Lirik dan Chord Lagu How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us - R.E.M

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - R.E.M merupakan grup band rock asal Amerika Serikat yang melantunkan lagu “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us”.

Direkam di studio Bad Animals (Seattle, Washington), lagu ini muncul di dalam album kesepuluh mereka yang bertajuk New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

Album tersebut diproduseri oleh semua anggota band bersama Scott Litt dan dirilis secara resmi pada 9 September 1996.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Radio Free Europe dari R.E.M

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” dari R.E.M.

[Intro]
(Drum solo)

[Verse 1]
Em                Em6       Em7            Em6
Blood from a stone, water from wine.
Em                         Em6
Born under an ill-placed sign
Em7                  Em6     Em                           Em6
A stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time.
Em7                        Em6
This flyer is out of the line.

[Chorus]
        D                            G                Em
The story is a sad one, told many times.
        D                        G            Em
The story of my life in trying times.
D                     G           Em
Just add water, stir in lime.
D                                                            A
How the west was won and where it got us. Ahhh.

[Verse 2]
Em             Em6         Em7               Em6
Canary got trapped, the uranium mine.
Em                                                 Em6
A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died.
Em7             Em6     Em                          Em6
a marker to mark where my tears run dry.
Em7                      Em6
I cross it, bless it, alkaline.

[Chorus]
         D                            G              Em
The story is a sad one, told many times.
          D                       G            Em
The story of my life in trying times.
D                      G          Em
Just add water, stir in lime.
D                                                              A
How the west was won and where it got us. Ahhh.

[Instrumental Piano]
(piano and verse riff)

[Verse 3]
Em               Em6                    Em7                    Em6
I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain.
Em                        Em6
Now I can't see anything.
Em7         Em6         Em                      Em6
I made a mistake, chalked it up to design.
Em7                                                              Em6
I cracked through time, space, godless and dry.
Em7           Em6              Em         Em6
I point my nose to the northern star,
Em7                                                    Em6
And watch the decline from a hazy distance.

[Chorus]
        D                            G               Em
The story is a sad one, told many times.
         D                       G            Em
The story of my life in trying times.
D                      G           Em
Just add water, stir in lime.
D                                                             A
How the west was won and where it got us. Ahhh.

[Instrumental Outro]
(piano and verse riff)