JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris, Elvis Costello melantunkan lagu berjudul “Motel Matches” pada 1980.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio keempat miliknya yang bertajuk Get Happy!!.
Album yang dirilis melalui label F-Beat Records tersebut berhasil menempati posisi ke-2 di UK Albums Chart.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Motel Matches” dari Elvis Costello:
[Verse 1]
C C
Somewhere in the distance I can hear
F
„Who Shot Sam?"
G G
This is my conviction, that I am an
C
innocent man
C C/B D E F
Though you say I'm unkind
F F
I'm being as nice as I can
[Chorus]
Am Am
Boys everywhere,fumbling with the catches
Am F
I struck lucky with motel matches
G F
Falling for you without a second look
G F
Falling out of your open pocketbook
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
[Instrumental]
C C/B D E F
F E D
[Verse 2]
C F
I wake with the siren in an Emergency
G
Though your mind is full of love
G C
In your eyes there is a vacancy
C C/B D E F
And you know what I'll do
F F
When the light outside changes from red to blue
[Chorus]
Am Am
Boys everywhere,fumbling with the catches
Am F
I struck lucky with motel matches
G F
Falling for you without a second look
G F
Falling out of your open pocketbook
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
[Instrumental]
C C/B D E F
F E D
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches
C C/B D E F
F E D
G F C
Giving you away like motel matches