JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Uptown Girl" adalah lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi Billy Joel.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album milik Joel yang berjudul An Innocent Man. Album tersebut dirilis pada 1983 dan merupakan album kesembilan Joel.
Lagu "Uptown Girl" merupakan salah satu lagu terpopuler Joel. Kepopuleran lagu tersebut kian meningkat setelah dinyanyikan ulang oleh grup musik asal Irlandia, Westlife.
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Uptown Girl" dari Billy Joel:
[Intro]
D Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
D/F# G A
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse]
D
Uptown girl
Em D/F#
She's been living in her uptown world
G A D
I bet she never had a back street guy
Em D/F#
I bet her mama never told her why
G A
I'm gonna try for an
[Verse]
D
Uptown girl
Em D/F#
She's been living in her white bread world
G A D
As long as anyone with hot blood can
Em D/F#
And now she's looking for a downtown man
G A
That's what I am
[Bridge]
Bb Gm
And when she knows what
Cm F
She wants from her time
Bb Gm
And when she wakes up
Am7-5 D7
And makes up her mind
G Em
She'll see I'm not so tough
Am
Just because
A
I'm in love with an
[Chorus]
D
Uptown girl
Em D/F#
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
G A D
She's getting tired of her high class toys
Em D/F#
And all the presents from her uptown boys
G A
She's got a choice
[Interlude]
F G E Am G
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
F G E A
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse]
D
Uptown girl
Em D/F#
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
G A D
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
Em D/F#
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
G A
And then I'll win
[Bridge]
Bb Gm
And when she's walking
Cm F
She's looking so fine
Bb Gm
And when she's talking
Am7-5 D7
She'll say that she's mine
G Em
She'll say I'm not so tough
Am
Just because
A
I'm in love with an
[Verse]
D
Uptown girl
Em D/F#
She's been living in her white bread world
G A D
As long as anyone with hot blood can
Em D/F#
And now she's looking for a downtown man
G A
That's what I am
[Interlude]
F G E Am G
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
F G E A
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Outro]
D
Uptown girl
Em D/F#
She's my uptown girl
G A
You know I'm in love
D
With an uptown girl
Em D/F#
My uptown girl
G A
You know I'm in love
D
With an uptown girl
Em D/F#
My uptown girl
G A
You know I'm in love
D
With an uptown girl
Em D/F#
My uptown girl
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