JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Clash merupakan sebuah grup band rock asal Inggris yang melantunkan lagu “The Card Cheat”.
Bergenre punk rock, lagu ini menjadi bagian dari album studio ketiga mereka yang bertajuk London Calling (1979).
Album yang diproduseri oleh Guy Stevens itu berhasil mencapai top ten tangga lagu UK Albums Chart.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Death or Glory dari The Clash
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Card Cheat” dari The Clash.
[Intro]
C C Dm C C C Dm C
C C Dm C C C Dm C
F F Dm C C G G F C/E G/D G
[Verse 1]
C Dm C
There's a solitary man crying "Hold me"
Dm C
It's only because he's a-lonely
Dm C
If the keeper of time runs slowly
Dm C
He won't be alive for long!
[Chorus 1]
F C Dm C
If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned
G
With a card up his sleeve what would he achieve?
F C/E G/D G
It means nothing!
[Verse 2]
C Dm C
To the opium dens and the barroom gin
Dm C
In the Belmont chair playing violins
Dm C
The gambler's face cracks into a grin
Dm C
As he lays down the king of spades
[Chorus 2]
F
But the dealer just stares
C Dm C
There's something wrong here he thinks
G
The gambler is seized and forced to his knees
F C/E G/D G
And shot.......... Dead
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C C Dm C C C Dm C
C C Dm C C C Dm C
F
He only wanted more time
C Dm C
Away from the darkest door
G
But his luck it gave in as the dawn light crept in
F C/E G/D G
And he lay on the floor
[Verse 3]
C Dm C
From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea
Dm C
With a lance and a musket and a roman spear
Dm C
To all of the men who have stood with no fear
Dm C
In the service of the King
[Chorus 3]
F
Before you met your fate be sure you
C Dm C
Did not forsake
G F C/E G/D G
Your lover may not be around anymore
[Link]
C C Dm C C C Dm C (x2)
F F Dm C C
G G F C/E G/D G
[Verse 4]
C Dm C
There's a solitary man crying "Hold me"
Dm C
It's only because he's a-lonely
Dm C
If the keeper of time runs slowly
Dm C
He won't be alive for long!
[Outro]
F F C Dm C
G G F C/E G/D G
C C Dm C C C Dm C (x2)
F F Dm C C
C C C C
C C C C