JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Talkin' the World War III Blues" adalah lagu Bob Dylan yang turut menjadi bagian dalam album keduanya.
Album tersebut diberi judul The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
Album lawas yang sempat berjaya di tangga lagu Billboard tersebut rilis di bawah naungan label Columbia Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Lay, Lady, Lay - Bob Dylan
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Talkin' the World War III Blues" dari Bob Dylan.
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Sometime ago a crazy dream came to me,
D
I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three,
G C
I went to the doctor the very next day
D
To see what kinda words he could say.
G C
He said it was a bad dream.
I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though,
D
Them old dreams 're only in your head.
[Harmonica]
G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
I said, "Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain."
D
He said, "Nurse, get your pad, the boy's insane,"
G C
He grabbed my arm, I said "Ouch!"
D
As I landed on the psychiatric couch,
G
He said, "Tell me about it."
[Harmonica]
C, D, G
G C
Well, the whole thing started at 3 o'clock fast,
D
It was all over by quarter past.
G C
I was down in the sewer with some little lover
D G
When I peeked out from a manhole cover
C
Wondering who turned the lights on us.
[Harmonica]
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I got up and I walked around
D
Up and down the lonesome town.
G C
I stood a-wondering which way to go,
D
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
G
And walked on down the road.
C
It was a normal day.
[Harmonica]
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell
D
And I leaned my head and I gave a yell,
G C
"Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man."
D G
A shotgun fired and away I ran.
C
I don't blame 'im too much though,