JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Leonard Cohen, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Jazz Police”.
Lagu bergenre pop tersebut dirilis pada 1988 melalui label rekaman Columbia Records.
“Jazz Police” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk I’m Your Man.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Going Home - Leonard Cohen
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Jazz Police” dari Leonard Cohen:
[Verse 1]
Gm Eb
Can you tell me why the bells are ringing?
Gm Ebm Dbm
Nothing's happened in a million years
Gm Eb
I've been sitting here since Wednesday morning
Gm Ebm Gm
Wednesday morning can't believe my ears
Gm Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm Ebm Dbm
Jazz police are talking to my niece
Gm Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders
Gm Ebm Gm
Jazzer, drop your axe, it's Jazz police
[Bridge]
Am F
Jesus taken serious by many
Am Fm Ebm
Jesus taken joyous by a few
Am F
Jazz police are paid by J. Paul Getty
Am Fm Am
Jazzers paid by J. Paul Getty II
[Chorus]
Bb D7
Jazz police I hear you calling
Bb Abm
Jazz police I feel so blue
Db Bbm
Jazz police I think I'm falling,
Gbm Gm
I'm falling for you
[Drum fill]
N.C.
[Verse 2]
Gm Eb
Wild as any freedom loving racist
Gm Ebm Dbm
I applaud the actions of the chief
Gm Eb
Tell me now oh beautiful and spacious
Gm Ebm Gm
Am I in trouble with the Jazz police?
Gm Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm Ebm Dbm
Jazz police are talking to my niece
Gm Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders
Gm Ebm Gm
Jazzer, drop your axe, it's Jazz police
[Solo]
Gm Eb Gm Ebm Dbm Gm Eb Gm Ebm Gm
[Verse 3]
Gm Eb
They will never understand our culture
Gm Ebm Dbm
They'll never understand the Jazz police
Gm Eb
Jazz police are working for my mother
Gm Ebm Gm
Blood is thicker margarine than grease
[Bridge]
Am F
Let me be somebody I admire
Am Fm Ebm
Let me be that muscle down the street
Am F
Stick another turtle on the fire
Am Fm Am
Guys like me are mad for turtle meat
[Chorus]
[Drum fill]
N.C.
[Outro]
Gm Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders
Gm Eb
Jazz police are looking through my folders
Gm Eb
Jazz police have got their final orders