JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Sting merupakan penyanyi asal Inggris yang membawakan lagu berjudul “Dead Man’s Boots”.
Lagu berdurasi 3 menit 30 detik ini dirilis secara resmi pada tahun 2013 melalui label A&M Records.
“Dead Man’s Boots” dimuat dalam album studio ke-11 miliknya yang bertajuk The Last Ship.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Lithium Sunset – Sting
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Dead Man’s Boots” dari Sting.
[Intro]
| F | C | % | % | x2
[Verse 1]
F C
You see these work boots in my hands, they'll probably fit you now my son
Bb C Dm Gm Gm7 C7
Take them, they're a gift from me, why don't you try them on?
F C
It would do your old man good to see you walking in these boots one day
Bb C Dm Gm C7 C F
And take your place among the men who work upon the slipway
[Chorus]
C F
These dead man's boots, though they're old and curled
Bb F
When a feller needs a job and a place in the world
Bb C Dm Gm
And it's time for a man to put down roots
C7 C
And walk to the river in his old man's boots
[Intro Half]
| F | C | % | % |
[Verse 2]
F C
He said, "I'm nearly done and asking this, that you do one final thing for me
Bb C Dm Gm Gm7 C
You're barely but a sapling, and you think that you're a tree
F C
If you need a seed to prosper, you must first put down some roots
Bb C Dm Gm C F
Just one foot then the other in these dead man's boots"
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Mini Bridge]
| F | Eb |
[Verse 3]
Bb F Gm C
I said, "Why in the hell would I do that? And why would I agree?"
Bb C Dm Gm Gm7 C7
When his hand was all that I'd received, as far as I remember
Bb F Gm C
It's not as if he'd spoiled me with his kindness up to then you see
Bb C Dm Gm C F
I'd a plan of me own and I'd quit this place when I came of age September
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Mini Bridge]
| F | Eb |
[Verse 4]
Bb F Gm C
What was it made him think I'd be happy ending up like him?
Bb C Dm Gm Gm7 C7
When he'd hardly got two half pennies left, or a broken pot to piss in
Bb F Gm C
He wanted this same thing for me, was that his final wish?
Bb C Dm Gm C
He said, "What the hell are you going to do?"
N.C.
I said, "Anything but this!"
F
[Outro]
C F
These dead man's boots know their way down the hill
Bb F
They can walk there themselves and they most likely will
Bb F
But they won't walk with me because I'm off the other way
Bb F
I've had it up to here, I'm going to have my say
Bb F
When all you've got left is that cross on the wall
Bb F
I want nothing from you, I want nothing at all
Gm F
Not a pension nor a pittance, when your whole life is through
Bb C
Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you
Bb Bb Gm
I'm done with all the arguments, there'll be no more dispute
C Ab Gm F
And you'll die before you see me in your dead man's boots
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