JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band beraliran hard rock asal Amerika Serikat, Blue Oyster Cult, memopulerkan lagu “Vengeance (The Pact)”.
Lagu ini muncul sebagai trek keenam di dalam album studio kedelapan mereka yang bertajuk Fire of Unknown Origin.
Album tersebut diproduseri oleh Martin Birch dan dirilis melalui Columbia Records pada 1981.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu One Way Hotel oleh Slade
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Vengeance (The Pact)” dari Blue Oyster Cult.
[Intro]
Em
Em C G Em C G Em C G Em C G
[Verse]
F
See them standing in the foothills
Em C G Em C G Em C G Em C G
Waiting for the kill
F
On wings of fear the terror sweeps
Am
Into the city beat
[Chorus]
Am
To defend
F C G Am
This is the pact
Am
But when life's scorned
F C G Am
And damage done
Am
To avenge
F C G Em
This is the pact
[Bridge]
C G Em C G Em C G Em C G
F
On wings of vengeance
F
Taarna finds them
Am
Death for barbarians
[Chorus]
Am
To defend
F C G Am
This is the pact
Am
But when life's scorned
F C G Am
And damage done
Am
To avenge
F C G Em
This is the pact
[Bridge]
C G Em C G Em C G Em C G
[Verse]
F
Flying over the oasis
E
She is captured and they pull her down
[Solo]
D/E E D/E E D/E E D/E
A C G D
[C-Part]
E D/E
Feeling pain
E D/E
From the air
E D/E
Close my eyes
E D/E
And I am there
A C G Am
I feel I'm falling down in a deep, dark pit
[Bridge]
F C Am F C Am F C Am F C
A5 F#m A5 F#m A5 F#m A5 F#m
[D-Part]
F#m
“Pull him down,” the soldier said,
E
“I'll put an arrow in his head”
F#m
But the bird
F#m
Flew off instead
D
To save his master
C#7
On his back she fled
F#m E F#m E
Her time has come
F#m
Riding her bird
F#m
High in the saddle
E
She gets her chance to fulfill the pact now
F#m
As their leader
F#m
Swoops from the clouds
D
She sticks him with her sword
C#7
Then she throws him down
[Bridge]
B5
F#m D Bm F#m D Bm
The enemy shrivel and die
F#m D Bm F#m
The enemy shrivel and die
[Chorus]
Am
To defend
F C G Am
This is the pact
Am
But when life's scorned
F C G Am
And damage done
Am
To avenge
F C G Em
This is the pact
[Outro]
C G Em C G Em C G Em C G
F Am