Lirik dan Chord We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place - The Animals

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" merupakan lagu blues rock lawas dari band asal Inggris The Animals.

Lagu tersebut rilis pada 1965 dan menjadi hit mereka yang masuk daftar The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time versi majalah musik Rolling Stone.

Singel tersebut kemudian banyak dinyanyikan ulang oleh berbagai artis ternama lainnya seperti Bon Jovi dan Bruce Springsteen.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord If She Knew What She Wants - The Bangles

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" dari The Animals:

Bb B C
          In this dirty old part of the city
Bb B C
        Where the sun refused to shine
Bb B C
        People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'

Bb B C
          Now, my girl, you're so young and pretty
Bb B C
        And one thing I know is true
Bb B C                                          Bb B C
         You'll be dead before your time is due, I know

Bb B C
         Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
Bb B C                                       Bb B C
         Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah
Bb B C                                               Bb B C
        He's been workin' and slavin' his life away

Oh yes, I know it

C
(Yeah!) He's been workin' so hard
                C
(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
                     C
(Yeah!) Every night and day (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

F                   Bb               C
We gotta get out of this place
F                                     G C
If it's the last thing we ever do
F                      Bb              C
We gotta get out of this place
Dm
'Cause, girl, there's a better life for me and you

Bb B C
         Now, my girl, you're so young and pretty
Bb B C
         And one thing I know is true, yeah
Bb B C
        You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it

Bb B C
        Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
Bb B C                                         Bb B C
          Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah
Bb B C                                                     Bb B C
         He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
Bb B C
         I know he's been workin' so hard

C
   (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
                C
(Yeah!) Every day, baby

(Yeah!) Oh! (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

F                     Bb                C
We gotta get out of this place
F                                     G  C
If it's the last thing we ever do
F                     Bb             C
We gotta get out of this place
Dm
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
F Eb Bb C                      F Eb Bb C
        Somewhere, baby,      somehow I know it

F                     Bb              C
We gotta get out of this place
F                                      G   C
If it's the last thing we ever do
F                       Bb              C
We gotta get out of this place
Dm
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
F Eb Bb           C      F Eb                        Bb C
    Believe me, baby,    I know it, baby

You know it too