JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Down to the Waterline" merupakan lagu lawas milik Dire Straits yang telah diluncurkan sejak 1978.
Lagu ini disertakan dalam album debut eponim Dire Straits bersama delapan lagu lainnya.
Album Dire Straits kemudian mendapatkan dua sertifikasi Platinum, baik di Amerika Serikat maupun Inggris.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Down to the Waterline" dari Dire Straits.
[Intro]
| G | | Bm | |
| G | | Bm | |
[Verse 1]
Bm F#m A E Bm
Sweet surrender on the quayside
Bm F#m A E Bm
You remember we used to run and hide
Bm F#m
In the shadows of cargoes, I take you one time,
A
And we're counting all the numbers
E Bm
Down to the waterline
[Verse 2]
Bm F#m A E Bm
Near misses on the dogleap stairways
Bm F#m A E Bm
French kisses in the darkened doorways
Bm F#m
A foghorn blowing out wild and cold
A E Bm
A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder
[Instrumental]
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| G | A | Bm | |
[Verse 3]
Bm F#m A E Bm
Up comes a coaster, fast and silent in the night
Bm F#m A E Bm
Over my shoulder, all you can see are pilot lights
Bm F#m
No money in our jackets and jeans are torn
A E Bm
Your hands are cold but your lips are warm
[Instrumental]
| G | | Bm | |
| G | A |
[Solo]
| E | C#m | C | |
| G | | C | |
| D | | A | |
| F# | | G | A |
[Verse 3]
Bm F#m A E Bm
She can see him on the jetty where they used to go
Bm F#m A E Bm
She can feel him in the places where the sailors go
Bm F#m
When she's walking by the river and the railway line
A
She can still hear him whisper
E Bm
Let's go down to the waterline, come on.
[Outro]
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| G | A | Bm | |
| G | | Bm | |
| G | A | Bm