JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi country asal Amerika Serikat, Emmylou Harris melantunkan lagu berjudul “Sin City” pada 1975.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio ketiga miliknya yang diberi nama Elite Hotel.
Album yang dirilis melalui label Reprise Records tersebut sukses menempati posisi pertama di US Top Country Albums (Billboard).
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord My Dear Companion - Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Sin City” dari Emmylou Harris:
[Verse 1]
F C
This old town is filled with sin
F7 Bb
It will swallow you in
F C C7
If you've got some money to burn
F C
Take it home right away
C7 F7 Bb
You've got three years to pay
F C7 F C7
But Satan is waiting his turn
[Verse 2]
F C
The scientists say
F7 Bb
It will all wash away
F C C7
But we don't believe any more
F C
Cause we've got our recruits
F7 Bb
And our green mohair suits
F C7 F F7
So please show your I.D. At the door
[Chorus]
Bb C7 F F7
This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poor house
Bb F C7
It seems like this whole town's insane
Bb C7 F F7 Bb
On the thirty-first floor a gold plated door
F C7 F C7
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain
[Solo]
(F - Bb D7)
[Verse 3]
G D7
A friend came around
G7 C
Tried to clean up this town
G D D7
His ideas made some people mad
G D
But he trusted his crowd
G7 C
So he spoke right out loud
G D7 G G7
And they lost the best friend they had
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Outro]
C D G G7 C
On the thirty-first floor a gold plated door
G D7 C G
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain