Lirik dan Chord Lagu Knives Out - Radiohead

Ini adalah singel kedua yang dirilis dari album kelima mereka, Amnesiac (2001).

Lirik dari lagu ini adalah tentang kanibalisme, sedangkan irama gitarnya dipengaruhi oleh band rock legendaris dari Manchester, The Smiths.

"Knives Out" mendapatkan kritik yang positif dan mencapai nomor 13 di UK Singles Chart.

Video klip musiknya disutradarai oleh Michel Gondry.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Knives Out” dari Radiohead.

[Intro]

Cm - Bb - Ab
Gm - Dm/F - E6 - E7

[Verse]

    Cm   Bb       Ab
I want you to know
         Gm   Dm/F   Em6     Em7
He's not coming back
Cm     Bb         Ab
Look into my eyes
        Gm  Dm/F   Em6       Em7
I'm not coming back

[Chorus]

       Am     A7
So knives out
Dm              D7
Catch the mouse
Gm
Don't look down
              Dm/F     Em6     Em7
Shove it in your mouth

[Verse]

     Cm    Bb       Ab
If you'd been a dog
                         Gm        Dm/F   Em6     Em7
They would've drowned you at birth
Cm     Bb         Ab
Look into my eyes
             Gm                                 Dm/F        Em6     Em7
It's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth

[Chorus]

       Am     A7
So knives out
Dm            D7
Cook him up
Gm
Squash his head
             Dm/F   Em6    Em7
Put him in the pot

[Instrumental]

Cm - Bb - Ab
Gm - Dm/F - Em6 - Em7

[Verse]

    Cm   Bb       Ab
I want you to know
         Gm  Dm/F   Em6     Em7
He's not coming back
         Cm  Bb         Ab
He's bloated and frozen
Gm                                 Dm/F              Em6     Em7
Still there's no point in letting it go to waste

[Chorus]

        Am    A7
So knives out
Dm             D7
Catch the mouse
Gm
Squash his head
             Dm/F  Em6    Em7
Put him in the pot

End in Em6