Lirik dan Chord Lagu Walls of Red Wing - Joan Baez

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi folk kenamaan, Joan Baez merilis lagu berjudul “Walls of Red Wing” pada tahun 1964.

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio kesembilan miliknya yang bertajuk Any Day Now.

Album yang dirilis melalui Vanguard Records itu berhasil mencapai peringkat ke-30 di Billboard Pop Albums.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Walls of Red Wing” dari Joan Baez:

[Intro]

G D A D

[Verse 1]
              D
Oh, the age of the inmates
   G                         D
I remember quite freely:

No younger than twelve,
      E                       A
No older 'n seventeen.
D
Thrown in like bandits
        G                   D
And cast off like criminals,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

[Verse 2]
                D
From the dirty old mess hall
        G                    D
You march to the brick wall,

Too weary to talk
              E             A
And too tired to sing.
             D
Oh, it's all afternoon
        G                        D
You remember your home town,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

[Verse 3]
              D
Oh, the gates are cast iron
              G                          D
And the walls are barbed wire.

Stay far from the fence
               E               A
With the 'lectricity sting.
               D
And age keep your head down
        G                   D
And stay in your number,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

[Verse 4]
             D
Oh, it's fare thee well
            G                    D
To the deep hollow dungeon,

Farewell to the boardwalk
         E                           A
That takes you to the screen.
                   D
Farewell to the minutes
          G                   D
They threaten you with it,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

G D A D

[Outro]
            D
As the rain rattled heavy
            G                   D
On the bunk house shingles,

And the sounds in the night,
          E                      A
They made my ears ring.
              D
Well the keys of the guards
                   G                  D
Clicked the tune of the morning,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                    D
The walls of Red Wing.

        D
Oh, some of us will wind up
    G               D
In St. Cloud Prison,

And some of us will will go on
           E                    A
To be lawyers and things,
        D
And some of us will wind up
        G                             D
And meet you on your crossroads,
G                D
From Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.