JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup band asal Amerika Serikat, Grateful Dead, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “China Cat Sunflower”.
Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1967 melalui label rekaman Warner Bros.
“China Cat Sunflower” muncul dalam album studio mereka yang bertajuk The Grateful Dead.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Operator – Grateful Dead
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “China Cat Sunflower” dari Grateful Dead:
[Verse]
G F
Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,
G F
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
G F
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,
G F G
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream like wind.
[Solo]
G - F x
D D D D C D
[Verse 2]
G F
Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,
G F
Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.
G F
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,
G F
To a double-E waterfall over my back.
G F x4
D D D C D
[Solo]
E D
B x3
A B
G F
Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,
G F
Words from out a silk trombone.
G F
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,
G F
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.
G F x4
D D D C D
I Know you Rider:
D C G D
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
D C G D
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
F C F C F D
Gonna miss your baby, from rollin' in your arms.
D
D C G D
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest;
D C G D
Lay down last night, Lord I could not take my rest;
F C F C F D
My mind was wanderin' like the wild geese in the west.
[Solo]
D C G D x3
F C F C F D
D C G D
The sun will shine in my back door someday;
D C G D
The sun will shine in my back door someday;
F C F C F D
March winds will blow all my troubles away.
D C G D
I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train;
D C G D
I wish I was a headlight, on a North bound train;
F C F C F D
I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain.
N.C.
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
I know you rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
Gonna miss your baby, from rollin' in your arms.