Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Adults are Talking dari The Strokes

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band garage rock asal Amerika Serikat, The Strokes, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “The Adults are Talking”.

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 2020 melalui label Cult dan RCA Records.

“The Adults are Talking” muncul dalam album studio keenam mereka yang bertajuk The New Abnormal.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Adults are Talking” dari The Strokes.

[Intro]
Gm  C7  F  Bbmaj7
Gm  C7  F

[Verse 1]
               F
They've been saying
                Dm
"You‘re sophisticated"
           F
They're complaining
       Dm
Overeducated
        F
You are saying
                     Dm
All the words I'm dreaming
              C/E
Say it after me
             C7/E
Say it after me

[Verse 2]
           F
They will blame us
            Dm
Crucify and shame us
            F
We can‘t help it
          Dm
If we are a problem
       F
We are trying
                  Dm
Hard to get your attention
                      C/E
I'm climbing up your wall
                 C7/E
Climbing up your wall

[Chorus]
Gm
Don‘t go there 'cause you'll never return
            C7
I know you think of me when you think of her
             F
But then it don't make sense when you're trying hard
          Bbmaj7
To do the right thing but without recompense
            Gm
And then you did something wrong and you said it was great
             C7
And now you don't know how you could ever complain
              F
Because you're all confused 'cause you want me to
                  Bbmaj7
But then you want me to do the same as you

[Instrumental]
F  Dm  (x3)

C/E  C7/E

[Verse 3]
           F
You were waitin'
          Dm
For the elevator
          F
You were sayin'
                   Dm
All the things I'm dreaming
        F
No more askin'
              Dm
Questions or excuses
              C/E
Information's here
                C7/E
Here and everywhere

[Chorus 2]
Gm
Don‘t go there 'cause you'll never return
            C7
I know you think of me when you think of her
             F
But then it don't make sense when you're trying hard
           Bbmaj7
To do the right thing but without recompense
            Gm
And then you did something wrong and you said it was great
             C7
And now you don't know how you could ever complain
              F
Because you're all confused 'cause you want me to
        Bbmaj7
But then you want me to do the same as you

[Coda]
Gm              C7
I don't want anything
F                  Bbmaj7
   I know it's not
             Gm
It's not your fault
             C7
I don't want anyone
F         Bbmaj7
   As I do in life for
Gm
You

    C7   F   Bbmaj7
Ahh --     oooh

Gm  C7  F  Bbmaj7  (x2)

Gm C7  F              Bbmaj7
       Stockholders

[Outro]
Gm                       C7
Same shit different life
                       F
I‘ll get it right some time
              Bbmaj7
Maybe not tonight
            Gm
Maybe not tonight
            C7
Maybe not tonight
             F
Maybe not tonight
            Bbmaj7
Maybe not tonight

[Fade out]
Gm  C7  F