JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris, Elvis Costello merilis lagu berjudul “Clubland” pada tahun 1981.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio kelima miliknya yang bertajuk Trust.
Album bergenre pop rock tersebut dirilis melalui label F-Beat Records dan berhasil menduduki posisi kesembilan di UK Albums Chart.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Man Out of Time - Elvis Costello
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Clubland” dari Elvis Costello.
[Intro]
E Em
[Verse]
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
With a handful of backhanders
Bm G C#m7b5 F# Bm G C#m7b5 F#
And a bevy of beauty Going off-limits, going off duty
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Going off the rails, going off with booty
G Em
The tell-tales of fiction found on all the criminal types
Bm G C#m7b5 F# Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Lead to a higher ranking man Or a face within red stripes
B F# B F#
The boys next door The mums and dads
B F# B F#
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
B G#m7 F#
In Clubland... In Clubland
[Verse 2]
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
There's a piece in someone's pocket
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
To do the dirty work
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
You've come to shoot the pony
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
They've come to do the jerk
G Em
They lead 'em halfway to paradise; they leave you halfway to bliss
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
The ladies' invitation
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Never seemed like this
[Chorus]
B F# B F#
The boys next door The mums and dads
B F# B F#
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
B G#m7 F#
In Clubland In Clubland
[Interlude]
E B Em6 F#7
BaddE AaddE G F# D E D E
The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town
BaddE AaddE G F# D E D E
Mean.....while in Clubland they are ready to pull them down......hey!
[Break]
Bm C#m7b5 F# Bm C#m7b5 F# Bm C#m7b5 F# Bm C#m7b5 F#
[Verse 3]
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
The right to work is traded in
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
For the right to refuse admission
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Don't pass out now- there's no refund
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Did you find out what you were missing?
G Em
The crowd is taking forty winks, minus ten percent
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
You barely get required sleep
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
To go lingering with contentment
G Em
Thursday to Saturday, money's gone already
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Some things come in common these days
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Your hands and work aren't steady
[Chorus]
B F# B F#
The boys next door The mums and dads
B F# B F#
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
B G#m7 F# [x4] E Em Bm
In Clubland?