JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Dikenal sebagai pelantun "Rocket Man", Elton John tak berhenti untuk menciptakan karya-karya baru setelah tembang tersebut berhasil hit.
Salah satu karyanya adalah lagu "Burning Buildings" yang dimuat dalam album ke-18 miliknya, Breaking Hearts.
Lagu "Burning Buildings" menjadi salah satu dari 10 lagu yang ada di album tersebut.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Burning Buildings" dari Elton John:
[Intro]
F D#m F D# C# D#
[Verse 1]
F D# F
It used to be a sweet sensation
D Gm
No price too high for love
A# D# F
Now I pay for this bitter taste
C#
And the price is not enough
G#
Such cruel sport for your kicks
C#m75
Such hard knocks on my heart
C#
How long before the pain ends
D#
Tell me where living starts
[Chorus]
G#
And lovers leap off burning buildings
Cm
Waking up on a sky high wire
C#m75
Desperation leaves us clinging
C#
On the edge of a house on fire
G#
Lovers leap off burning buildings
Cm
Live our life on borrowed time
C#m75
Every flame that ever moved you
C#
Touched your lips but never mine
G# Cm F#
Lovers leap off burning buildings
[Verse 2]
F D# F
No room for conversation
D Gm
Cold stares and angry words
D# A#
Fall in pieces from our faces
C#
We read "do not disturb"
G#
Some lovers just go hungry
C#m75
Others beg for just a bite
C#
You use me under pressure
D#
To what your appetite
[Chorus]
G#
And lovers leap off burning buildings
Cm
Waking up on a sky high wire
C#m75
Desperation leaves us clinging
C#
On the edge of a house on fire
G#
Lovers leap off burning buildings
Cm
Live our life on borrowed time
C#m75
Every flame that ever moved you
C#
Touched your lips but never mine
G# Cm F#
Lovers leap off burning buildings
[Break]
F# G D Bm
D A G F
G D Bm
D A G F
D#
[Chorus]
G#
And lovers leap off burning buildings
Cm
Waking up on a sky high wire
C#m75
Desperation leaves us clinging
C#
On the edge of a house on fire
G#
Lovers leap off burning buildings
Cm
Live our life on borrowed time
C#m75
Every flame that ever moved you
C#
Touched your lips but never mine
G# Cm F#
Lovers leap off burning buildings