JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Joni Mitchell, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey”.
Lagu bergenre folk tersebut dirilis pada 1976 melalui label rekaman Warner Records.
“The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk Hejira.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey” dari Joni Mitchell:
Capo di fret ke-3
[Intro]
| Em | Am | Am | Am |
| Am | Am | Am | Am |
[Verse 1]
Em
Of the darkness in men's minds
C Dm7
What can you say
C Am
That wasn't marked by history
Cm Fm
Or the T.V. news today
Fm
He gets away with murder
Am F
The blizzards come and go
Em
The stab and glare and buckshot
Dm7 Am
Of the heavy heavy snow
C Dm Am
It comes and goes
Em
It comes and goes
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Am Em
His grandpa loved an empire
C Dm7
His sister loved a thief
C Am
And lindsey loved the ways of darkness
Cm Fm
Beyond belief
Fm
Girls in chilly blouses
Am Dm7
The blizzards come and go
Em
The stab and glare and buckshot
Am Dm7
Of the heavy heavy snow
Am Dm7
It comes and goes
Dm7 Em
It comes and goes
[Interlude]
| Am | Am | Am | Am |
[Verse 3]
Am Em
The cops don't seem to care
Dm7 Bm7
For derelicts or ladies of the night
Em Am Dm7
They're weeds for yanking out of sight
Em Dm7
If you're smart or rich or lucky
Bm7
Maybe you'll beat the laws of man
Am Dm7
But the inner laws of spirit
And the outer laws of nature
Dm7
No man can
Am Dm7
No--no man can
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
Em
There lives a wolf in Lindsey
Dm7
That raids and runs
Am Dm7
Through the hills of Hollywood
Cm Fm
And the downtown slums
Fm Am
He gets away with murder
C F
The blizzards come and go
Am Em
The stab and glare and buckshot
Am G Dm7
Of the heavy heavy snow
C Am Dm7
It comes and goes
Am Em Dm7
It comes and goes
[Outro]
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