JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Hide in Your Shell" merupakan lagu Supertramp yang dimuat dalam album Crime of the Century.
Lagu ini diluncurkan pada 1974 bersama tujuh lagu lain yang juga menjadi bagian dalam album tersebut.
Album ketiga Supertramp tersebut sudah mendapatkan sertifikasi gold di Amerika Serikat setelah tiga tahun diluncurkan.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Hide in Your Shell" dari Supertramp.
[Intro]
A# - Gm - A# - Gm - D# - Cm - G# - D#
[Verse 1]
A# Gm A# Gm D#
Hide in your shell cos the world is out to bleed you for a ride
Cm G# D#
What will you gain making your life a little longer?
[Verse 2]
A# Gm A# Gm D#
Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold that gave your eyes of steel?
Cm G# D#
Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker
[Chorus 1]
D Gm
(Too Frightening) to listen to a stranger
D Gm
(Too Beautiful) to put your pride in danger
D# G#
(You're waiting for someone to under stand you
F
But you've got demons in your closet (you've got demons in your closet)
F
And you're screaming out to stop it (and you're screaming out to stop it)
F
Saying life's begun to cheat you Friends are out to beat you
F
Grab on to what you can scramble for
[Refrain]
Dm Gm
Dont let the tears linger on inside now
Dm Gm
Cos it's sure time you gained control
Cm
If I can help you, if I can help you
G# F
If I can help you, just let me know
Dm Gm
Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
Dm Gm
To get your heart back and on the road
Cm
If I can help you, if I can help you
G# F
If I can help you, just let me kno-o-o-ow
[Instrumental]
A# - Gm - A# - Gm - D# - Cm - G# - D#
[Verse 3]
A# Gm A# Gm D#
All through the night as you lie awake and hold yourself so, so tight
Cm G# D#
What do you need, a second-hand-movie-star to tend you?