Lirik dan Chord Lagu Jericho dari Simply Red

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup musik pop asal Inggris, Simply Red merilis lagu berjudul “Jericho” pada tahun 1985.

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari debut album pertama mereka yang bertajuk Picture Book.

Album yang dirilis melalui Elektra Records itu berhasil mendapatkan nominasi BRIT Award untuk British Album of the Year.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu It’s Only Love - Simply Red

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Jericho” dari Simply Red.

[Intro]
Am7 - D9/F# - Fmaj7 - Em7 - Dm7/E - Am7

[Verse 1]
Am7                D9/F#
Listen boy, I’ll tell you a thing
Fmaj7                                    Em7         Dm7/E
I’ll make you a career in the business I’m in
Am7                      D9/F#
I’ll make you rich, I’ll make you a toy
Fmaj7                                   Em7        Dm7/E
I’ll make you turn over into my little boy
Am7         D9/F#
Y’see I’m going somewhere
Fmaj7                                    Em7                 Dm7/E
I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I get there
Am7      D9/F#                          Fmaj7
I know money’s a thing - your only inspiration
                Em7              Dm7/E
And your only meaning
Am7                          D9/E
You must think that all I do
Fmaj7                             Em7                     Dm7/E
Is spend my time making pretty pictures of you
Am7                     D9/E
You can fall when I will climb
Fmaj7                                     Em7                   Dm7/E
But I’ll be falling over just by having you in my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
Am7                                        Gm11
Mend that fight – oh listen to them
Fmaj7                                      Em7 Dm7/E
Kickin’ up a ball inside a jericho wall
Am7                          Gm11
Mend that fight – it’s all twisted through them
Fmaj7                                  Em7
If you ain’t rich then you won’t go to the ball

[Verse 2]
Am7                       D9/F#
Having mercy and licking up love
Fmaj7                                          Em7        Dm7/E
And moving through your ocean like I’ve never had enough
Am7                   D9/F#
Y’see you ain’t all I want
Fmaj7                                     Em7           Dm7/E
You’re everything and more that I have ever hoped for
Am7                    D9/F#
You must think that all I do
Fmaj7                                       Em7           Dm7/E
Is spend my time making pretty pictures of you
Am7                      D9/F#
You can fall when I will climb
Fmaj7                                Em7          Dm7/E
But I’ll be falling over just by having you in my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
Am7                                         Gm11
Mend that fight – oh listen to them
Fmaj7                                      Em7 Dm7/E
Kickin’ up a ball inside a jericho wall
Am7                                        Gm11
Mend that fight – it’s all twisted through them
Fmaj7                                      Em7
I’m rich, you ain’t, so you won’t go to the ball

[Chorus]
Am7                G/A   C/A
You won’t go to the ball
Dm7
You won’t go to the ball
Esus4                  E#9
You won’t go, you won’t go
                        E7b9  Am7
You won’t go to the ball 

[Instrumental]
Am7 D9/F# Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/E

[verse 3]
Am7                       D9/F#
You must think that all I do
Fmaj7                                       Em7           Dm7/E
Is spend my time making pretty pictures of you
Am7                     D9/F#
You can fall when I will climb
Fmaj7                                Em7          Dm7/E
But I’ll be falling over just by having you in my mind

[Pre Chorus]
Am7                                        Gm11
Mend that fight – oh listen to them
Fmaj7                                      Em7 Dm7/E
Kickin’ up a ball outside a no. 10 wall
Am7                           Gm11
Mend that fight – it’s all twisted through them
Fmaj7                                      Em7
I’m rich, you ain’t, so you won’t go to the ball, No more!

[Ulangi Chorus x2]

[Outro]
Am7            G/A   C/A
I tried to make you see
Dm7
I tell you I’d had enough
Esus4                   E#9
Money was a thing, money was a thing
                                E7b9 Am7
Money was a thing that I believed in