JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Straight For the Knife” adalah sebuah lagu yang dilantunkan oleh penyanyi kelahiran Australia, Sia.
Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio keenam miliknya yang bertajuk 1000 Forms of Fear (2014).
Album bergenre pop itu berhasil memenangkan ARIA Music Award untuk kategori Album of the Year.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Snowflake - Sia
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Straight For the Knife” dari Sia:
[Intro]
Fm Bb Eb Ab Eb/G
Fm Bb Eb Db Cm
Eb Bb Cm
Put on my best dress, I wanted to impress
Ab
I put a little make-up on
Eb Bb Cm
Put a bow in my hair, wore pretty underwear
Ab
Hoping you might take it off
Eb Bb Cm
Don't know your etiquette but I'm strapped to my chair
Ab
And it ain't 'cos you're pretty
Eb Bb Cm
You were charming until you saw your chance to kill
Ab
Your chance to make history
Fm Bb
You went straight for the knife
Eb Ab Eb/G
And I prepared to die your blade it shines
Fm Bb
Looked me straight in the eye
Eb Db
You turned the gas on high, held the flame alight
Cm Eb
You wonder why I'm scared of fire
Db Ab
You wonder why you make girls cry
Eb Bb Cm
My mascara a mess, harsh words for your princess
Ab
Boy you and your promises
Eb Bb Cm
If your goal was to love, you scored and epic miss
Ab
Now you'll just have memories
Fm Bb
You went straight for the knife
Eb Ab Eb/G
And I prepared to die your blade it shines
Fm Bb
Looked me straight in the eye
Eb Db
You turned the gas on high, held the flame alight
Cm Eb
You wonder why I'm scared of fire
Db Ab
You wonder why you make girls cry
Bb Ab Cm
Boy you draw me back in
Bb Ab Cm
I'm hungry for your bad loving
Bb Ab Cm Eb Db Cm
But will someone find me swinging from the rafters
Bb Ab
From hanging on your every word
Fm Bb
You went straight for the knife
Eb Ab Eb/G
And I prepared to die your blade it shines
Fm Bb
Looked me straight in the eye
Eb Db
You turned the gas on high, held the flame alight
Cm Eb
You wonder why I'm scared of fire
Db Ab
You wonder why you make girls cry
Db Ab
You wonder why you make girls cry