Lirik dan Chord Lagu New Lace Sleeves - Elvis Costello

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Elvis Costello merupakan penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris yang membawakan lagu berjudul “New Lace Sleeves”.

Lagu berdurasi 3 menit 45 detik ini diciptakan sendiri olehnya dan pada tahun 1981 melalui label F-Beat Records.

“New Lace Sleeves” dimuat sebagai trek kedelapan dalam album studio kelima Costello yang bertajuk Trust.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “New Lace Sleeves” dari Elvis Costello:

[Verse]
C
Bad lovers face to face in the morning
Am
Shy apologies and polite regrets
F
Slow dances that left no warning of
Dm
Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning
F                                     G                          C
Good manners and bad breath get you nowhere
C                              Am
Even presidents have newspaper lovers
F                                 Fm
Ministers go crawling under covers
C             Am
She's no angel
C           F
He's no saint
C                Am                      F
They're all covered up with white washed grease paint
(alt: white washed newsprint)
G
And you say...

[Chorus]
Cmaj7          Fmaj7                                   Cmaj7        Am
The teacher never told you anything but white lies
Bb                         C/Bb
But you never see the lies
                 F/A    Fm/Ab
And you believe
Bb/Ab                                    C/G
Oh you know you have been captured
        F                       Am/E
You feel so civilized
D                         F                                   C
And you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves

[Verse]
C
The salty lips of the socialite sisters
                 Am
With their continental fingers that have
F
never seen working blisters
Dm
Oh I know they've got their problems
F                  G
I wish I was one of them
C                     Am
They say daddy's coming home soon
F                                                   Fm
With his sergeant stripes and his Empire mug and spoon
C              Am
No more fast buck
C                                        F
And when are they gonna learn their lesson
C                                 Am                     F               G
When are they gonna stop all of these victory processions
And you say...

(Chorus)

C                                                           Bb
look so pretty in your new lace sleeves