JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “The Loved Ones” merupakan salah satu lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Inggris, Elvis Costello.
Lagu tersebut dimuat sebagai trek kedelapan dalam album studio ketujuhnya yang bertajuk Imperial Bedroom.
Album yang dirilis pada 1982 melalui Columbia Records tersebut berhasil menduduki posisi ke-6 di UK Albums Chart.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Loved Ones” dari Elvis Costello:
[Intro]
A C#m A C#m
[Verse 1]
A C#m
Don't get smart or sarcastic
A C#m
He snaps back just like elastic
A C#m
Spare us the theatrics and the verbal gymnastics
A C#m
We break wise guys just like matchsticks
[Chorus]
F#m C#m
What would the loved ones say (Your pride and joy is all blown up}
F#m A
What would the loved ones say (The bride and boy are barely grown up)
[Verse 2]
D E
You're not my particular poison
A F#
I've got nothing against you myself
Bm E
You could have been a danger to the boys and girls
F#m
Now you're a danger to yourself
[Chorus]
E D E A
Oh, what would the loved ones say, what would the loved ones say?
F#m C#m F#m A
Oh, what would the loved ones say, what would the loved ones say?
[Verse 3]
Bm E
The ugly little scenes run round your head
Am D G D
The ugly little dreams you get a needle and no thread
Bm E
They stiched you up this time
Am Fm
They say you'll do
C Am F C
They bitch about your pretty face turning ugly on you.
[Verse 4]
A C#m
The butcher the baker and the bassline maker
A C#m
Sayin' you can leave her, I can take her
A C#m
You spend your whole life like a minute or two later
A C#m
One day its going to end sooner than greater
[Chorus]
F#m C#m
What would the loved ones say (He'll be remembered young and pretty}
F#m A
What would the loved ones say (Now he's a hit in every city)
[Verse 5]
D E
Now there's a name we'll never forget
A F#
There's one born every minute or two
Bm E
Don't pin a medal on me yet
F#m
They might be waiting for you
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Outro]
E D E D
PPS I l-o-v-e y-o-u
E D E D
PPS I l-o-v-e y-o-u
E D E D
PPS I l-o-v-e y-o-u
E D E D
PPS I l-o-v-e y-o-u