JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Kinks adalah grup musik pop rock asal Inggris yang terbentuk pada 1963, berawal dari kakak-adik Ray dan Dave Davies.
Mereka membawakan lagu berjudul "Victoria" yang diluncurkan pada 1969 dalam album Arthur.
Singel populer itu pernah digunakan dalam serial ternama asal Amerika, How I Met Your Mother musim ketujuh.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu A Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy - The Kinks
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Victoria" karya The Kinks.
D G
Long ago life was clean
C G
Sex was bad and obscene
D G
And the rich were so mean
D G
Stately homes for the Lords
C G
Croquet lawns, village greens
D G
Victoria was my queen
[Chorus]
G D Em Bm
Victoria, Victoria
D G
Victoria, 'toria
[Verse 2]
D G
I was born, lucky me
C G
In a land that I love
D G
Though I'm poor, I am free
D G
When I grow I shall fight
C G
For this land I shall die
D G
Let her sun never set
[Ulangi Chorus] 2x
[Bridge]
Em D
Land of hope and gloria
D C
Land of my Victoria
Em D
Land of hope and gloria
D C G
Land of my Victoria
D G
Victoria, toria
[Ulangi Chorus]
[Verse 3]
D G
Canada to India
C G
Australia to Cornwall
D G
Singapore to Hong Kong
D G
From the West to the East
C G
From the rich to the poor
D G
Victoria loved them all
[Ulangi Chorus] 2x
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