JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup musik asal Amerika Serikat, Dead Kennedys, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “California Über Alles”.
Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1980 melalui label rekaman Cherry Red Records.
“California Über Alles” muncul dalam album studio mereka yang bertajuk Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Dumbstruck Dumbf*ck – Neck Deep
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “California Über Alles” dari Dead Kennedys:
[Intro]
D# E F# E (2x bass, 4x guitar)
D# E F# E
I am Governor Jerry Brown
D# E F# E
My aura smiles and never frowns
D# E F# E D# C C# C
Soon I will be president....
D# E F# E
Carter power will soon go away
D# E F# E
I will be Fuhrer one day
D# E F# E
I will command all of you
D# C# A F#
Your kids will meditate in school
D# C# A F#
Your kids will meditate in school
D#
California Uber Alles
G#
California Uber Alles
D#
Uber Alles California
G# D# C# A F#
Uber Alles California
D# C# A F#
D# E F# E (2x)
D# E F# E
Zen fascists will control you
D# E F# E
100% natural
D# E F# E
You will jog for the master race
D# C# A F#
And always wear the happy face
D# E F# E
Close your eyes, can't happen here
D# E F# E
Big Bro' on white horse is near
D# E F# E
The hippies won't come back you say
D# C# A F#
Mellow out or you will pay
D# C# A F#
Mellow out or you will pay
California Uber Alles
California Uber Alles
Uber Alles California
Uber Alles California
D# C# A F# (2x)
(slowly)
D# C# A F# (2x)
D# C# A F#
Now it is nineteen eighty-four
D# C# A F#
Knock knock at your front door
D# C# A F#
It's the suede/denim secret police
D# C# A F#
They have come for your uncool neice
(same chord progression; getting faster...)
Come quietly to the camp
You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp
Don't you worry, it's only a shower
For your clothes here's a pretty flower...
(...and faster...)
DIE on organic poison gas
Serpent's egg's already hatched
You will croak, you little clown
When you mess with President Brown
When you mess with President Brown
California Uber Alles
California Uber Alles
Uber Alles California
Uber Alles California
D# C# A F# (2x)
D# C# F# C# (3x)
D#