JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band asal Amerika Serikat, Foreigner melantunkan lagu berjudul “Rev on the Red Line” pada tahun 1979.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio ketiga mereka yang bertajuk Head Games.
Album bergenre hard rock tersebut berhasil menduduki posisi kelima di US Billboard 200.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Rev on the Red Line” dari Foreigner.
[Intro]
F# G#m F# G#m
C# D#m C# D#m
F# G#m F# G#m
C# D#m C# D#m
[Verse]
F# G#m F# G#m
Two in a row, everybody knows
C# D#m C# D#m
At the green light you rev it on the red line
F# G#m F# G#m
Been waitin' all week to get my wheels on the street
C# D#m C# D#m
Get my hands on the wheel, slide down in the seat
F# G#m F# G#m
She's wearin' new colors and runnin' pretty good
C# D#m C# D#m
I got four hundred horses tucked under the hood
F# G#m F# G#m
But there's no need to panic, it's under control
C# D#m C# D#m
We're aerodynamic and ready to roll
[Chorus]
Bm G
Rev on the red line
Bm G
You're on your own
Bm G
Rev on the red line
Bm G
Just let it go
[Verse]
F# G#m F# G#m
Runnin' all night on lake avenue
C# D#m
It's a piece of cake
C# D#m
If you know what to do
F# G#m
You've got to lose a few
F# G#m
'Til the stakes get high
C# D#m
When the odds are right
C# D#m
You just blow by
F# G#m F# G#m
And make no mistake, there's women who just wait
C# D#m C# D#m
For the man and machine with the best time
E E F#
[Chorus]
Bm G
Rev on the red line
Bm G
You're on your own
C#m A
Feels like a lifetime
C#m A
But soon you'll know
[Instrumental break]
Bm G
Bm G A
Bm G
Bm G
[Verse]
F# G#m F# G#m
Wasn't long ago I could've lost my wheels
C# D#m C# D#m
Had to outrun the law, it was no big deal
F# G#m F# G#m
I guess they had a grudge, they were hot on my tracks
C# D#m C# D#m
I had to pay off the judge to get my license back
F# G#m F# G#m
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat
C# D#m C# D#m
Hear my motor screamin' while I'm tearin' up the street
[Chorus]
Bm G
Rev on the red line
Bm G
You're on your own
Bm G
Rev on the red line
Bm G
Just let it go
[Outro]
Bm G
Rev on, rev on, Rev on, rev on
Bm G
Don't think I'll ever learn to slow down
Bm G
Rev on, you'll still be here and I'll be gone
Bm G
Rev on, rev on