Lirik dan Chord Lagu Strawman - Lou Reed

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Lou Reed merupakan penyanyi-penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat yang memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Strawman”.

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut diciptakan sendiri oleh Lou dan dirilis pada 1989.

“Strawman” muncul sebagai trek ke-13 dalam album solo ke-15 Lou yang bertajuk New York.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Strawman” dari Lou Reed:

Kunci: A

[Verse 1]

                           A5           E5
We who have so much to you who have so little
      D5                                               A5
To you who don't have anything at all
                                                     E5
We who have so much more than any one man does need
        D5                                                     A5
And you who don't have anything at all, ah

                                             E5
Does anybody need another million dollar movie?
              D5                                                   A5
Does anybody need another million dollar star?
                                          E5
Does anybody need to be told over and over
D5                                                                        A5
Spitting in the wind comes back at you twice as hard?

[Chorus]
          D5                  A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
          D5       A5
Strawman, going straight to hell
          D5                  A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil

          D5
Strawman
          A5
Strawman
          D5
Strawman
          A5
Strawman, yes

[Verse 2]
                                            E5
Does anyone really need a billion dollar rocket?
          D5                                      A5
Does anyone need a $60,000 car?
                                             E5
Does anyone need another president?
             D5                                                 A5
Or the sins of Swaggart parts 6, 7, 8 and 9? Ah

                                      E5
Does anyone need yet another politician
                                    D5                                                A5
Caught with his pants down and money sticking in his hole?
                                 E5
Does anyone need another racist preacher?
                      D5                                A5
Spittin' in the wind can only do you harm, ooohhh

[Chorus]
          D5                   A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
          D5       A5
Strawman, going straight to hell
          D5                   A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil

           D5
Strawman
           A5
Strawman
       D5
Strawman
           A5
Strawman, yes

[Verse 3]
                                E5
Does anyone need another faulty shuttle
               D5                                      A5
Blasting off to the moon, Venus or Mars?
                                              E5
Does anybody need another self-righteous rock singer
             D5                                                      A5
Whose nose he says has led him straight to God?
                                       E5
Does anyone need yet another blank skyscraper?
                      D5                                               A5
If you're like me I'm sure a minor miracle will do
                                                      E5
A flaming sword or maybe a gold ark floating up the Hudson
                 D5                                                         A5
When you spit in the wind it comes right back at you

[Chorus]
           D5                 A5
Strawman, going straight to the devil
           D5     A5
Strawman, going straight to hell
           D5     A5
Strawman, going to the devil

           D5
Strawman
           A5
Strawman