JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Leonard Cohen, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “First We Take Manhattan”.
Lagu bergenre pop tersebut dirilis pada 1988 melalui label rekaman Columbia Records.
“First We Take Manhattan” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk I’m Your Man.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “First We Take Manhattan” dari Leonard Cohen:
Capo di fret ke-8
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Dm Am
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Dm Am
For trying to change the system from within
Dm Am
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Verse 2]
Dm Am
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
Dm Am
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
Dm Am
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Chorus]
C G
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
F G C Am
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
Dm Am
But you see that line there moving through the station
G F E Am
I told you, I told you, told you I was one of those
[Verse 3]
Dm Am
You loved me as a loser but now you're worried that I just might win
Dm Am
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
Dm Am
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Verse 4]
Dm Am
I don't like your fashion business, mister
Dm Am
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Dm Am
I don't like what happened to your sister
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Chorus]
[Verse 5]
Dm Am
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
Dm Am
The monkey end the plywood violin
Dm Am
I practiced every night now I'm ready
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Verse 6]
Dm Am
Remember me, I used to live for music
Dm Am
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Dm Am
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
[Outro]
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