Lirik dan Chord Lagu Cool Water - Talking Heads

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1988 melalui label Sire Records.

“Cool Water” muncul dalam album studio keenam mereka yang bertajuk Naked.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Cool Water” dari Talking Heads.

[Intro]
Bb Dm
Dm G

[Verse]

D#        Dm
Day by day
D#                        Dm
Whistle while you work
D#                   Dm
Our backs are breaking
D#                    Dm
Up from hollow earth
D#                Dm
From end to end
D#                 Dm
The noise begins
D#                            Dm
In the human battle stations
               D#                      Dm
And the big one's coming in

[Second Verse]

Dm     Gm     Dm
Work, work, work, work
Dm         Gm         Dm
Work 'til holes are filled
Dm     Gm     Dm
Work, work, work, work
Dm         Gm        Dm
Bags of bone and skin

[Pre-Chorus]

Em7
Lovers hold hands
Em7
Tossing their heads
Em7
Tangled in hair
Em7
Tied to earth
Em7
With skin and glue

[Chorus]

                 G               D#        D
But their skin is the same as yours
G                           D#        D
Coming in for the world to see
G                             D#     D
They can sit at the table, too
G                              D#        D
The same blood as you and me

[Instrumental Brake]

Gm

[Bridge]

Dm              D#
Speak very softly
Dm         D#
Hold my hand
Dm                 D#
Someone is sleeping
Dm      D#
In my bed
Dm                D#
Priests pass by
Dm                 D#
Worms crawl in
Dm                   D#
One dreams to be
Dm                   D#
One dream for all

[Chorus]

         G               D#       D
His skin is the same as yours
G                             D#          D
Is he not made the same as you?
G                       D#        D
And some have fallen down
G                          D#       D
And blood spilled on the ground
Dm     Gm     Dm
Work, work, work
Dm       Gm     Dm
'Til his life is done

[Instrumental Brake]

Em7 D#
Dm D#
Dm

[Bridge]

D#        Gm
The old man
D#           Gm
Is at our door
D#
And he's knocking
Gm
Knocking

[Third Verse]

D#                       Dm
As his neighbors weep
D#            Dm
Each day repeats
D#                   Dm
Are we nothing in your eyes?
D#                         Gm
Someone answer, someone answer

[Fourth Verse]

D#                        Gm
This rusted garden gate
D#                      Gm
Can barely even stand
D#                        Gm
Their work is over now
D#                        Gm
And rest will be at hand

[Chorus]

G          D#                            D
Is their skin not the same as yours?
G            D#                         D      D#   Gm
Can they sit at the table to drink cool water?
D#    Gm
Cool water
              D#                          Gm
And his lungs are filled with rain
              D#                   Gm
And the water's rushing in

[Outro]

D# Gm
D# Gm
D# Gm
D#