JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Tom Waits merupakan penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Amerika Serikat yang membawakan lagu berjudul “In the Neighbourhood”.
Lagu berdurasi 3,04 menit ini diproduseri sendiri olehnya dan dirilis pada 1983 melalui label Island Records.
“In the Neighbourhood” dimuat dalam album studio kedelapan Waits yang bertajuk Swordfishtrombones.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “In the Neighbourhood” dari Tom Waits:
D G D G
Well the eggs chase the bacon round the fryin' pan
D Bm Em A7
and the whinin' dog pidgeons by the steeple bell rope
D G D G
and the dogs tipped the garbage pails over last night
D Bm Em A7
and there's always construction work bothering you
Chorus
D G
In the neighborhood
D G
In the neighborhood
D A7 D
In the neighborhood
D G D G
Friday's a funeral and Saturday's a bride
D Bm Em A7
Sey's got a pistol on the register side
D G D G
and the goddamn delivery trucks they make to much noise
D Bm Em A7
and we don't get our butter delivererd no more
Chorus
D G D G
Well big Mambo's kicking his old grey hound
D Bm Em A7
and the kids can't get ice-cream 'cause the market burned down
D G D G
and the newspaper sleeping bags blow down the lane
D Bm Em A7
and the goddamn flatbed's got me pinned in again
Chorus
D G D G
There's a couple Filipino girl's gigglin' by the church
D Bm Em A7
and the window is busted and the landlord ain't home
D G D G
and Butch joined the army yea that's where he's been
D Bm Em A7
and the jackhammer's diggin' up the sidewalks again