho wall
Am7 Gm11
Mend that fight – it’s all twisted through them
Fmaj7 Em7
If you ain’t rich then you won’t go to the ball
[Verse 2]
Am7 D9/F#
Having mercy and licking up love
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
And moving through your ocean like I’ve never had enough
Am7 D9/F#
Y’see you ain’t all I want
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
You’re everything and more that I have ever hoped for
Am7 D9/F#
You must think that all I do
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
Is spend my time making pretty pictures of you
Am7 D9/F#
You can fall when I will climb
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
But I’ll be falling over just by having you in my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7 Gm11
Mend that fight – oh listen to them
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
Kickin’ up a ball inside a jericho wall
Am7 Gm11
Mend that fight – it’s all twisted through them
Fmaj7 Em7
I’m rich, you ain’t, so you won’t go to the ball
[Chorus]
Am7 G/A C/A
You won’t go to the ball
Dm7
You won’t go to the ball
Esus4 E#9
You won’t go, you won’t go
E7b9 Am7
You won’t go to the ball
[Instrumental]
Am7 D9/F# Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
[verse 3]
Am7 D9/F#
You must think that all I do
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
Is spend my time making pretty pictures of you
Am7 D9/F#
You can fall when I will climb
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
But I’ll be falling over just by having you in my mind
[Pre Chorus]
Am7 Gm11
Mend that fight – oh listen to them
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E
Kickin’ up a ball outside a no. 10 wall
Am7 Gm11
Mend that fight – it’s all twisted through them
Fmaj7 Em7
I’m rich, you ain’t, so you won’t go to the ball, No more!
[Ulangi Chorus x2]
[Outro]
Am7 G/A C/A
I tried to make you see
Dm7
I tell you I’d had enough
Esus4 E#9
Money was a thing, money was a thing
E7b9 Am7
Money was a thing that I believed in
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